R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315: FEES AND EXPENSES

under Election Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.6

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	revoked or spent June 7, 2007
	December 31, 1990 – June 6, 2007

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R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 315

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FEES AND EXPENSES

Historical version for the period December 31, 1990 to June 6, 2007.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. (1) In this Regulation,

“rural” means,

(a) a municipality not described in the definition of “urban”,

(b) territory without municipal organization,

“urban” means,

(a) a city, town, village or improvement district having a population of at least 5,000,

(b) a township having a population of at least 10,000,

(2) The Chief Election Officer may, on the written recommendation of a returning officer, designate a polling division as rural. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315, s. 1 (2).

(3) A designation of a polling division as rural remains in effect for all purposes during an election. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315, s. 1 (3).

2. The fees and expenses allowed under the Act are set out in the Schedule. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315, s. 2.

3. The fees and allowable expenses prescribed in paragraphs 5 and 7 of the Schedule may be pro-rated downwards where the Chief Election Officer directs that the duties be done more than once between elections. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315, s. 3.

4. An amount not exceeding 30 per cent of any amount set out in the Schedule is prescribed as an additional amount payable where, in the opinion of the Chief Election Officer, by reason of the size and character of an electoral district or other special circumstances, an amount set out in the Schedule does not provide adequate remuneration to election officers or other persons employed at or with respect to an election, including landlords of premises used for the purpose of an election. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315, s. 4.

