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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.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
40th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 23
Full title
Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Public Accounts for Health Care and Education), 2013
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Mar 6, 2013

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.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Carried
Latest Activity
Mar 6, 2013
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

Bill 23 creates a new legislative committee to examine the Auditor General's reports on spending for health and education.

What It Means

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.

What This Bill Does
  • 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.
Who Is Affected
  • 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
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • 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.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • 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.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Legislative Assembly Act
amends

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

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 6, 2013
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Jerry J. Ouellette
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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