Bill 64 explained in plain English
Costing of Public Bills Act, 2012
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 64, the Costing of Public Bills Act, 2012, mandates that the Ontario Minister of Finance conduct and report on the financial cost of all public bills before they can be debated at second reading.
This bill, if passed, would require the Ontario Minister of Finance to prepare a detailed costing analysis for every public bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly. This analysis would estimate the financial cost of the bill to the government and describe the methods used. The report must be submitted to the Assembly as soon as possible after the bill's first reading. A bill could not proceed to second reading until this costing report has been tabled. The Act would come into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister of Finance to ensure a detailed costing analysis is completed for every public bill that receives first reading in the Legislative Assembly.
- Requires the costing analysis report to include an estimate of the financial cost to the government and a description of the methodology used.
- Requires the costing analysis report to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly as soon as possible after the bill receives first reading.
- Prohibits a bill from proceeding to second reading until its costing analysis report has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Minister of Finance (Ontario)
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Government of Ontario
- The Minister of Finance has an obligation to ensure costing analyses and reports are prepared and tabled.
- Bills cannot be debated at second reading until their costing reports are tabled.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill requires an estimate of the financial cost to the Government of Ontario for any proposal in a public bill.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes a 'public bill'.
- The bill does not define 'detailed and comprehensive' for the costing analysis.
- The bill does not specify any penalties for non-compliance with the costing analysis requirements.
Introduces a requirement for a costing analysis report to be tabled before a bill can proceed to second reading.
Source: Section 1(4)
Specifies that this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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