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Bill 133 explained in plain English

Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017

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, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 133
Full title
Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
May 15, 2017

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Carried
Latest Activity
May 15, 2017
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 133 amends the Electricity Act, 1998, to end the debt retirement charge on the date the bill receives Royal Assent, rather than April 1, 2018.

What It Means

Bill 133, also known as the Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017, changes the deadline for when the debt retirement charge on electricity is no longer payable. Instead of ending on April 1, 2018, the charge will no longer be payable on or after the day this Act receives Royal Assent. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Changes the date on which the debt retirement charge on electricity ceases to be payable.
  • Makes the debt retirement charge no longer payable on electricity consumed on or after the day the Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017 receives Royal Assent.
  • Establishes that this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Consumers of electricity in Ontario
  • The Province of Ontario (regarding the debt retirement charge)
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The debt retirement charge is no longer payable on electricity consumed on or after the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • The debt retirement charge will cease to be collected earlier than previously scheduled.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The exact date the debt retirement charge ceased to be payable depends on when the bill received Royal Assent, which is not specified in the provided text beyond the commencement provision.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Electricity Act, 1998
amends

Changes the date after which the debt retirement charge is not payable from April 1, 2018, to the date the Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017 receives Royal Assent. (Section 1)

Source: Section 1

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
May 15, 2017
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

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

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

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.

How this data is sourced