Bill 10 explained in plain English
Local Municipality Democracy Act, 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 10 amends the Green Energy Act, 2009, and the Planning Act to restore the effect of certain municipal by-laws and remove exemptions for renewable energy projects under the Planning Act.
This bill makes changes to the Green Energy Act, 2009, and the Planning Act. It clarifies that some municipal by-laws in single-tier or lower-tier municipalities regarding health, safety, well-being, or public assets will still apply, even if they might restrict certain activities related to renewable energy projects. It also removes exemptions for renewable energy projects from the normal application of the Planning Act.
- Amends the Green Energy Act, 2009 to specify when municipal by-laws can restrict renewable energy projects.
- Amends the Planning Act to remove exemptions for renewable energy projects.
- Removes certain definitions related to renewable energy projects from the Planning Act.
- Repeals specific sections of the Planning Act that relate to exemptions for renewable energy projects.
- Single-tier municipalities
- Lower-tier municipalities
- Operators of renewable energy projects
- Developers of renewable energy projects
- The public, in relation to health, safety, and well-being
- Municipalities can continue to enforce by-laws related to health, safety, well-being, and public assets.
- Renewable energy projects are now subject to the normal application of the Planning Act, including its policies, plans, by-laws, and regulations.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act come into force on the 90th day after the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify what 'prescribed circumstances' or 'prescribed instrument or class of instrument' refer to in relation to exceptions for by-laws.
- The specific types of public assets of a municipality that are protected by this amendment are not detailed in the bill text.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, which is needed to determine when certain provisions come into force.
Specifies that municipal by-laws of single-tier or lower-tier municipalities concerning health, safety, well-being of persons, or public assets remain operative and can restrict certain renewable energy activities, even if those activities were previously exempt under this Act.
Source: Section 1 and 2
Removes exemptions that previously shielded renewable energy undertakings from the normal application of the Planning Act, including its policies, plans, by-laws, and regulations.
Source: Section 3, 4, and 5
Repeals definitions for 'renewable energy generation facility', 'renewable energy project', 'renewable energy testing facility', 'renewable energy testing project', and 'renewable energy undertaking'.
Source: Section 3
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