Bill 37 explained in plain English
Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario Act, 2025
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario Act, 2025, promotes flood awareness through an annual designated week, an online government resource, and mandatory inclusion of flood information with municipal tax bills.
This bill, titled the Fewer Floods, Safer Ontario Act, 2025, aims to increase public awareness about flooding by proclaiming a Flooding Awareness Week, requiring the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to publish flood-related information online, and mandating that flood information be sent to taxpayers with their municipal tax bills. It also requires this information to be mailed to households in areas without municipal organizations. Additionally, it amends existing legislation to ensure this flood information is included with tax bills in the City of Toronto and other municipalities.
- Proclaims the fourth week of March each year as Flooding Awareness Week.
- Requires the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to publish information on flood preparedness, prevention, mitigation, available resources, and frequently asked questions on a government website.
- Requires the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to mail flood information to households in territories without municipal organization.
- Amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to require the city treasurer to send flood information with tax bills.
- Amends the Municipal Act, 2001, to require municipal treasurers to send flood information with tax bills.
- Specifies when different parts of the Act come into force.
- The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- The City of Toronto treasurer
- Municipal treasurers in Ontario
- Taxpayers in the City of Toronto
- Taxpayers in other municipalities
- Households in territories without municipal organization
- The general public in Ontario
- The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is obligated to publish flood information online and mail it to unorganized territories.
- The City of Toronto treasurer is obligated to send flood information with tax bills.
- Municipal treasurers are obligated to send flood information with tax bills.
- Ontarians have the right to receive information about flood risks and preparedness with their tax bills and through a government website.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, except for sections 2 to 5.
- Sections 2 to 5 come into force three months after the day the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The bill requires flood information to be sent with tax bills, which may involve costs for printing and distribution, though these costs are not specified in the bill text.
- The specific content and format of the flood information to be published and distributed are described generally and may be further detailed by the Minister.
- The bill does not specify the exact costs associated with printing and mailing the flood information.
- The bill does not specify any penalties for non-compliance with its provisions.
Adds a requirement for the city treasurer to include flood information with tax bills sent to taxpayers.
Source: Section 4
Adds a requirement for municipal treasurers to include flood information with tax bills sent to taxpayers.
Source: Section 5
This is the new act itself, which establishes Flooding Awareness Week and requirements for publishing and distributing flood information.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 3
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