Bill 3 explained in plain English
Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 3 ensures that if the Minister provides a gasoline tax rebate to a municipality for public transportation, they must also provide a rebate for highway purposes to any other municipality, with the amount based on population and highway mileage.
Bill 3, the Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2013, amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act. It requires the Minister to provide a gasoline tax rebate to a municipality for highway purposes if they provide a similar rebate to another municipality for transit purposes, provided the Legislature authorizes the payment. The amount of the highway rebate is determined by the population and highway mileage of the receiving municipality compared to the transit rebate recipient.
- Amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Requires the Minister to provide a gasoline tax rebate for highway purposes to a municipality if a rebate has been provided for public transportation purposes to another municipality.
- Specifies that the highway rebate will only be provided if the Legislature authorizes the payment through an appropriation.
- Establishes a formula to calculate the amount of the highway rebate based on the population and highway mileage of the receiving municipality, and the population and highway mileage of the municipality that received the transit rebate.
- Names the Act as the Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2013.
- Municipalities
- The Minister responsible for administering the gasoline tax rebates.
- The Minister shall not refuse to enter into an agreement to provide a gasoline tax rebate for highway purposes to a municipality if a rebate for public transportation purposes has been provided to another municipality, subject to legislative appropriation.
- The amount of the highway rebate is determined by a specific formula involving population and highway distance.
- Municipalities receiving rebates are referred to as the 'first municipality' (for transit) and 'second municipality' (for highways).
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Establishes a mechanism for providing gasoline tax rebates to municipalities for highway purposes.
- The amount of these rebates is calculated based on a formula and requires legislative appropriation.
- The bill does not specify which Minister is responsible.
- The bill does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that it came into force on that day.
- The calculation of the rebate amount depends on data related to population and highway distance, which are not detailed within the bill text itself.
Changes the conditions under which the Minister can provide gasoline tax rebates to municipalities for highway-related purposes.
Source: Section 1
Adds new subsections that define the conditions and calculation method for providing gasoline tax rebates for highway purposes.
Source: Section 1
This Act impacts how rebates under the Gasoline Tax Act are provided to municipalities.
Source: Section 1
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