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Bill PR14 explained in plain English

Aspen Drywall Inc. Act, 2013

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
40th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill PR14
Full title
Aspen Drywall Inc. Act, 2013
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jun 13, 2013

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Jun 13, 2013
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

This Act revives Aspen Drywall Inc., restoring it to its legal position prior to its dissolution in 2010, to allow it to address real property matters.

What It Means

This private bill, the Aspen Drywall Inc. Act, 2013, revives the corporation Aspen Drywall Inc. The corporation was dissolved on July 28, 2010, for failing to comply with section 115 of the Business Corporations Act. The bill states that the default was inadvertent and the revival is intended to allow the corporation to deal with real property that was in its name when it dissolved. The revival restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The bill came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Aspen Drywall Inc.
  • Restores Aspen Drywall Inc. to its legal position as it was before it was dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Makes the revival subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation was dissolved.
Who Is Affected
  • Aspen Drywall Inc.
  • August Joe Bukovec
  • Persons who acquired rights after Aspen Drywall Inc.'s dissolution on July 28, 2010
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Aspen Drywall Inc. is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Aspen Drywall Inc. remains subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after Aspen Drywall Inc.'s dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act received Royal Assent on June 13, 2013, and came into force on that day.
  • Aspen Drywall Inc. was dissolved on July 28, 2010.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify how to determine or address rights acquired by third parties after the dissolution of Aspen Drywall Inc.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
implicitly affected by revival

The Act is a general law governing corporations. This private bill provides a specific revival for Aspen Drywall Inc. which was dissolved under this Act.

Source: Preamble

Commencement provision
commencement

This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 4, 2013
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 11, 2013
Step 3
Committee review
Mar 20, 2013
Step 4
Third reading
Jun 11, 2013
Step 5
Royal assent
Jun 13, 2013

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
John O'Toole
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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