Bill 177 explained in plain English
MPP Salary Freeze Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The MPP Salary Freeze Act, 2014, amends the Legislative Assembly Act to extend the freeze on MPP salaries until certain provincial financial conditions are met.
This bill amends the Legislative Assembly Act to continue freezing the annual salary of Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) at the level it was on March 26, 2009. This freeze will remain in effect until the second fiscal year after a fiscal year where the province's total revenues are equal to or greater than its total expenses. The bill states that it is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2014.
- Amends the Legislative Assembly Act to freeze the annual salary of MPPs.
- Sets the frozen MPP salary at the amount in effect on March 26, 2009.
- Specifies that the salary freeze will continue until a specific condition related to the province's financial statements is met.
- States that the Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2014.
- Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs)
- MPPs' annual salary is frozen at the amount in effect on March 26, 2009.
- The salary freeze will end on April 1 of the second fiscal year following a fiscal year where the Province's total revenues meet or exceed its total expenses.
- The Act came into force on April 1, 2014, or on the date of Royal Assent if it occurred after April 1, 2014.
- The salary freeze is in effect for fiscal years beginning on or after April 1, 2014.
- The salary freeze ceases to have effect on April 1 of the second fiscal year following a fiscal year where the Province's total revenues meet or exceed its total expenses.
- The bill freezes the annual salary of MPPs.
- The exact date when the salary freeze will end is not specified, as it depends on the Province's total revenues exceeding or equaling its total expenses in future fiscal years.
- The definition of 'fiscal year' for the purpose of determining when the freeze ends is not detailed in the bill text.
Amends section 61 by repealing subsection (1.2) and replacing it to continue the freeze on MPP salaries.
Source: Section 1
Repeals the existing provision regarding MPP salaries and substitutes new wording that continues the salary freeze.
Source: Section 1
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