Question has been called. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Item 18, first reading of bills. Item 19, second reading of bills. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 59, Estate Administration Law Amendment Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Children’s Law Act, Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, Intestate Succession Act, and Public Trustee Act in order to adjust certain monetary amounts, facilitate the disposal of unclaimed property arising out of intestacy or, where no one applies for a grant other than the public trustee, streamline certain estate administration processes involving the public trustee, and make other amendments to improve clarity and readability. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 59 has had a second reading and is referred to standing committee.

Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Great Slave, that Bill 60, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, No. 2, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Motor Vehicles Act to remove references to validation stickers; authorize vehicles that are abandoned, seized or stored and have a valuable load prescribed threshold to be disposed of in accordance with the regulations; establish a framework for speeding offences that is proportional to the amount by which the driver exceeds the speed limit; define the term “use” in respect to restricted electronic devices; authorize the suspension or cancellation of a driver’s licence for repeat contraventions of restricted electronic device prohibitions; clarify the registrar’s authority in respect to medical examinations that are required with respect to classes of drivers’ licences; and make other amendments to improve, clarify and for readability. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 60 has had second reading and is referred to standing committee.

Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Public Airports Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Public Airports Act to bring provisions regarding regulation to traffic and pedestrians into greater harmony with the Motor Vehicles Act; increase the maximum duration of a lease to 30 years; specify how unclaimed personal property other than motor vehicles is disposed of and where the proceeds of the sale of that property end up; increase the maximum fine from $2,000 to $5,000 to achieve harmony with the Motor Vehicles Act; make consequential amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act so that enforcement officers have similar powers as motor vehicle officers under the act on public airport highways and make other amendments to enhance clarity. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 61 is referred to standing committee.

Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 62, An Act to Amend the Coroners Act, be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Coroners Act to clarify the duty to report certain deaths to a coroner or a police officer; enhance the powers of coroners in conducting investigations and inquests; clarify the circumstances in which coroners may arrange for assistance to be provided by others in carrying out certain functions; clarify the duties and powers of the chief coroner to disclose information, including personal information; prohibit any interference with the body of the deceased, and any associated wreckage subject to certain exceptions; make refinements to provisions respecting the holding of inquests; require the preparation and tabling of an annual report on the coroner’s service; increase the maximum fine that may be imposed for a contravention of the act and its regulations. The bill also makes consequential amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act and the Vital Statistics Act.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 62 has had second reading and is referred to standing committee.

Mr. Ramsay.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, that Bill 63, An Act to Amend the Victims of Crime Act, be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Victims of Crime Act with respect to surcharges imposed and paid into the Victims Assistance Fund. The bill allows the surcharge amounts to be set by regulation and allows an offender to complete a work option program under the Fine Option Act as an alternative to incarceration for failure to pay a surcharge. Consequential amendments are made to the Fine Option Act.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Bill 63 has had second reading and is referred to standing committee.

Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.