Bill 84 2013

An Act to amend the Metrolinx Act, 2006

Note: This Act amends the Metrolinx Act, 2006.  For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   1.  The Metrolinx Act, 2006 is amended by adding the following section:

Passenger railway to airport

   5.1  The Corporation shall ensure that any passenger railway system established between downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport is not powered by diesel fuel.

Commencement

   2.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   3.  The short title of this Act is the Metrolinx Amendment Act, 2013.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Metrolinx Act, 2006 to require Metrolinx to ensure that any passenger railway system established between downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport is not powered by diesel fuel.