Bill 43 explained in plain English
Freeing Highways 412 and 418 Act (Toll Highway Amendments), 2020
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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This bill amends the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 and the Highway 407 East Act, 2012 to restrict the designation of certain connecting highways to Highway 407 East as toll highways.
Bill 43, the Freeing Highways 412 and 418 Act (Toll Highway Amendments), 2020, proposes changes to Ontario's laws concerning toll highways. It aims to prevent certain highways that connect Highway 407 East to Highway 401 from being designated as toll highways. The bill also clarifies the definition of "Highway 407 East" to exclude these connecting highways.
- Amends the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 to add a restriction on designating toll highways.
- Amends the Highway 407 East Act, 2012 to change the definition of "Highway 407 East".
- Restricts the Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation from designating as a toll highway any King's Highway that connects Highway 407 East to Highway 401.
- Modifies the definition of "Highway 407 East" to explicitly exclude King's Highways that connect it to Highway 401.
- The Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation
- Drivers using highways that connect Highway 407 East to Highway 401
- The Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation may not designate as a toll highway any King's Highway that connects Highway 407 East to Highway 401.
- This Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The bill does not specify which King's Highways are affected, only that they must connect Highway 407 East to Highway 401.
- The specific date for the Act to come into force is not yet determined and will be proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.
This bill adds a new subsection to Section 47 of the Act. This new subsection prevents regulations from designating certain highways as toll highways. Specifically, it prohibits designating any King's Highway that connects Highway 407 East to Highway 401 as a toll highway.
Source: Section 1 (2)
This bill changes the definition of "Highway 407 East" in subsection 1 (1) of the Act. The new definition explicitly excludes any King's Highways that connect Highway 407 East to Highway 401.
Source: Section 2
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