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Bill PR30 explained in plain English

Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. Act, 2023

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR30
Full title
Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. Act, 2023
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 6, 2023
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd 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 6, 2023
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

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Short Version

The Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. Act, 2023, revives the dissolved corporation, restoring it to its legal standing and assets as of its dissolution date, with conditions.

What It Means

This Act provides for the revival of a specific corporation, Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved on March 2, 2022. This 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. It also restores the corporation's property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they were at the time of dissolution.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation known as Rapati Design and Construction Ltd.
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, as they existed at the time of its dissolution.
  • Ensures that the revival is subject to any rights that any person may have acquired after the corporation's dissolution.
Who Is Affected
  • Rapati Design and Construction Ltd.
  • Paul F. Rapati (former sole director, officer, and shareholder)
  • Persons who may have acquired rights after the dissolution of Rapati Design and Construction Ltd.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. is subject to all its 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 received Royal Assent on December 6, 2023.
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, which is December 6, 2023.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival of the corporation is explicitly stated to be subject to any rights that any person may have acquired after its dissolution. The Act does not specify how these rights will be managed or resolved if they conflict with the corporation's restored status.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
amended by implication

The Business Corporations Act normally governs the dissolution and revival of corporations. This specific Act overrides certain provisions of that Act by reviving Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. through special legislation, rather than through the standard process under the Business Corporations Act.

Source: Preamble

Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. Act, 2023
enacted

This Act creates the legal framework for reviving the specific corporation.

Source: Section 1

Commencement provision of the Rapati Design and Construction Ltd. Act, 2023
established

This specific Act comes into force on the day it receives 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
Oct 18, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 6, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 6, 2023
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 6, 2023

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
Dave Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Peterborough—Kawartha
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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