Bill 240 explained in plain English
Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2024
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The Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2024, facilitates the dissolution of the Regional Municipality of Peel by amending provincial laws to transfer municipal responsibilities and provide immunity from liability.
This bill, the Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2024, makes changes to several Ontario laws to manage the transition and dissolution of The Regional Municipality of Peel. It amends laws regarding the number of Deputy Provincial Land and Development Facilitators, transfers jurisdiction over highways and stormwater utilities from Peel to Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon, and assigns waste collection and community recycling centre jurisdiction to Mississauga. The bill also provides immunity from liability for the Crown and municipalities involved in these changes.
- Amends the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Act to increase the maximum number of Deputy Provincial Land and Development Facilitators from four to six.
- Amends the Municipal Act, 2001, to transfer jurisdiction over highways, including bridges, and associated stormwater utilities from The Regional Municipality of Peel to the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton, and the Town of Caledon.
- Amends the Municipal Act, 2001, to grant the City of Mississauga jurisdiction over waste collection within its geographic area and specific community recycling centres.
- Amends the Municipal Act, 2001, to grant the Minister the power to make regulations to facilitate these transfers of jurisdiction.
- Amends the Municipal Act, 2001, to establish immunity from legal action for the Crown, The Regional Municipality of Peel, the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton, the Town of Caledon, and their related officials and employees concerning the transfers and related regulatory actions.
- Specifies that the City of Mississauga will stand in place of The Regional Municipality of Peel for agreements related to transferred waste collection and stormwater utilities.
- States that the provisions related to liability immunity apply regardless of whether the cause of action arose before, on, or after the bill comes into force.
- The Regional Municipality of Peel
- The City of Mississauga
- The City of Brampton
- The Town of Caledon
- The Crown (Ontario)
- The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- Provincial Land and Development Facilitator
- Current and former members of the Executive Council
- Current and former employees, officers, agents, and advisors of the Crown and the municipalities of Peel, Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon
- Individuals and entities involved in agreements related to highways, bridges, stormwater utilities, and waste management in Peel Region.
- The Minister's authority to appoint Deputy Provincial Land and Development Facilitators is expanded.
- Jurisdiction over highways and stormwater utilities is transferred from Peel to Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon.
- Jurisdiction over waste collection and specific recycling centres is transferred to Mississauga.
- The Crown, Peel, Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, and their associated officials and employees are protected from liability related to the transition.
- Lower-tier municipalities will stand in place of Peel for agreements concerning transferred responsibilities.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, unless otherwise specified.
- Schedule 1 comes into force on the day the Peel Transition Implementation Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.
- Schedule 2, Section 2, is deemed to have come into force on December 12, 2024.
- Schedule 2, Section 3, comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Transfers of jurisdiction over highways and stormwater utilities are to occur on a date prescribed by the Minister, or July 1, 2026, if no date is prescribed.
- Jurisdiction over waste collection and community recycling centres is to occur on a date prescribed by the Minister, or July 1, 2026, if no date is prescribed.
- Regulations made under section 453 may be effective retroactively to December 12, 2024.
- Regulations made under section 453 may provide for financial adjustments among Peel, Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon.
- Immunity from liability includes protection against claims for loss of revenues or loss of profit.
- If municipalities do not comply with regulations made under clause 453(1)(h) (standards before entering into agreements impacting jurisdiction), the Minister may make an order requiring compliance.
- No proceedings may be brought or maintained against individuals or entities protected by the immunity provisions, except for applications for judicial review.
- The exact date for the transfer of jurisdiction over highways and stormwater utilities, and waste collection, will be prescribed by the Minister or will be July 1, 2026.
- The full scope of regulations the Minister can make to facilitate the transfer is broad, including potentially modifying or extinguishing existing rights, obligations, or interests.
- The bill does not apply to proceedings brought by the Crown.
- The immunity provisions have some exceptions, such as for judicial review applications and proceedings brought by the Crown.
Increases the maximum number of Deputy Provincial Land and Development Facilitators that the Minister may appoint from four to six.
Source: Schedule 1, Section 1
Modifies the assignment of spheres of jurisdiction to upper-tier municipalities, excluding Peel from certain assignments.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 1
Creates an exception stating that Section 52 of the Act does not apply to The Regional Municipality of Peel.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 2
Adds a subsection stating that the operation of a transfer clause does not constitute a breach, termination, or event of default for any agreement.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 3
Provides for the transfer of jurisdiction over highways and stormwater utilities from The Regional Municipality of Peel to the City of Mississauga, the City of Brampton, and the Town of Caledon.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 4 (new section 53.1)
Grants the Minister authority to make regulations to facilitate the transfer of jurisdiction over highways, stormwater utilities, and waste management.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 5 (amending section 453)
Grants the City of Mississauga jurisdiction over waste collection and community recycling centres within its geographic area in The Regional Municipality of Peel.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 6 (new section 469.1)
Establishes immunity from liability for the Crown and certain municipalities and their officials and employees concerning legislative changes related to Peel's transition.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 7 (new section 474.10.1.1)
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