Applications to Provincial Parliament – Private Bills
Public Notice
The rules of procedure and the fees and costs related to applications for Private Bills are set out in the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly. Copies of the Standing Orders, and the guide “Procedures for Applying for Private Legislation”, may be obtained from the Legislative Assembly’s Internet site at http://www.ontla.on.ca or from:
Committees Branch
Room 1405, Whitney Block, Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A2
Telephone: 416-325-3500 (Collect calls will be accepted)
Applicants should note that consideration of applications for Private Bills that are received after the first day of September in any calendar year may be postponed until the first regular Session in the next following calendar year.
Claude L. DesRosiers,
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
(8699) T.F.N.
Applications to Provincial Parliament
City of Hamilton
Notice Is Hereby Given that on behalf of the City of Hamilton application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act to exempt the City of Hamilton from the application of Section 106 of the Municipal Act, 2001 in respect of the operation of the Hamilton Place Theatre, the Hamilton Convention Centre, the Victor
K. Copps Trade Centre – Arena (Copps Coliseum) and the Convention Centre parking garage (the “Facilities”), or for any of them individually, by a private commercial operator; permit the City of Hamilton to exempt a private commercial operator of the Facilities, or any of them individually, from the payment of realty taxes (both municipal and education); and permit the City of Hamilton to exempt a private commercial operator of the Facilities, or any of them individually, from the payment of municipal fees and charges, including development charges and building permit fees, but excluding water and sewer rates.
The application will be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Any person who has an interest in the application and who wishes to make submissions, for or against the application, to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills should notify, in writing, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2.
Dated at Toronto this 8th day of April, 2005.
City of Hamilton
By its solicitors
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Suite 3100
Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 3Y2
Attention: Ronald M. Kanter
(138-P504) 17, 18, 19, 20
City Of Ottawa
Notice
Application For Special Legislation
Notice Is Hereby Given that, on behalf of the City of Ottawa (“City”), application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act in respect of the matter set out below.
To enable the City to enact a by-law to establish a tax on persons who purchase hotel or motel accommodation (“hotel tax”) in the City.
The legislation would provide that a by-law may set out the rate or amount of tax to be imposed, prescribe the manner of collecting the tax imposed, require the operator of the accommodation to collect the tax on behalf of the City and remit same to the City, provide penalties for contravention of any requirements of a by-law, establish reporting requirements, establish the forms or records to be kept by the operator, prescribe the method of collection and remittance, prescribe the types of accommodation to which the tax would apply and any exemptions to the by-law and permit the city to perform audits. The legislation will also provide that monies collected by the City will be use only for destination marketing, visitor support services and tourism development initiatives.
A copy of the draft bill is available in the office of the City Clerk, Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa.
The application will be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Any person who has an interest in the application and who wishes to make submissions, for or against the application, to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills should notify, in writing, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A2.
Dated at Ottawa, this 29 day of April, 2005.
J. Jerald Bellomo, City Solicitor
City of Ottawa
City Hall, Legal Services
110 Laurier Avenue West, Third Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1J1
Solicitor for the Applicant
(138-P513) 18, 19, 20, 21