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Bill PR56 explained in plain English

The Oakville Players Act, 2024

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 PR56
Full title
The Oakville Players Act, 2024
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 19, 2024

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 19, 2024
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

Bill PR56 revives the dissolved corporation The Oakville Players, restoring its legal status and all associated rights and liabilities.

What It Means

This Act revives The Oakville Players, a corporation that was dissolved in 1994. The revival restores the corporation to its legal status as if it had not been dissolved, subject to any rights that others may have acquired since its dissolution. This means the corporation is reinstated with its previous property, rights, privileges, liabilities, contracts, and debts.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives The Oakville Players corporation.
  • Restores The Oakville Players to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved.
  • Ensures the revived corporation has its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Makes the revived corporation subject to its previous liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
Who Is Affected
  • The Oakville Players (corporation)
  • Alex Ragozzino (applicant and president)
  • Persons who may have acquired rights after the dissolution of The Oakville Players
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Oakville Players is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • The Oakville Players is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the date of its dissolution.
Important Dates
  • This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, which was December 19, 2024.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival of The Oakville Players is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.
  • The full extent of 'liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts' is not detailed in the provided text.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
The Oakville Players
revived

The corporation is brought back to life and its legal existence is restored.

Source: Section 1

Corporations Act
implicitly affected

The dissolution of The Oakville Players under this Act is reversed by this new Act.

Source: Preamble

Corporations Information Act
implicitly affected

The reason for the dissolution of The Oakville Players (failure to comply with this Act) is addressed by the revival.

Source: Preamble

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Oct 22, 2024
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 11, 2024
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 11, 2024
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 19, 2024

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
Rudy Cuzzetto
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Mississauga—Lakeshore
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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