Bill 93 explained in plain English
Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This Act mandates the provision of gasoline tax rebates for highway purposes to municipalities, ensuring fairness by basing these rebates on population and highway distances relative to other municipalities receiving such rebates for public transportation.
Bill 93, also known as the Gasoline Tax Fairness for All Act, 2017, amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act. It requires the Minister to provide a gasoline tax rebate to a second municipality for highway purposes if the Minister has already provided such a rebate to a first municipality for public transportation purposes. The amount of the rebate for the second municipality is calculated based on its population and highway distances compared to the first municipality. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Requires the Minister to provide a gasoline tax rebate to a second municipality for highway planning, design, construction, maintenance, management, or operation.
- Establishes that the Minister cannot refuse to provide this highway-related rebate if a rebate has already been provided to a first municipality for public transportation purposes, provided the Legislature authorizes the payment.
- Sets out a formula to calculate the amount of the gasoline tax rebate for the second municipality, based on the rebate given to the first municipality, the populations of both municipalities, and the total distance of highways under each municipality's jurisdiction.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Minister responsible for providing gasoline tax rebates.
- Municipalities in Ontario that receive or may receive gasoline tax rebates for public transportation or highway purposes.
- The Legislature, which must authorize payment of rebates through appropriation.
- The Minister has an obligation not to refuse to enter into an agreement to provide a gasoline tax rebate for highway purposes to a second municipality if a rebate has already been provided to a first municipality for public transportation purposes.
- Municipalities have a right to receive a gasoline tax rebate for highway purposes, calculated using a specified formula, under certain conditions.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Municipalities may receive rebates of gasoline tax for highway purposes.
- The Act requires legislative appropriation to authorize the payment of these rebates.
- The Act states that the Minister shall not refuse to enter into an agreement for a highway rebate 'if the Legislature by appropriation authorizes payment of the latter rebate.' This means the actual provision of the rebate is conditional on legislative appropriation.
- The specific amounts of rebates depend on the amounts provided to the 'first municipality' and require data on population and highway distances for calculations.
Adds new subsections that outline conditions and a formula for providing matching rebates of gasoline tax to municipalities for highway purposes.
Source: Section 116
Rebates of tax under this Act are made available to municipalities for highway purposes under specific conditions outlined in the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
Source: Section 116 (3) and (4)
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