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Member's Bill

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Fifth Session, Fortieth Parliament

64 Elizabeth II, 2016

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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BILL M 2**

GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PENALTIES ACT, 2016

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Ms. Vicki Huntington

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Explanatory Note

This Act amends the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act to hold back additional compensation for

members of the Executive Council if greenhouse gas emissions targets are not met.

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MS. VICKI HUNTINGTON

BILL M 2** –  2016

GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PENALTIES ACT, 2016

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province ofBritish Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, S.B.C. 2007, c.42, is amended by adding the following

 section:

Salary holdback

4.1 (1) The salary otherwise payable under section 4 of the Members' Remuneration and Pensions

 Act  to each member of the Executive Council must be reduced:

(a) Beginning in 2016, by 18%;

(b) Beginning in 2020, by 33%;

(c) Beginning in 2050, by 80%; and(d) Beginning in a target year named by order of the minister under section 2 (3), by the

same rate as the BC greenhouse gas emissions reduction target established for that year.

(2) A reduction in salary, under this section, of a member of the Executive Council, becomes due

and payable on the next day after the progress report prepared under section 4 for that calendar

year is made public, if the target for that calendar year established under section 2 has been

achieved.

(3) If total salary reductions for a member of the Executive Council under this section, section 3 of

the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act  and section 5 of the Carbon Tax Act  

exceed 100%, the total holdback shall be 100%.

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This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.