Bill PR26 explained in plain English
Saint Paul University 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 Saint Paul University Act, 2014, amends The University of Ottawa Act, 1933, to change the composition and terms of office for the Senate of Saint Paul University.
Bill Pr26, also known as the Saint Paul University Act, 2014, amends the composition of the Senate at Saint Paul University. It re-enacts Section 24 of The University of Ottawa Act, 1933 to change how the Senate is constituted and to set terms for elected members. The Act also validates past decisions of the Senate and specifies that it comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Amends The University of Ottawa Act, 1933, to change the number and types of members on the Senate of Saint Paul University.
- Sets specific terms of office for elected professors and students on the Senate.
- Allows for vice-deans to act in place of deans on the Senate if the dean is unable to act.
- States that current Senate members will remain in office until new members are elected or appointed under the new rules.
- Validates past decisions and acts of the Senate, regardless of how it was constituted before the Act received Royal Assent.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Saint Paul University
- Members of the Senate of Saint Paul University
- Professors of Saint Paul University
- Undergraduate students of Saint Paul University
- Graduate students of Saint Paul University
- Deans and Vice-deans of faculties at Saint Paul University
- The Senate of Saint Paul University shall consist of not more than 30 members.
- Elected professors serving on the Senate will serve for two years.
- Elected undergraduate students serving on the Senate will serve for two years.
- Elected graduate students serving on the Senate will serve for one year.
- This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The exact number of professors and student senators beyond the minimum required will be determined by the composition of faculties, schools, and institutes, and the electoral process, up to the maximum of 30 senators.
- The specific details of how 'other persons' may be added to the Senate, as permitted by subsection 24(1) paragraph 12, are not detailed in the bill.
- The bill does not specify what happens if an election for Senate positions does not occur or is otherwise not completed on schedule.
Section 24 of this Act, which deals with the constitution of the Senate, is repealed and replaced with new provisions that limit the Senate to no more than 30 members and specify who these members are and how they are elected or appointed.
Source: Section 1
This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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