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Bill PR31 explained in plain English

Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited Act, 2023

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR31
Full title
Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited Act, 2023
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 6, 2023

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd 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
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 6, 2023
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited Act, 2023, revives the dissolved corporation Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited, restoring it to its previous legal status.

What It Means

This bill, the Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited Act, 2023, revives a corporation named Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited. The corporation was dissolved on June 17, 2022, under the Business Corporations Act. The bill states that the corporation is restored to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The bill came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation known as Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited.
  • Restores Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited to its legal position as it was before its dissolution.
  • Ensures the revived corporation is subject to its previous rights, property, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, while respecting any rights acquired by other persons after the corporation's dissolution.
  • Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited
  • Barry Feiner (director and president at the time of dissolution)
  • Persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the date of its dissolution.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the dissolution of Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited.
Important Dates
  • The corporation Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited was dissolved on June 17, 2022.
  • This Act (Bill PR31) came into force on December 6, 2023, the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival of the corporation is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution, the specific nature or extent of which is not detailed in the bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
revival

The dissolution of Geranium (Hillsdale) Limited under this Act on June 17, 2022, is effectively reversed by the revival of the corporation through Bill PR31.

Source: Preamble, Section 1

Commencement provision
commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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
Sep 27, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 6, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 6, 2023
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 6, 2023

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Brian Saunderson
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Simcoe—Grey
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

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.

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