Bill 74 explained in plain English
Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015, amends the Housing Services Act, 2011, and the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, to permit audits of the Housing Services Corporation by the Auditor General and to clarify member participation requirements and salary disclosure obligations.
Bill 74, the Housing Services Corporation Accountability Act, 2015, amends existing laws to allow the Auditor General to audit the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries. It also clarifies that members of the Housing Services Corporation, such as service managers and local housing corporations, are not required to participate in its programs or activities. Additionally, the bill amends the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, to include the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries under its provisions.
- Allows the Auditor General to audit the accounts of the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries.
- Ensures that members of the Housing Services Corporation, such as service managers and local housing corporations, are not required to participate in the Corporation's programs or activities.
- Specifies that the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries are employers for the purposes of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
- Housing Services Corporation
- Subsidiaries of the Housing Services Corporation
- Auditor General
- Service managers (as members of the Housing Services Corporation)
- Local housing corporations (as members of the Housing Services Corporation)
- Employees of the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries
- The Auditor General has the right to audit the accounts of the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries.
- The Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries must provide the Auditor General with access to all necessary records and information for an audit.
- Members of the Housing Services Corporation are not obligated to participate in its programs or activities.
- The Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries are employers for the purposes of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Salaries of employees of the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries will be subject to disclosure under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
- The bill does not specify penalties, but failure to provide access to records for an audit could be implied as a contravention.
- The bill does not detail the specific criteria or circumstances under which the Auditor General would choose to conduct an audit.
- The exact scope of 'programs or activities' referred to in section 151 of the Housing Services Act, 2011, is not further defined.
- The bill does not specify when the amendments to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, become effective beyond the general commencement provision.
Adds provisions allowing the Auditor General to audit the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries, and clarifies that members are not required to participate in the Corporation's programs or activities. It also repeals section 151 of the Act.
Source: Sections 1 and 2
Specifies that the Housing Services Corporation and its subsidiaries are considered employers under this Act, meaning their employees' salaries would be subject to disclosure.
Source: Section 2
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