SCHEDULE


Before and during an election
1.	Travel for Returning Officer
	Paid once for each official review and changes
	Paid once during an election
	Rural — personal driving, each kilometre				$ .35
	— other transportation and related travel expenses				Receipts
	Urban — for each polling place and advance poll				4.30
2.	Sundry Items
	Reimbursement of cash outlays for office supplies, stationery, postage, pay telephone calls, base maps and required copies of final maps, etc.				Receipts
3.	Payment for any election expenses not specifically set out but necessary and reasonable for the proper conduct of an election				Receipts
Before an election
Returning officer and election clerk
4.	Course on electoral procedure and other election duties as directed by the Chief Election Officer
	Attendance — including part payment for part days, each per day				170.00
	Personal driving, each kilometre				.35
	Other transportation and related travel expense				Receipts
Returning officer
5.	Polling Divisions
	Review, when ordered by the Chief Election Officer				450.00
	Changes, when determined as necessary after review, with detailed descriptions of all boundaries, maximum				900.00
	Maps, preparation of map or maps of electoral district with polling division boundaries and poll numbers shown by bold dark lines in such manner as to be suitable for reproduction of copies required for distribution, maximum				400.00
	Typed descriptions, on 8½ by 14 inch white paper as per format supplied by the Chief Election Officer and including the production of carbon or machine copies required for distribution				490.00
6.	Storage of election supplies at home or elsewhere (no insurance required), per month				36.00
7.	Key — preparation of original or revised key to urban polling divisions, typed on 8 ½ by 14 inch white paper as per format supplied by the Chief Election Officer and including the production of carbon or machine copies sufficient for distribution, per original page				15.00
	Plus — in an urban electoral district				550.00
	— in a mixed urban and rural electoral district,
	minimum				120.00
	maximum				550.00
8.	Preliminary selection of polling places with an accessibility report to the Chief Election Officer				305.00
During an election
Returning officer
9.	Personal fee
	All duties including revision				3,425.00
	Plus — Name fee — for each name on the polling list
	If a poll is held (minimum $5,000)				.18
	If no poll is held (minimum $2,500)				.08
10.	Notice of enumeration fee
	All duties connected with addressing, sorting by postal code and mailing notice of enumeration for each name enumerated				.12
Payment of office or other personnel
11.		Stenographers, typists, clerical assistants and other help in the returning office and for persons to post notices of poll — for each name on the polling list			.20
		Cost of film projectionist where necessary			Vouchers
Rentals
12.		Office rental as approved by the Chief Election Officer			Approved Contract
		Facilities for instruction meetings, office furniture, business machines and film projector			Vouchers
Election clerk
13.		Personal fee, all duties including those of revision assistant			3/5 of item 12
14.		Rural travel (there is no urban allowance for election clerks)
		Personal driving as directed by the returning officer, each kilometre			.35
		Related rural travel expenses as directed by the returning officer			Receipts
Recount
15.		Attendance by a returning officer and election clerk at a judicial recount or appeal from decision on recount and paid to each, per day			170.00
Other election officer
16.		When appointed by the returning officer with the approval of the Chief Election Officer to assist the returning officer in special circumstances
		All duties as directed for those days and polling divisions allocated by the returning officer, per day			125.00
		Plus — if located other than in the returning office
		Personal driving in rural areas, each kilometre			.35
		Other rural transportation and related travel expenses			Receipts
		Sundry supplies			Receipts
Regular enumerators
17.		For the enumeration of a polling division and the preparation and posting of the typed list of electors as directed and approved by the returning officer and paid to each:
		Basic fee, including personal driving and incidental
		Rural			105.00
		Urban			75.00
		Attendance at class of instruction including travel to and from			40.00
		For each name on typed list submitted to the returning officer			.52
		Personal driving in rural or mixed rural and urban electoral districts delivering lists to the returning officer after a total of sixteen kilometres of travel, each kilometre			.35
		Typing of lists by other than the enumerator, to be deducted from the total fee payable to the enumerator, per name			.08
Special enumerators
18.		Special enumeration or other related duties as directed by the returning officer and paid to each, per day			70.00
		Personal driving, rural and urban — paid for one vehicle per pair of enumerators, each kilometre			.35
Revising agent
19.		Each pair appointed only under special circumstances and with the prior approval of the Chief Election Officer, per day			70.00
		Personal driving, rural and urban — paid for one vehicle per pair of revising agents, each kilometre			.35
Revision assistant
20.		When appointed by the returning officer with the approval of the Chief Election Officer to assist the returning officer in special circumstances
		All duties as directed and for those days and polling divisions allocated by the returning officer (a minimum seven hour day), per day				125.00
		Plus — if located other than in returning office
		Personal driving in rural areas, each kilometre				.35
		Other rural transportation and related travel expenses				Receipts
		Sundry items				Receipts
21.		Final selection of polling places and necessary rental agreement negotiations				305.00
Polling place rental
22.		Furnished as per poll rental agreement per polling place, per day				90.00
Deputy returning officer
23.		All duties in connection with attending and holding a poll and making a return, including advance polls or on stand-by in the returning office, per day				135.00
		Attendance at class of instruction including travel to and from				40.00
		Postage for returning ballot box contents in remote areas				Receipts
		Personal driving in rural or mixed rural and urban electoral districts picking up or returning election material after a total of sixteen kilometres of travel in each case, each kilometre				.35
Poll clerk
24.		All duties in connection with attending and holding a poll, including advance polls, per day				100.00
		Attendance at class of instruction including travel to and from				40.00
Other poll officials
25.			Poll Co-ordinator
			Attendance at a polling location with three or more polling places, per day			135.00
			Attendance at a class of instruction including travel to and from			40.00
26.			Traffic Director when required at a polling location, per day			50.00
Security guard
27.			When required by the returning officer and authorized by the Chief Election Officer			Vouchers
Printing
List of electors
28.			For reproducing from pages supplied by the returning officer up to 100 copies of each page, gathered and stitched into poll sets by page number, the sets sorted into poll number sequence and delivered to the returning officer, including up to 25 complete sets, trimmed and bound with cardboard covers, up to $23 per page
			Film and metal plate (if required), up to $13 per page
			When collated into complete sets in poll number sequence, up to $11 per poll
Proclamation
29.			As sample format — up to a maximum of 300 copies (English or French or both English and French), up to $100 the lot
			Film and plates, if required, up to $14 each
Notice of enumeration card
30.			Printing two sides, black ink, on white bristol; as per specification set out by the Chief Election Officer
			First 100 cards per poll, up to $19
			Each additional 100 cards per poll, up to $3.25
Notice of poll
31.			As sample format — up to a maximum of 400 copies (English or French or both English and French), up to $105 the lot
			Film and plate, if required, up to $14 each
Ballots
32.			Printing two sides, numbering once on perforated stub and stitched or stapled (no gumming) into pads of twenty-five ballots each —
			set up cost, up to $745 the lot
			Plus:
			2 or 3 names per ballot, up to $27 per 1000
			4 names per ballot, up to $38 per 1000
			5 names per ballot, up to $40 per 1000
			6 names per ballot, up to $45 per 1000
			7 names per ballot, up to $48 per 1000
Sundry printing
33.			As ordered by the returning officer				Invoices
34.			The following districts are designated as “Northern” and are subject to special allowance:
			Algoma	Parry Sound
			Algoma-Manitoulin	Port Arthur
			Cochrane North	Rainy River
			Cochrane South	Renfrew North
			Fort William	Sault Ste. Marie
			Kenora	Sudbury
			Lake Nipigon	Sudbury East
			Nickel Belt	Timiskaming
			Nipissing
Special fees in northern electoral districts
			Urban travel allowance — for each polling place and advance poll				4.80
			Personal driving, each kilometre				.36
			Name fee — minimum payable
			— if poll is held				8,000.00
			— if no poll is held				4,500.00

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315, Sched.

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 315: FEES AND EXPENSES

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