Bill 79 explained in plain English
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act to mandate the construction of paved shoulders on specified portions of the King's Highway under certain conditions.
Bill 79, the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2013, requires the Minister of Transportation to build paved shoulders on certain parts of the King's Highway. These shoulders must be at least one metre wide and have warning signs for drivers about pedestrians and cyclists. The Minister must build these shoulders when repaving or resurfacing the highway, unless it's impossible. If regulations to identify these specific highway parts are not made within a year of the bill becoming law, the Minister must report to the Legislative Assembly on why and on the progress made.
- Amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Requires the Minister of Transportation to construct paved shoulders on prescribed portions of the King's Highway when undertaking significant repaving or resurfacing work.
- Specifies that paved shoulders must be at least one metre wide.
- Requires warning signs to be placed at the beginning of paved shoulders to alert drivers to watch for and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists.
- Provides an exception for constructing paved shoulders if it would be impracticable.
- Grants the Minister the power to make regulations prescribing which portions of the King's Highway are subject to these requirements.
- Requires the Minister to table a report in the Legislative Assembly if regulations are not made within one year of the bill receiving Royal Assent, explaining the reasons and progress made in identifying the prescribed portions.
- Minister of Transportation
- Drivers on the King's Highway
- Pedestrians
- Cyclists
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Minister of Transportation has a duty to construct paved shoulders under specified conditions.
- Drivers are to be warned to watch for and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists.
- The Minister has the power to make regulations prescribing portions of the King's Highway.
- The Minister has a duty to table a report if regulations are not made within a year.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific portions of the King's Highway that will require paved shoulders are to be prescribed by regulation, and these regulations have not yet been made.
- The Minister is not required to construct a paved shoulder if doing so would be impracticable.
- The bill does not specify the exact meaning of 'significant undertaking to repave or resurface'.
Adds a new section (26.0.1) that imposes duties and powers related to the construction of paved shoulders on the King's Highway.
Source: Section 1
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