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MR. ANDREW WEAVER
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
This Bill amends the School Act to require a by-election to be held within one year of trustees being removed and an official trustee being appointed to a District Board of Education.
1 Section 172 of the School Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 412, is amended
(a) in subsection (3), by striking out “The Lieutenant Governor in Council” and substituting “Providing the next general local election is scheduled to be held within 12 months, the Lieutenant Governor in Council”, and
(b) by adding the following subsection:
(4) If the next general local election is not already scheduled to be held in the 12 months that follow an official trustee’s appointment, a District Board of Education by-election must be held within 12 months.
This Bill amends the School Act to require a by-election to be held within one year of trustees being removed and an official trustee being appointed to a District Board of Education.