Bill 204 explained in plain English
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 to restrict spending from a special account, create an advisory committee for it, and establish a public complaints procedure for decisions about payments from that account.
This bill amends the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997. It changes how money from a special account, funded by money the Crown receives under the Act, can be spent. Specifically, it removes the ability to use these funds for matters related to how people's activities affect fish and wildlife populations. It also requires the Minister to create an advisory committee for this special account and a process for the public to complain about decisions regarding payments from this account.
- Restricts the purposes for which money can be paid out of a specific account within the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
- Removes the ability to use funds from this account for purposes related to human activities affecting fish or wildlife populations.
- Requires the Minister to establish an advisory committee to advise on the operation of this special account.
- Specifies that the advisory committee must include members who hold licences or authorizations, experts in ecology, or representatives from the fish or wildlife business sector.
- Requires the Minister to establish a procedure for receiving public complaints about decisions made regarding payments from this special account.
- Changes the name of the Act to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Special Purpose Account Transparency Act, 2018.
- The Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry
- Members of the public
- Holders of licences or authorizations related to fish or wildlife
- Experts in ecology
- Representatives of the business sector relating to fish or wildlife
- The Minister is obligated to establish an advisory committee.
- The Minister is obligated to establish a procedure for public complaints.
- The public has the right to make complaints about decisions regarding payments from the special account.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill affects how money from a specific account within the Consolidated Revenue Fund can be spent.
- The specific composition and operational details of the advisory committee are not fully detailed in the provided text.
- The exact nature of the 'procedure for receiving complaints' is not specified beyond its purpose.
Amends section 85 of the Act regarding the use of money from a special account within the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It restricts how money can be spent from this account and adds requirements for an advisory committee and a public complaints procedure.
Source: Section 1
Changes the wording in clause (a) and removes clause (b).
Source: Section 1 (1)
Removes the reference to 'any advisory committee established by the Minister relating to the operation of the separate account' and replaces it with 'the advisory committee'.
Source: Section 1 (3)
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