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Bill PR28 explained in plain English

Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited Act, 2015

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR28
Full title
Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited Act, 2015
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 10, 2015

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 10, 2015
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

Bill PR28 revives the dissolved corporation Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited, restoring its legal status and property, subject to third-party rights acquired since its dissolution.

What It Means

This bill revives a corporation named Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited. This means the corporation will be restored to its legal status as if it had never been dissolved. It will regain its property, rights, and privileges, and will also be subject to its previous liabilities, contracts, and debts. This revival is intended to allow the applicant to deal with property that was held in the corporation's name when it was dissolved in 1994. The bill specifies that this revival is subject to any rights that have been acquired by other people since the corporation was dissolved. The law comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • It revives Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited.
  • It restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved.
  • It restores all property, rights, privileges, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts to the corporation.
  • It clarifies that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • It states that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited
  • Peter Jeffrey (applicant, director and officer of the dissolved corporation)
  • Persons who may have acquired rights in the corporation's property since its dissolution
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (December 10, 2015).
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The exact nature and extent of 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' are not specified in the bill, which could lead to disputes.
  • The bill does not specify which specific property or liabilities are being addressed by the revival, beyond stating that the corporation is restored to its position as if it had not been dissolved.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Bayview Farms and Enterprises Limited
revival

The corporation is revived and restored to its legal status as if it had not been dissolved, with its prior property, rights, privileges, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts. This is subject to any rights acquired by others since its dissolution.

Source: Section 1

Commencement of the Act
commencement

The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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
Sep 24, 2015
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 9, 2015
Step 3
Committee review
Oct 7, 2015
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 9, 2015
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 10, 2015

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Lisa M. Thompson
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Huron—Bruce
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

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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