BILL
NUMBER		 TITLE DATE
INTRODUCED
M205 BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT AMENDMENT ACT, 2021
(First Reading) 		Nov. 4/21

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

 
Explanatory Notes

SECTION 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 M205 – 2021
BRITISH COLUMBIA TRANSIT AMENDMENT ACT, 2021

HER 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), his or her appointment under this section is terminated.

Commencement

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


Explanatory Note

SECTION 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.