Bill 57, Forest Occupancy Act

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Information

Sponsor

Béchard, Claude,	Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife
New sponsor
Normandeau, Nathalie	Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife Date of change of sponsor June 23, 2009

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 39^th Legislature, 1^st Session

The title of this bill was changed during the committee stage

Previous title

Loi sur l'occupation du territoire forestier

Stages in the consideration of the Bill

Definition of the terms used:

• Amendment (one or more changes were made to the bill at this stage)
• Majority vote (the bill went through this stage with majority support in the Assemblée)
• Vote : Yeas, Nays, Abstentions; (the bill went through this stage following a vote, the results of which were recorded)
• The date of assent is followed by the year and chapter number of the Act assented to as they will appear in the Statutes of Québec. For instance, “2007, c. 7” following a date of assent means “Statutes of Québec 2007, chapter 7”.

Introduction

• Sustainable Forest Development Act (PDF,  261 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 12, 2009

General consultation

• Sitting held on September 1, 2009 (Commission de l'économie et du travail)
• Sitting held on September 2, 2009 (Commission de l'économie et du travail)
• Sitting held on September 3, 2009 (Commission de l'économie et du travail)
• Sitting held on September 8, 2009 (Commission de l'économie et du travail)
• Sitting held on September 15, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)
• Sitting held on September 16, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)
• Sitting held on September 17, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)
• Sitting held on September 22, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)
• Sitting held on September 29, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)
• Sitting held on September 30, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)
• Sitting held on October 1, 2009 (Commission de l'agriculture, des pêcheries, de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles)

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Sitting held on October 6, 2009 (Dépôt d'une réimpression du projet de loi avec titre modifié : 2009-11-19)

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on December 1, 2009

Committee stage

• Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources
• Étude détaillée du projet de loi n° 57 - Loi sur l'aménagement durable du territoire forestier
• Amendements adoptés (PDF,  572 KB) 
• Amendements rejetés et retirés (PDF,  140 KB) 
• Sitting held on December 2, 2009
• Sitting held on December 3, 2009
• Sitting held on January 12, 2010
• Sitting held on January 13, 2010
• Sitting held on January 20, 2010
• Sitting held on January 22, 2010
• Sitting held on February 1, 2010
• Sitting held on February 2, 2010
• Sitting held on February 3, 2010
• Sitting held on February 4, 2010
• Sitting held on February 9, 2010
• Sitting held on February 10, 2010
• Sitting held on February 11, 2010
• Sitting held on February 16, 2010
• Sitting held on March 9, 2010
• Sitting held on March 10, 2010

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• A report from the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources, which met on 2 and 3 December 2009, on 12, 13, and 22 January, on 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, and 16 February, and on 9 and 10 March 2010 for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 57, Sustainable Forest Development Act (modified title). The report contains certain amendments to the bill. (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Sitting held on March 16, 2010 (Amendements)

Report stage

• Sitting held on March 17, 2010

Passage

• Sitting held on March 23, 2010 (Vote : P:113 C:0 A:0)

Assent

• Forest Occupancy Act

Date of assent: April 1, 2010

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2010, chapitre 3

Coming into force

date de la sanction : 2010-04-01, sauf exceptions