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Bill PR11 explained in plain English

598968 Ontario Limited Act, 2019

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR11
Full title
598968 Ontario Limited Act, 2019
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 12, 2019

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st 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
Dec 12, 2019
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 the corporation 598968 Ontario Limited, allowing it to resume its legal status and deal with past property.

What It Means

Bill PR11, the 598968 Ontario Limited Act, 2019, revives the corporation 598968 Ontario Limited. The corporation was dissolved on December 10, 1994, for failing to comply with the Business Corporations Act. Bradley Del Collins, who was the president and sole shareholder when the corporation dissolved, applied to revive it. He wishes to do so to deal with real property that was in the corporation's name when it was dissolved. The Act restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution, and subject to its previous liabilities. This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation 598968 Ontario Limited.
  • Restores the corporation 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 that have been acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • 598968 Ontario Limited
  • Bradley Del Collins
  • Persons who acquired rights related to 598968 Ontario Limited after its dissolution
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revived corporation is subject to all its previous liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent, which was December 12, 2019.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The extent to which rights acquired by others after the corporation's dissolution might affect the revived corporation is not detailed.
  • The specific liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts of the corporation are not detailed in the Act.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
revival of a dissolved corporation

The Act allows for the revival of 598968 Ontario Limited, which had been dissolved under this Act for failure to comply with its provisions.

Source: Preamble

598968 Ontario Limited Act, 2019
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
Dec 12, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 12, 2019
Step 3
Committee review
Nov 20, 2019
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 12, 2019
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 12, 2019

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
Peggy Sattler
New Democratic Party of Ontario | London West
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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