Bill 23 explained in plain English
Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2013
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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Bill 23 creates a new legislative committee to examine the Auditor General's reports on spending for health and education.
This bill establishes a new standing committee within the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, to be called the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education. This committee will be responsible for reviewing and reporting 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.
- Establishes a new standing committee of the Legislative Assembly named the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education.
- Requires the Legislative Assembly to appoint members to this new committee within the first 10 sitting days after the bill comes into force.
- Mandates that the committee review specific parts of the Auditor General's annual report concerning public money spent on the health system, the education system, and post-secondary education.
- Requires the committee to report its observations, opinions, and recommendations on this review to the Legislative Assembly.
- Specifies how the committee should table its report, whether the Assembly is in session or not.
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Auditor General of Ontario
- The health system in Ontario
- The education system in Ontario
- Post-secondary education institutions in Ontario
- The Legislative Assembly has the obligation to appoint members to the new committee.
- The new committee has the duty to review and report on specific parts of the Auditor General's annual report.
- The committee has the right to make observations, opinions, and recommendations.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify the exact number of members for the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education.
- The bill text does not outline the specific criteria or process for the Auditor General's report review beyond its scope related to health, education, and post-secondary education spending.
- The bill does not detail the frequency of committee meetings or the exact format of the reports presented to the Assembly.
Adds a new section (58.1) to establish the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education, outlining its composition, duties, and reporting procedures.
Source: Section 1
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