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Bill PR37 explained in plain English

Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited Act, 2024

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 PR37
Full title
Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited Act, 2024
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Apr 25, 2024

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
Apr 25, 2024
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited Act, 2024, revives the dissolved corporation Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited, restoring it to its legal status as of its dissolution, subject to intervening rights.

What It Means

This Act, also known as the Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited Act, 2024, revives the corporation Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited. The corporation was dissolved on March 27, 1992. The revival restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, and liabilities, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited.
  • Restores Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited to its legal position, including property, rights, and liabilities, as they were at the time of its dissolution.
  • Makes the revival subject to any rights that have been acquired by other people after the corporation was dissolved.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited
  • Gary Stern (applicant)
  • People who acquired rights after March 27, 1992
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The corporation was dissolved on March 27, 1992.
  • The Act came into force on April 25, 2024, the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The extent to which any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution might affect the revival is not detailed in the bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited
revival

The corporation Doreen Scolnick Investments Limited, which was dissolved on March 27, 1992, is revived. This restores it to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including all its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, except for rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.

Source: Section 1

Business Corporations Act
impacted by dissolution

The corporation was dissolved under section 205 of this Act on March 27, 1992. The revival of the corporation by this private Act is made despite that dissolution.

Source: Preamble

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Feb 27, 2024
Step 2
Second reading
Apr 25, 2024
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Apr 25, 2024
Step 5
Royal assent
Apr 25, 2024

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
Laura Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Thornhill
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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