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Bill 39, Accessible Parking and Towing Industry Review Committee Act, 2018

Martow, Gila

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The

Accessible Parking and Towing Industry Review Committee

Act, 2018 requires the Minister of Government and Consumer Services to

establish an advisory committee to do the following:

1. Inquire

into and report on the system of accessible parking for persons with a

disability.

2. Inquire

into and report on matters related to the towing industry.

The

committee is to be established within 90 days after the Bill receives Royal

Assent and must report its recommendations to the Minister within eight months

of its establishment. Within 60 days after receiving the committee’s report, the

Minister must inform the Assembly of the recommendations that he or she will

implement within the following five years.

Bill 39 2018

Act to require the establishment of an Accessible Parking and Towing Industry

Review Committee

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

this Act,

“committee”

means the Accessible Parking and Towing Industry Review Committee; (“comité”)

“person

with a disability” has the same meaning as in Regulation 581 of the Revised

Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Accessible Parking for Persons with Disabilities)

made under the Highway Traffic Act . (“personne

handicapée”)

Accessible

Parking and Towing Industry Review Committee

(1) The

Minister of Government and Consumer Services shall, within 90 days after this

Act receives Royal Assent, establish an advisory committee to be known as the Accessible

stationnement accessible et du secteur de remorquage in French to inquire into

and report on,

(

a) the

system of accessible parking for persons with a disability; and

(

b) matters

related to the towing industry.

Composition

(2) The

committee shall be composed of persons that the Minister believes will make

useful contributions to the committee’s work including,

(

a) persons

(

b) persons

representing the interests of persons with a disability;

(

c) persons

with knowledge and expertise in the towing industry; and

(

d) consumer

protection advocates.

Remuneration

and expenses of committee members

(3) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe remuneration and

payment of expenses for the committee members.

Report

by committee

(4) On

or before the day that is eight months after the committee is established, the

committee shall report to the Minister on its work, and shall include in the

report recommendations that should be implemented within the following five

years respecting the following:

1. Developing

a system of accessible parking for persons with a disability that is both

economically feasible and fair to the interests of persons with a disability.

2. The

following matters related to the towing industry:

i. Training.

ii. Licensing.

iii. Consumer

protection.

Minister

to inform Assembly on implementation of committee’s recommendations

(5) On

or before the day that is 60 days after the committee reports to the Minister,

the Minister shall inform the Assembly of the recommendations in the report

that he or she will implement within the following five years.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Accessible Parking and

Towing Industry Review Committee Act, 2018 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

October 25, 2018

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

October 25, 2018

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

October 25, 2018

Second Reading

Debated

October 3, 2018

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 3, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

October 25, 2018

Mrs. Gila Martow, Mr. Tom Rakocevic, Mr. Dave Smith, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. Bill Walker

October 25, 2018

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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