Your Standing Committee on Law Amendments presents the following as its Third Report.

Your committee met on Tuesday, June 29, 1999, at 10 a.m. in Room 255 of the Legislative Building to consider bills referred.

Your committee heard representation on bills as follows:

Bill 7–The Public Schools Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les écoles publiques

Doug McGiffin–MAST

Bill 8–The Ozone Depleting Substances Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les substances appauvrissant la couche d'ozone

Mark Miller–Manitoba Ozone Protection Industry Association

Your committee has considered:

Bill 3–The Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les enquêtes médico-légales

Bill 5–The Highway Traffic Amendment, Off-Road Vehicles Amendment and Consequential Amendments Act; Loi modifiant le Code de la route et la Loi sur les véhicules à caractère non routier et modifications corrélatives

Bill 6–The Highway Traffic Amendment Act; Loi modifiant le Code de la route

Bill 8–The Ozone Depleting Substances Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les substances appauvrissant la couche d'ozone

Bill 9–The Securities Amendment and Commodity Futures and Consequential Amendments Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les valeurs mobilières et la Loi sur les contrats à terme de marchandises et apportant des modifications corrélatives

Bill 13–The University of Manitoba Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'Université du Manitoba

Bill 15–The Cemeteries Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les cimetières

Bill 16–The Court of Queen's Bench Small Claims Practices Amendment and Parental Responsibility Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur le recouvrement des petites créances à la Cour du Banc de la Reine et la Loi sur la responsabilité parentale

Bill 19–The Agricultural Credit Corporation Act; Loi sur la Société du crédit agricole

And has agreed to report the same without amendment.

Your committee has also considered:

Bill 7–The Public Schools Amendment Act; Loi modifiant la Loi sur les écoles publiques

and had agreed to report the same with the following amendment:

THAT the proposed section 74, as set out in section 3 of the Bill, be struck out and the following substituted:

74(1) Subject to the regulations, a school board shall not do any of the following without the approval of either the minister or the finance board:

(a) purchase, lease or otherwise acquire a building or part of a building to be used for instructional purposes;

(b) erect, enlarge or remodel a building or part of a building to be used for instructional purposes;

(c) enter into a contract for any purpose described in clause (a) or (b).

74(2) The minister may make regulations respecting approvals, including regulations governing the circumstances under which an approval must be obtained and procedures for the finance board to follow in the approval process.