Bill 25 explained in plain English
Zebra Mussel Report Act, 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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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.
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Bill 25, the Zebra Mussel Report Act, 2018, mandates the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate zebra mussel levels in listed waterways.
This Act requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate and determine the extent of zebra mussel infestation in a specific list of waterways in Ontario. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate the extent of zebra mussels in specific waterways.
- Specifies that the investigation must be conducted under subsection 15 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act.
- Lists the waterways to be investigated in a Schedule to the Act.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
- The public, as the results of the investigation may be of interest.
- The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has an obligation to direct an investigation into the extent of zebra mussel infestation in specified waterways.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify a timeline for the completion of the investigation.
- The bill does not detail how the 'zebra mussel content' will be measured or reported.
- The bill does not specify what actions, if any, will be taken based on the results of the investigation.
The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is directed to carry out duties under subsection 15 (1) of this Act to investigate zebra mussel content in specific waterways.
Source: Section 1
This is the short title of the Act, establishing the requirement for the zebra mussel investigation.
Source: Section 3
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