3rd Session, 42nd Legislature
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Bill 237
THE ELECTIONS AMENDMENT ACT
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(Assented to )
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The Elections Act is amended by this Act.
The following is added after Part 6:
PART 6.0.1
DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL MATTERS BY PARTY LEADERS
Leader must disclose annual income and taxes paid
The leader of a registered political party must disclose their total income and the total amount of taxes the leader paid after having reached the age of majority under The Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Act (Canada) in each of the preceding 20 years.
Statement to be filed with CEO
A leader must make the disclosure by filing a statement containing the required information with the chief electoral officer
(a) within 90 days after
(i) the day this section comes into force, or
(ii) the day the person becomes a leader if that happens after the coming into force of this section; and
(b) on or before September 1 of each subsequent year.
Exclusion for previously filed information
A leader is not required to include information that was previously disclosed under this section in an annual statement filed under clause (2)(b) if the previously disclosed information remains accurate.
Publication of statements by CEO
The chief electoral officer must publish on the Elections Manitoba website a copy of each statement filed by a leader as soon as reasonably practicable after it is received.
Verification of leader's financial information
The leader of a registered political party must file with the chief electoral officer a copy of any notice of assessment issued to them by the Canada Revenue Agency after having reached the age of majority in each of the preceding 20 years
(a) within 90 days after
(i) the day this section comes into force, or
(ii) the day the person becomes a leader if that happens after the coming into force of this section; and
(b) on or before September 1 of each subsequent year.
Exclusion for previously filed information
A leader is not required to file a copy of a notice of assessment that was filed previously under this section.
In this section, "notice of assessment" means a notice of assessment within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and includes a notice of reassessment or additional assessment.
Despite section 202 of The Elections Act, this Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.