HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 7 (1) of the Recall and Initiative Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 398, is amended by repealing paragraph (b) and substituting the following:

(b) for a legislative proposal other than one described in paragraph (c), for each electoral district in British Columbia, the signature sheets for the electoral district must be signed by at least 10% of the total number of registered voters entitled to sign those signature sheets;

(c) for a legislative proposal initiated under subsection (2) for the purpose of withdrawing a specific project from an Environmental Assessment Equivalency Agreement, the signature sheets must be signed by at least 15% of the total number of registered voters in the Province of British Columbia.

Explanatory Note

This Bill officially amends the Recall and Initiative Act to provide specific rules pertaining to a legislative proposal which seeks to withdraw the Government of British Columbia from an Environmental Assessment Equivalency Agreement.