Bill 220 explained in plain English
Election Finances Amendment Act (Quarterly Allowances), 2024
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 220 amends the Election Finances Act to extend quarterly allowances for registered parties and constituency associations through 2026 and delays the end of these allowances until 2027.
This bill amends the Election Finances Act to continue quarterly allowances for registered political parties and their constituency associations for the years 2025 and 2026. It also changes the date when amendments that would end these allowances would take effect from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2027. Additionally, it makes a change to the Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018, extending a related date from 2025 to 2027. The bill came into effect on November 19, 2024, the same day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Election Finances Act to extend quarterly allowances for registered political parties and registered constituency associations for the years 2025 and 2026.
- Changes the commencement date for amendments that would end these quarterly allowances from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2027.
- Repeals subsection 32.1 (2.1) of the Election Finances Act.
- Amends subparagraph 1 ii of subsection 32.1 (5) of the Election Finances Act by changing the end date from '2024' to '2024 or a subsequent year'.
- Amends subsection 7 (2) of Schedule 13 to the Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018, by changing a reference from '2025' to '2027'.
- Registered political parties in Ontario
- Registered constituency associations in Ontario
- Continued eligibility for quarterly allowances for registered parties and constituency associations for 2025 and 2026.
- The Act came into force on November 19, 2024.
- The end of quarterly allowances is now set for January 1, 2027.
- The bill extends quarterly allowances through 2026.
- The bill continues quarterly allowances for registered political parties and their constituency associations for 2025 and 2026.
- The bill text does not specify the exact amount of the quarterly allowances or the criteria for receiving them, only that they are continued.
- The bill does not detail any specific consequences or penalties for non-compliance, focusing on the continuation and timing of the allowances.
Extends quarterly allowances for registered parties and constituency associations for 2025 and 2026, and changes the date when these allowances would end.
Source: Section 1
Changes a date reference within Schedule 13 from 2025 to 2027.
Source: Section 2
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