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BILL M 2**
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This Act amends the Election Act to prohibit members of the Executive Council from
attending fundraising functions. The Act also bars members of the Executive Council
from personally soliciting political contributions, as well as from attending or inviting
individuals and organizations to attend fundraising functions. The same rules would
apply to employees in the Office of the Premier or any member of the Executive Council.
These amendments will reduce the perception of conflicts of interest by eliminating cash
for access fundraisers. Prohibiting cabinet ministers from personally soliciting donations
and/or inviting individuals and organizations to fundraisers will help ensure cash for
access is not replicated through private solicitations.
MS. VICKI HUNTINGTON
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
Election Act
1 Section 182 of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended by adding the
following subsections:
(7) None of the following may personally solicit political contributions or invite an individual
or organization to attend a fundraising function:
(a) A member of the Executive Council;
(b) Any person employed in the Office of the Premier; or
(c) Any person employed in the office of a member of the Executive Council
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BILL M 2**
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This Act amends the Election Act and the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act by
restricting political contributions to donations made by individual residents of British
Columbia. It also introduces contribution limits of $1,500 for both provincial and
municipal elections. These amendments will reduce the perception of a conflict of interest
or preferential treatment by candidates or political parties toward large financial
supporters by setting donation limits and eliminating corporate, union, and out-of-
province donations.
MS. VICKI HUNTINGTON
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
Election Act
1 Section 182 of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, is amended in subsection (2) (a) by
striking out a political contribution and substituting prohibited
2 Section 186 is amended in subsections (1) and (2) by striking out individual or
organization and substituting individual
Ineligible contributors
186.1 (1) No person or entity other than an individual who is a resident of British
Columbia in accordance with section 32 of this Act shall make a political
contribution as defined in section 180 of this Act.
Limits on contributions
(a) $1,500 in total in any calendar year to a particular registered political party;
(b) $1,500 in total in any calendar year to the registered constituency associations,
nomination contestants and candidates of a particular registered political party;
(c) $1,500 in total in any calendar year to a candidate who is not the candidate of a
registered political party, or to a registered constituency association of an independent
member of the Legislative Assembly.
(2) The following contributions shall not be taken into account in calculating
contributions for the purposes of subsection (1):
(3) For the purposes of this Act, contributions made to a leadership contestant within
18 months after a leadership contest are deemed to be contributions for that contest.
6 Section 20 of the Income Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 215, is amended by repealing
subsection (4).
7 The Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, S.B.C. 2014, c. 18, is amended by
repealing Section 26 and substituting the following:
26.1 (1) The following rules apply to determine for the purposes of this Act the place
where an individual is resident:
(a) an individual is a resident of the place where the individual lives and to which,
whenever absent, the individual intends to return;
(b) an individual may be the resident of only one place at a time for the purposes of
this Act;
(c) an individual does not change the place where the individual is a resident until the
individual has a new place where the individual is a resident;
(d) an individual does not cease being a resident of a place by leaving the place for
temporary purposes only.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) (d), a temporary purpose within the meaning of that
subsection includes being absent from British Columbia
(a) while the individual is engaged in the service of the government of British
Columbia or Canada,
(a) the place where the individual was a resident before being imprisoned;
(b) the place where a spouse, parent or dependant of the individual is a resident within
the meaning of subsection (1).
(6) For the purposes of this Act, an individual who has no dwelling place may consider a
shelter, hostel or similar institution that provides food, lodging or other social services to
be his or her residence.
9 The schedule is amended by repealing subsection (a) of the definition for contributor
class and substituting the following:
(a) individuals who are residents of British Columbia as defined under section 26.1;
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10 (1) Sections 4, 6 and 7 of this Act come into force on January 1, 2018.