BILL
NUMBER		 TITLE DATE
INTRODUCED
M216 BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT AMENDMENT ACT, 2023
(First Reading) 		Mar. 27/23

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 composition of the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor 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.

BILL M216 – 2023
BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT AMENDMENT ACT, 2023

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 subsection:

(4.1) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor 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 composition of the regional transit commission for the Sea to Sky Corridor 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.