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Bill 86 explained in plain English

Respecting Property Taxpayers Act, 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 86
Full title
Respecting Property Taxpayers Act, 2019
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Mar 20, 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
Mar 20, 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 bill increases the number of taxpayer representatives on the board of directors of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation from four to seven, making the total board size sixteen.

What It Means

Bill 86, the Respecting Property Taxpayers Act, 2019, amends the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Act, 1997. It changes the number of taxpayer representatives on the board of directors of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation from four to seven, increasing the total board size from thirteen to sixteen members. The bill comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Act, 1997 to increase the number of taxpayer representatives on the board of directors.
  • Changes the number of taxpayer representatives on the board from four to seven.
  • Increases the total number of board members from thirteen to sixteen.
  • Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
  • The board of directors of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
  • Taxpayer representatives appointed to the board
  • Property taxpayers in Ontario
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific date of Royal Assent is not provided in the bill text.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Act, 1997
amends

Changes the composition of the board of directors by increasing the number of taxpayer representatives and the total number of members.

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
Mar 20, 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
Paul Calandra
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Markham—Stouffville
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