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Bill 19 explained in plain English

Zebra Mussel Survey Act, 2018

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 19
Full title
Zebra Mussel Survey Act, 2018
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried on division
Last updated
Aug 7, 2018

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 on division
Latest Activity
Aug 7, 2018
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

The Zebra Mussel Survey Act, 2018 mandates the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate zebra mussel presence in designated Ontario waterways.

What It Means

This Act requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate the extent of zebra mussel infestations in a specific list of lakes and creeks in Ontario. The investigation is to be conducted under the authority of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

What This Bill Does
  • Requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate the extent of zebra mussels in specific lakes and creeks.
  • States that this investigation must be carried out under subsection 15 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act.
Who Is Affected
  • The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
  • Individuals or groups involved in environmental surveys or water resource management.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Minister has an obligation to direct an investigation into the extent of zebra mussels in specified waterways.
Important Dates
  • This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify the methods or timeline for conducting the investigation.
  • The bill does not define 'zebra mussel content' or 'extent of the zebra mussel problem'.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Ontario Water Resources Act
amended to apply to the specific requirement

Specifies that the Minister must use the powers under subsection 15 (1) of this Act to conduct the zebra mussel investigation.

Source: Section 1

Zebra Mussel Survey Act, 2018
commenced

This Act came into force on the day it received 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
Aug 7, 2018
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
Gilles Bisson
Sponsor party or district not listed
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