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2nd Session, 41st Legislature

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Bill 228

THE LIFE LEASES 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:

C.C.S.M. c. L130 amended

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The Life Leases Act is amended by this Act.

2(1)

Subsection 18.1(1) is replaced with the following:

Tenant representation at board meetings

18.1(1)

The tenants of a residential complex, whether or not the complex is operated on a non-profit basis, may select up to three tenants, and alternates, to represent them at meetings of the landlord's board of directors.

2(2)

Subsection 18.1(3) is replaced with the following:

Right to attend, speak and vote

18.1(3)

A tenant representative, or his or her alternate, is entitled to place matters on the agenda for a board meeting, and to attend, speak and vote at a board meeting.

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends The Life Leases Act to provide that up to three tenant representatives may attend, speak and vote at meetings of the landlord's board of directors. This applies to all residential life lease complexes, whether they are for profit or not.