BILL M218 – 2024
BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT
AMENDMENT ACT, 2024

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 25 of the British Columbia Transit Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 38, is amended

(a) by adding the following subsections:

(2.1) A regional transit commission established by the authority to represent transit service areas for the following municipalities and regional districts must be known as the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor area:

(a) District of Squamish;

(b) Resort Municipality of Whistler;

(c) Village of Pemberton;

(d) Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Areas C and D. ;

(4.1) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor area referred to in subsection (2.1) must consist of not fewer than 7 members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council from among persons holding elected office on the following:

(a) District of Squamish Council;

(b) Líĺwat Nation Council;

(c) Resort Municipality of Whistler Council;

(d) Squamish Nation Council;

(e) Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Board;

(f) Village of Pemberton Council. , and

(b) by repealing and substituting the following subsection:

(9) If a person appointed under this section ceases to hold elected office as required by subsection (3), (4) or (4.1), the person’s appointment under this section is terminated.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Note

CLAUSE 1: [British Columbia Transit Act, section 25]

• provides for the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor area;
• provides for the composition of the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor area as an exception to the composition of a regional transit commission set out in subsection (4);
• makes a consequential amendment relating to the effect of persons ceasing to hold office.