Bill 85 explained in plain English
Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 85, the Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2010, establishes a new legislative committee to review public spending in health and education.
This bill amends the Legislative Assembly Act to create a new committee called the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education. This committee will review and report on the parts of the Auditor General's annual report that deal with how public money is spent on the health system, the education system, and post-secondary education institutions in Ontario.
- Establishes a new standing committee of the Legislative Assembly named the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education.
- Requires the Assembly to appoint members to this committee within the first 10 sitting days after the bill comes into force.
- Mandates the committee to review specific parts of the Auditor General's annual report.
- Specifies that the reviewed parts of the Auditor General's report must relate to the disbursement of public money for the health system, the education system, and the post-secondary education sector.
- Requires the committee to report its observations, opinions, and recommendations on these matters to the Legislative Assembly.
- Outlines the procedure for the committee to table its report, either by laying it before the Assembly when it is in session or depositing it with the Clerk of the Assembly when it is not in session.
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Auditor General of Ontario
- The health system in Ontario
- The education system in Ontario
- Post-secondary educational institutions in Ontario
- The Legislative Assembly must appoint members to the new committee.
- The Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education has a duty to review and report on specific portions of the Auditor General's annual report.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill concerns the review of public money disbursement, implying potential financial scrutiny of government spending in health and education.
- The bill does not specify the exact number of members for the committee, only that the Assembly shall appoint members.
- The bill does not detail the frequency or specific format of the committee's reports beyond tabling them before the Assembly or the Clerk.
- The exact definition of 'disbursement of public money' for the specified sectors, beyond what is contained in the Auditor General's report, is not detailed in the bill.
Adds a new section to establish the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education and defines its duties and reporting procedures.
Source: Section 1
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