Bill 40 explained in plain English
Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 40 ensures that municipalities can receive gasoline tax rebates for highway projects if the Minister has provided rebates for public transportation projects, with the rebate amount based on population and highway mileage.
This Act amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act. It ensures that if the Minister agrees to provide a gasoline tax rebate to one municipality for a public transportation project, the Minister cannot refuse to provide a similar rebate to another municipality for a highway project. The amount of the highway rebate will be based on the population and the total highway distance under the jurisdiction of that municipality. The Act also specifies how this rebate amount is calculated.
- Amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Requires the Minister to provide a gasoline tax rebate to a municipality for highway purposes if a rebate has been provided to another municipality for a public transportation purpose.
- Sets out a formula to calculate the amount of the gasoline tax rebate for municipalities based on population and the distance of public highways.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Municipalities in Ontario
- The Minister responsible for the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act
- Municipalities have the right to receive a gasoline tax rebate for highway purposes if certain conditions are met.
- The Minister has an obligation not to refuse a gasoline tax rebate for highway purposes under specific circumstances.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- This Act affects the rebates of gasoline tax provided to municipalities.
- The calculation of the rebate amount involves a formula that depends on population and the total distance of public highways. The text does not specify how 'population' or 'total distance of highways' are defined or measured for this calculation.
- The provision of the rebate for highway purposes is contingent on the Legislature authorizing payment through an appropriation, meaning funding must be allocated.
This Act changes the rules regarding gasoline tax rebates for municipalities. It adds new conditions and calculation methods for rebates related to highway projects, linked to rebates previously provided for public transportation projects.
Source: Section 116
The Gasoline Tax Act is indirectly affected as the rebates provided under it for highway projects are now governed by new rules established in the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
Source: Section 116 of the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act
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