Bill PR8 explained in plain English
Saint Paul University Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill PR8, the Saint Paul University Act, 2014, amends the composition of Saint Paul University's Senate and validates past Senate actions.
This bill amends The University of Ottawa Act, 1933 to change how the Senate of Saint Paul University is composed. It specifies the number of members, their roles, and how they are elected or appointed. It also ensures that current Senate members remain in office until new ones are elected or appointed, and that past decisions of the Senate are not invalidated by previous composition issues.
- Specifies the composition of the Senate of Saint Paul University, including the maximum number of members.
- Details the roles of various individuals who will be members of the Senate.
- Outlines the election and appointment process for Senate members.
- Establishes terms of office for elected Senate members.
- Allows vice-deans to act in place of deans on the Senate.
- Ensures that current Senate members continue their terms until new members are in place.
- Validates past decisions and acts of the Senate, regardless of its previous composition.
- Repeals and substitutes Section 24 of The University of Ottawa Act, 1933.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Saint Paul University
- Members of the Senate of Saint Paul University
- The Chancellor of Saint Paul University
- The Rector of Saint Paul University
- Vice-rectors of Saint Paul University
- The Secretary General of Saint Paul University
- Deans of faculties at Saint Paul University
- Vice-deans of faculties at Saint Paul University
- Secretaries of faculties at Saint Paul University
- Directors of schools and institutes at Saint Paul University
- The chief librarian at Saint Paul University
- Professors at Saint Paul University
- Undergraduate students at Saint Paul University
- Graduate students at Saint Paul University
- The Senate of Saint Paul University shall consist of not more than 30 members.
- Specific individuals (chancellor, rector, vice-rectors, secretary general, deans, faculty secretaries, directors, chief librarian) are members of the Senate.
- Professors from each faculty, school, and institute are elected to the Senate.
- Undergraduate and graduate students are elected to the Senate.
- Elected members have specified terms of office (two years for professors and undergraduate students, one year for graduate students).
- A vice-dean may act in place of a dean on the Senate if the dean is unable to act.
- Current Senate members remain in office until new members are elected or appointed.
- The Act came into force on December 11, 2014, the day it received Royal Assent.
- The exact number of elected professors from each faculty, school, and institute will depend on the number of professors in each, with one elected if fewer than 15 professors and two elected if 15 or more professors.
- The specific number of 'any other person' the Senate may deem necessary to add is not specified, only that the total Senate membership must not exceed 30.
Section 24, which deals with the constitution of the Senate, is repealed and replaced with new provisions outlining the composition and election of the Senate.
Source: Section 1
This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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