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Bill 103 explained in plain English

Election Finances Amendment Act (Leadership Fundraising Loophole), 2019

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 103
Full title
Election Finances Amendment Act (Leadership Fundraising Loophole), 2019
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Apr 29, 2019

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd 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
Carried
Latest Activity
Apr 29, 2019
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

This Act amends the Election Finances Act to ensure that contributions made to leadership contestants after a leadership vote can only be used to repay campaign debts.

What It Means

Bill 103, also known as the Election Finances Amendment Act (Leadership Fundraising Loophole), 2019, amends the Election Finances Act. It clarifies that any contributions made to a leadership contestant after a leadership vote must be used solely for the purpose of repaying debts incurred by the contestant during that leadership contest. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • It amends the Election Finances Act.
  • It clarifies that contributions made to a leadership contestant after a leadership vote must be used only for the purpose of repaying liabilities incurred by the contestant for the leadership contest.
  • It specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Leadership contestants in political parties
  • Individuals or entities making contributions to leadership contestants
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Contributions made to a leadership contestant after a leadership vote must be used only for the purpose of repaying liabilities incurred for that leadership contest.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what happens if contributions are made for purposes other than repaying liabilities, nor does it detail any penalties for such actions.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Election Finances Act
amends

This Act amends the Election Finances Act to add a new subsection (1.5) to Section 18.

Source: Section 1

Section 18 of the Election Finances Act
amends

A new subsection (1.5) is added to Section 18, which states that contributions to a leadership contestant after a leadership vote are restricted to the purpose of repaying liabilities incurred for that contest.

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
Apr 29, 2019
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
John Fraser
Ontario Liberal Party | Ottawa South
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