AMO Policy Update – April 1, 2010

Bills Introduced Since Legislature was Prorogued and Recalled

Since the Legislature was recalled on March 8, 2010, three new bills have been introduced, which directly impact municipalities.  Bills are categorized as Government Bills (G), as Private Members’ Public Bills (M) which are both concerned with matters of general public policy or Private Bills (Pr) which are concerned with institutions or specific municipalities.  Government Bills are introduced into the  Legislature by members of Cabinet, Private Members’ Public Bills are introduced by members of the Legislature outside of Cabinet and Private Bills are introduced by members of the Legislature who sponsor the bill. Government and Private Members’ Public Bills are numbered consecutively, while Private Bills have the “PR” prefix and are numbered separately.  

The status of current bills is available at: http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_current.do?locale=en.
            
New Bills:

• Bill 13 (M/David Caplan, reintroduced), Sustainable Water and Waste Water Systems Improvement and Maintenance Act, 2010 -  March 23, 2010 -  First Reading
• Bill 16 (G), Creating the Foundation for Jobs and Growth Act, 2010 - March 25, 2010 - First Reading
• Bill 18 (M/David Caplan), Municipal Amendment Act (Local Democracy and Accountability) relates to upper tier government direct election, 2010 -  March 29, 2010 -  First Reading