Bill 205 explained in plain English
Turn Down the Heat Act (Extreme Heat Awareness), 2024
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The Turn Down the Heat Act (Extreme Heat Awareness), 2024, establishes Extreme Heat Awareness Week, mandates the publication and distribution of extreme heat information by a provincial minister, and requires municipalities to include such information with tax bills.
This bill, called the Turn Down the Heat Act (Extreme Heat Awareness), 2024, aims to increase public awareness about extreme heat. It proclaims the first week of June each year as Extreme Heat Awareness Week. The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is required to publish information on extreme heat risks and preparedness on a government website. This information must also be mailed to households in areas without municipal organization. Additionally, the bill amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006, and the Municipal Act, 2001, to require the city treasurer and municipal treasurers, respectively, to include extreme heat information with tax bills sent to taxpayers.
- Proclaims the first week of June each year as Extreme Heat Awareness Week.
- Requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to publish information on extreme heat issues on a government website. This information includes how to prepare for extreme heat, preventative measures for health concerns, a guide to public resources, and answers to frequently asked questions.
- Requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to mail the extreme heat information to every household in territories without municipal organization each year.
- Amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to require the city treasurer to send materials with extreme heat information along with any tax bill.
- Amends the Municipal Act, 2001, to require municipal treasurers to send materials with extreme heat information along with any tax bill.
- The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
- The city treasurer of Toronto.
- Municipal treasurers in Ontario.
- Taxpayers in Toronto.
- Taxpayers in municipalities across Ontario.
- Households in territories without municipal organization.
- The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has an obligation to publish and mail extreme heat information.
- The city treasurer of Toronto has an obligation to include extreme heat information with tax bills.
- Municipal treasurers have an obligation to include extreme heat information with tax bills.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (for general provisions).
- Sections 2 to 5 of the Act come into force three months after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact content or format of the extreme heat information that must be published and distributed, beyond general categories of information.
- The bill does not specify the frequency for updating the information on the government website, other than it must be published.
- The bill does not specify the content of the 'materials' that must be sent with tax bills, other than that they contain the information described in section 2.
Adds a requirement for the city treasurer to include extreme heat information with tax bills sent to taxpayers.
Source: Section 4
Requires the city treasurer to send materials containing extreme heat information along with any tax bill sent to taxpayers.
Source: Section 4
Adds a requirement for municipal treasurers to include extreme heat information with tax bills sent to taxpayers.
Source: Section 5
Requires the treasurer to send materials containing extreme heat information along with any tax bill sent to taxpayers.
Source: Section 5
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