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Thursday, May 20, 2010
10 a.m.
(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
(See Schedule A — Government Motions)
(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)
(See Schedule B)
14 The Hon. M. de Jong to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 14) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010 to amend as follows:
SECTION 1, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
1 Section 25 of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, is amended by adding the following subsection subsections:
(10.3) For the purposes of a regulation under subsection (8), (10), (10.1) or (10.11) in respect of the issuance of drivers’ licences to persons who are learning to drive a motorcycle or in respect of drivers’ licences issued to persons to drive a motorcycle, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation specify that subsection (10.2) or (11), as the case may be, does not apply.
(10.3)(10.4) For the purposes of a regulation under subsection (10) (c) that restricts the motorcycles or classes of motorcycles that a class of persons may drive,
(a) the minister may make regulations specifying the motorcycles or classes of motorcycles to which a member of the class of persons is restricted, by way of one or more of the following:
(i) model;
(ii) make;
(iii) year, and
(b) subsection (11) does not apply to the restriction.
14 The Hon. M. de Jong to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 14) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010 to amend as follows:
SECTION 24, in proposed sections 253 (6) and (8) and 262 (1), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
253 (6) Subject to section 255 (5), a motor vehicle impounded under section 215.46 (1) is to remain impounded for a period equal to the period that the person referred to in section 215.46 (1) is prohibited from driving under section 215.43 (1) (a) or (b).
(8) If a driving prohibition is substituted, varied or revoked under section 215.5, the superintendent must,
(a) substitute or vary to the same extent or in the case of a substitution of a 3-day or 7-day prohibition for a 30-day or 90-day prohibition, revoke the corresponding impoundment imposed under section 215.46, and
(b) in the case of a substitution of a 3-day prohibition for a 7-day prohibition, vary to the same extent the corresponding impoundment imposed under section 215.46, if any, or
(c) in the case of a revocation, revoke the corresponding impoundment imposed under section 215.46,
and (b) subject to the lien described in section 255 (2), and to the expiry of the period of impoundment in the case of a substitution or variance and the expiry of another period of impoundment, if any, under section 251 (1), order the person who has custody of the motor vehicle to release the motor vehicle to the owner or a person authorized by the owner.
262 (1) A person who
(a) is the owner of a motor vehicle impounded under section 215.46 (2) for a period of 30 days or under section 251 (1) for a period of 30 or 60 days or, if not the owner of the impounded motor vehicle, a person authorized by the owner, and
(b) has a valid driver’s licence and is not prohibited from driving,
may, within 15 days after the impoundment of thea motor vehicle begins under section 215.46 (2) or 251 (1), apply to the superintendent under subsection (2) of this section for the release of the motor vehicle.
20 The Hon. S. Bond to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 20) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010 to amend as follows:
SECTION 219, as it enacts section 45.1 of the Coastal Ferry Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 14, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
45.1 (1) If a ferry operator is providing a competitive service, the commissioner must determine whether the ferry operator is pricing the service below the direct costs and an appropriate proportion of the indirect costs associated with providing that ferry transportation service, or has an unfair competitive advantage in providing that ferry transportation service, including, without limitation, an advantage as a result ofresulting from the ferry operator having been provided with
(a) use of, access to or ownership of vessels or terminals that are or had been owned by the government or a government body within the meaning of the Financial Administration Act,
(b) any tax exemption, or
(c) any subsidy.
(2) If the commissioner makes the determination referred to in subsection (1), the commissioner must regulate the ferry transportation service in one of the following ways:
(a) make an order under section 69 (1) and, after an alternative service provider satisfactory to the commissioner has been located through a competitive process established in a plan approved under section 69 (4) (a) or created under section 69 (4) (b) (i), order the ferry operator to arrange with that alternative service provider, under contract, franchise agreement or otherwise, for the alternative service provider to provide the ferry transportation service;
(b) calculate the amount that the commissioner considers would be charged as a tariff for that ferry transportation service to recover the direct costs and an appropriate proportion of the indirect costs attributable to providing the service were none of the factors referred to in subsection (1) (a), (b) or (c) of this section present, and order the ferry operator to charge at least that tariff when providing that ferry transportation service.
(Ms. Hammell adjourned the debate.)
SECTION A: March 23, 24, 30, April 1, 12, 15, 20, 22, 27, May 3, 5, 18.
Outstanding Summaries of Estimates — Section A
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.
Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Ministry of Citizens’ Services.
Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Environment.
Ministry of Finance.
Ministry of Forests and Range.
Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport.
Ministry of Housing and Social Development.
Ministry of Labour.
Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development.
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts.
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
(Monday morning only)
(See Schedule D)
Committee —
Bill (No. 10) intituled Veterinarians Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
Committee —
Bill (No. 14) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
Committee —
Bill (No. 18) intituled Haida Gwaii Reconciliation Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Committee —
Bill (No. 21) intituled Forestry Service Providers Protection Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 1) intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 17) intituled Clean Energy Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 19) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 20) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. Pr 401) intituled Horizons Unbound Rehabilitation and Training Society (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2010, PRINTED. Mr. Horgan.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. Pr 402) intituled Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2010, PRINTED. Mr. Hogg.
(See Schedule D)
E. GEORGE MacMINN, Q.C.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
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