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.

Deborah Deller, (8699) T.F.N. Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.

Applications to Provincial Parliament

Notice is hereby given that on behalf of YMCA of Niagara application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act to amend The Young Men’s Christian Association of St. Catharines Act, 1928 to provide that YMCA of Niagara may acquire and hold real property or any interest in real property in The Regional Municipality of Niagara; YMCA of Niagara may establish branch associations in The Regional Municipality of Niagara; and beginning January 1, 2010 land, as defined in the Assessment Act, in The Regional Municipality of Niagara, is exempt for taxation for municipal and school purposes, except for local improvement rates, if it is occupied by and used solely for the purposes of YMCA of Niagara and if YMCA of Niagara is a registered charity within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

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 the City of St. Catharines this 8th day of December, 2010.

J. Rodney Bush
Solicitor for the Applicant
Sullivan Mahoney LLP
Lawyers
40 Queen Street, P.O. Box 1360
St. Catharines, ON L2R 6Z2
Tel: (905) 688-6655
Fax: (905) 688-5814

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