BILL 38 – 2007
SUPPLY ACT, 2007-2008
Preamble
WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the main Estimates accompanying the Message, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, that provision is required to defray certain expenses of the public service of the Province, and for other purposes connected with the public service, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008;
AND WHEREAS the budget documents disclose that the most likely forecast of a surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 is $1 150 000 000;
AND WHEREAS the budget documents include a $750 000 000 forecast allowance to provide for unanticipated fluctuations in revenues and expenses of the government reporting entity that decreases the forecast surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 to $400 000 000;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
Voted expenses appropriation
1 From and out of the consolidated revenue fund there may be paid and applied in the manner and at the times the government may determine the sum of $29 279 654 000 as set forth in Schedule 1, towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2007.
Voted financing transactions appropriation
2 From and out of the consolidated revenue fund there may be paid and applied in the manner and at the times the government may determine the sum of $1 866 907 000 towards
(a) the disbursements for prepaid capital advances referred to in Schedule C of the main Estimates as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session,
(b) capital expenditures referred to in Schedule D of those main Estimates, and
(c) the disbursements for loans, investments and other requirements referred to in Schedule E of those main Estimates,
as set forth in Schedule 2, towards defraying the charges and expenditures of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2007.
Commencement
3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.
Schedule 1
2007/2008 Schedule of Expenses
Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 and the purposes for which they are granted
Vote
Number |
Ministry/Office or Minister/Program |
$ |
| 1 |
Legislation |
58 072 000 |
| 2 |
Auditor General |
10 350 000 |
| 3 |
Conflict of Interest Commissioner |
322 000 |
| 4 |
Elections BC |
8 961 000 |
| 5 |
Information and Privacy Commissioner |
2 952 000 |
| 6 |
Merit Commissioner |
833 000 |
| 7 |
Ombudsman |
4 214 000 |
| 8 |
Police Complaint Commissioner |
1 532 000 |
| 9 |
Representative for Children and Youth |
4 815 000 |
| 10 |
Office of the Premier |
13 771 000 |
| 11 |
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation — Ministry Operations |
50 960 000 |
| 12 |
Ministry of Advanced Education — Ministry Operations |
2 151 076 000 |
| 13 |
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Ministry Operations |
114 062 000 |
| 14 |
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Agricultural Land Commission |
2 402 000 |
| 15 |
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Integrated Land Management Bureau |
62 311 000 |
| 16 |
Ministry of Attorney General — Ministry Operations |
419 487 000 |
| 17 |
Ministry of Attorney General — Judiciary |
62 334 000 |
| 18 |
Ministry of Attorney General — Crown Proceeding Act |
27 500 000 |
| 19 |
Ministry of Attorney General — British Columbia Utilities Commission |
1 000 |
| 20 |
Ministry of Children and Family Development — Ministry Operations |
1 219 530 000 |
| 21 |
Ministry of Children and Family Development — Community Living Services |
647 114 000 |
| 22 |
Ministry of Community Services — Ministry Operations |
255 333 000 |
| 23 |
Minister of Community Services — BC Public Service Agency |
12 233 000 |
| 24 |
Ministry of Economic Development — Ministry Operations |
265 742 000 |
| 25 |
Ministry of Education — Ministry Operations |
5 494 380 000 |
| 26 |
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance — Ministry Operations |
1 479 528 000 |
| 27 |
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources — Ministry Operations |
43 899 000 |
| 28 |
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources — Contracts and Funding Arrangements |
33 560 000 |
| 29 |
Ministry of Environment — Ministry Operations |
186 557 000 |
| 30 |
Ministry of Environment — Environmental Assessment Office |
6 957 000 |
| 31 |
Ministry of Finance — Ministry Operations |
54 555 000 |
| 32 |
Ministry of Finance — Public Affairs Bureau |
36 633 000 |
| 33 |
Ministry of Forests and Range — Ministry Operations |
489 876 000 |
| 34 |
Ministry of Forests and Range — Direct Fire |
56 004 000 |
| 35 |
Ministry of Forests and Range — Housing and Construction Standards |
337 845 000 |
| 36 |
Ministry of Health — Ministry Operations |
12 819 670 000 |
| 37 |
Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
— Ministry Operations |
97 507 000 |
| 38 |
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General — Ministry Operations |
579 354 000 |
| 39 |
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General — Emergency Program Act |
15 630 000 |
| 40 |
Ministry of Small Business and Revenue — Ministry Operations |
59 939 000 |
| 41 |
Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts — Ministry Operations |
126 298 000 |
| 42 |
Ministry of Transportation — Ministry Operations |
881 847 000 |
| 43 |
Minister of Finance — Management of Public Funds and Debt |
557 800 000 |
| 44 |
Minister of Finance — Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs |
498 800 000 |
| 45 |
Minister of Finance — BC Family Bonus |
17 000 000 |
| 46 |
Attorney General — Electoral Boundaries Commission |
4 268 000 |
| 47 |
Various Ministers — Commissions on Collection of Public Funds |
1 000 |
| 48 |
Various Ministers — Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts |
1 000 |
| 49 |
Minister of Environment; Minister of Forests and Range — Environmental Appeal Board and Forest Appeals Commission |
2 077 000 |
| 50 |
Minister of Forests and Range — Forest Practices Board |
3 761 000 |
| TOTAL |
29 279 654 000 |
Schedule 2
2007/2008 Schedule of Financing Transactions
Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008 and the purposes for which they are granted
| |
$ |
| Schedule C - Prepaid Capital Advances |
976 045 000 |
| Schedule D - Capital Expenditures |
527 732 000 |
| Schedule E - Loans, Investments and Other Requirements |
363 130 000 |
| TOTAL |
1 866 907 000 |
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