Bill C-403
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2nd Session, 40th Parliament,
57-58 Elizabeth II, 2009
house of commons of canada
BILL C-403
An Act to amend the Alternative Fuels Act and the Excise Tax Act (motor vehicles operating on alternative fuels)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1995, c. 20
ALTERNATIVE FUELS ACT
1. Section 3 of the Alternative Fuels Act is renumbered as subsection 3(1) and is amended by adding the following:
Alternative fuels obligation
(2) Despite subsection (1), for the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 2012 and for every fiscal year thereafter, not less than ten per cent of motor vehicles acquired by all federal bodies and Crown corporations shall be motor vehicles operating on alternative fuels.
R.S., c. E-15
EXCISE TAX ACT
2. The Excise Tax Act is amended by adding the following after section 258.2:
Definitions
258.3 (1) In this section, “alternative fuel” and “motor vehicle” have the meanings assigned by subsection 2(1) of the Alternative Fuels Act.
Rebates — conversion or certain vehicles
(2) Where a person purchases, imports or brings into Canada an item described in column 1 of the following table, the Minister shall pay a rebate to the person equal to the corresponding amount set out in column 2 of the table.