32

 

First Session, 46th General Assembly

57 Elizabeth II, 2008

BILL 32

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY AND ADMINISTRATION ACT

Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE THOMAS G. RIDEOUT

Government House Leader

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Clause 1 of the Bill would amend section 12 of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act to provide for remuneration for temporary replacements of office holders where those officer holders are unable to carry out their responsibilities.

Clause 2 of the Bill would amend section 18 of the Act to allow a member of the commission to serve concurrently as a member of the Public Accounts Committee where necessary.

Clause 3 of the Bill is a commencement clause.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY AND ADMINISTRATION ACT

Analysis

        1.   S.12 Amdt.
Other remuneration

        2.   S.18 Amdt.
House of Assembly Management Commission

        3.   Commencement

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2007 cH-10.1

        1. Section 12 of the House of Assembly Accountability, Integrity and Administration Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following:

             (5)  Where a member who holds a position referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), or (c) is, due to illness or disability, absent and unable to carry out the duties of his or her position for a period of more than 10 consecutive sitting days of the House of Assembly,

             (a)  a member referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) who carries out the duties of a member referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b); or

             (b)  another member appointed to carry out the duties of a member referred to in paragraph (1)(c),

is, after the expiration of those 10 days, and until the return to duties of the absent member or the appointment of a new member to the absent member's position, entitled to a salary referred to in subsection (1) for the position he or she replaces, without affecting the salary of the absent member.

 

        2. Section 18 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following:

          (5.1)  Notwithstanding subsection (5), where the number of members sitting in the House of Assembly in opposition to the government is insufficient to allow the appointment of 3 of those members to the Public Accounts Committee and still comply with that subsection, a member of the commission may serve concurrently as a member of the commission and a member of the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Assembly.

Commencement

        3. Section 1 of this Act shall be considered to have come into force on March 10, 2008.

ŠEarl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer