Bill C-519
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1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47-48 Elizabeth II, 1997-98-99
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-519 |
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An Act to limit the imposition of tolls on
publicly financed highways, bridges and
tunnels
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| Short title
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1. This Act may be cited as the Highway
Tolls Act.
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| No tolls on
publicly
funded
highways
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2. (1) Notwithstanding any other Act of
Parliament, no payment for any part of any
public highway, bridge or tunnel may be paid
from or guaranteed as a charge against the
Consolidated Revenue Fund, either for initial
construction or in subsequent improvement,
addition, re-routing, maintenance or repair, if
such payment or guarantee would have the
result that more than five percent of the
aggregate of all payments made from, or
guarantees charged against, the public funds
of Canada or a province on or after January 1,
1990 for the highway, bridge or tunnel are or
were a charge or liability on the Consolidated
Revenue Fund, unless the government or
person that will administer the highway,
bridge or tunnel enters into an undertaking
that it will not impose any toll or other charge
for use of the highway, bridge or tunnel by the
public at any time during the twenty years
following the payment or guarantee.
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| Determi- nation by Auditor General
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(2) Where any question arises as to whether
a payment or guarantee will require an
undertaking under subsection (1), the matter
shall be determined by the Auditor General for
Canada, and the determination shall be con
clusive and not subject to appeal.
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