[37] Bill 22 Royal Assent (PDF)
Bill Pr22
Bill Pr222000
An Act respecting the Town of Greater Napanee
Preamble
The council of The Corporation of the Town of Greater Napanee has applied for special legislation to provide that when the new term of the council commences in the year 2000, each member of the council shall have only one vote. The applicant represents that The Corporation of the Town of Greater Napanee was established on January 1, 1998 by an order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing dated January 7, 1997 and made under section 25.2 of the Municipal Act that amalgamated The Corporation of the Township of Adolphustown, The Corporation of the Township of North Fredericksburgh, The Corporation of the Township of South Fredericksburgh, The Corporation of the Township of Richmond and The Corporation of the Town of Napanee. The applicant further represents that the Minister's order provided that each member of the council of the amalgamated corporation shall have one vote each from January 1, 1998 to November 30, 2000 and that when the new term of the council commences in the year 2000, a member of the council elected in a ward that has more than 2,500 electors shall have two votes instead of one, except when voting on changes to ward boundaries, when each member of the council shall have only one vote.
It is appropriate to grant the application.
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Council members to have one vote each
1. Despite subclause 4.3 (b) (ii) of the "Order Made Under Section 25.2 of the Municipal Act to Implement the Proposal for the Restructuring of the County of Lennox and Addington and Its Constituent Municipalities" made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on January 7, 1997, each member of the council of The Corporation of the Town of Greater Napanee shall have one vote when the new term of the council commences in the year 2000.
Commencement
2.This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
3.The short title of this Act is the Town of Greater Napanee Act, 2000.