BILL NO. 427
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
2 Charles III, 2024
Private Member's Bill
Agricultural Marshland Conservation Act
(amended)
The Honourable Zach Churchill
Yarmouth
First Reading: March 7, 2024
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
(a) makes the appointment of an Agricultural Marshland Conservation Commission mandatory;
(b) requires a minimum number of five members; and
(c) requires the Governor in Council to fill vacancies on the Commission within three months of the vacancy occurring.
An Act to Amend Chapter 22
of the Acts of 2000,
the Agricultural Marshland Conservation Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 (1) Subsection 7(1) of Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2000, the Agricultural Marshland Conservation Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:
- (1) The Governor in Council shall appoint an Agricultural Marshland Conservation Commission consisting of not fewer than five members.
(2) Section 7 of Chapter 22 is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (8) the following subsection:
- (9) A vacancy on the Commission must be filled within three months of the seat becoming vacant.
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