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Second Session, Thirty-Ninth Legislature

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Bill 15

THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ACT



Section
Table of Contents            
DEFINITIONS
1 Definitions
PURPOSE
2 Purpose
TARGETS AND PROGRAMS
3(1) Initial target
(2) Additional emissions reduction targets
(3) Calculating emissions and offsets
(4) Considerations re making determinations
4 Programs and agreements to combat climate change
REPORTING
5(1) Report on climate change
(2) Report re emissions reductions
(3) Additional requirement: 2010 report
(4) Agriculture and transportation sectors
(5) Timing of reports
(6) Report tabled in Assembly
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
Registry
6(1) Registry for emissions credits
(2) Regulations
Green Buildings
7(1) Green building requirements
(2) Regulations may differentiate
(3) Government buildings
(4) Capital funding provided by government
(5) Exemption
(6) Definition of "construction project"
8 Green operating and management standards
9(1) Building construction standards
(2) Consultations by the minister
10 Residential furnace and boiler efficiency standards
Vehicle Standards — Government Vehicles
11(1) Greening of government vehicles
(2) Standards for additional classes of vehicles
(3) Standards may reference an average
12 Use of alternative fuel
Vehicle Standards — New Private Vehicles
13(1) Vehicle standards advisory board
(2) Mandate
(3) Considerations by advisory board
(4) Methodology
(5) Membership
14(1) Implementing advisory board's recommendations
(2) Regulations may differentiate
Mitigating Landfill Emissions
15(1) Plan to mitigate landfill emissions
(2) Approval of proposed plan
(3) Action when plan is referred back
(4) Plan to be implemented before 2011
(5) Government assistance
INITIATIVES RELATED TO MANITOBA HYDRO
16 Coal phase-out
17(1) Off-grid communities
(2) Consultations required
(3) Tabling of report
18 Definition of "power"
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
19(1) Advisory committees
(2) Public consultation
(3) Terms of reference
REGULATIONS
20(1) Regulations
(2) Incorporation by reference
RELATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
21 C.C.S.M. c. D104 amended
IMPORTING OLDER MOTOR VEHICLES
108.1(1) Importing older motor vehicles prohibited
(2) Regulations re older motor vehicles
22(1) C.C.S.M. c. H60 amended
(2)
(1.2) Regulations re low-speed vehicles
(3)
23 C.C.S.M. c. M226 amended
24 C.C.S.M. c. M265 amended
(1.1) Grants for public transit systems
25 Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. B93
C.C.S.M. REFERENCE AND COMING INTO FORCE
26 C.C.S.M. reference
27(1) Coming into force — royal assent
(2) Coming into force — proclamation