BILL 25 – 2003
HOSPITAL DISTRICT AMENDMENT ACT, 2003

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 8 (3) of the Hospital District Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 202, is repealed and the following substituted:

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a regional hospital district board consists of the directors or alternate directors of the regional district selected by the board of the regional hospital district with the consent of the municipalities within the regional hospital district area.

2 Section 11 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "director, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint an alternate director for each director appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council," and substituting "director", and

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "trustees, or the Lieutenant Governor in Council," and substituting "trustees".

3 Section 20 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) (c) by striking out "to the extent approved by the minister,", and

(b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:

(3) In exercising the powers under subsection (1) or section 17 (2), the board must raise in any year, by making provision in its budget or by temporary borrowing, an amount which must not be greater in the aggregate than a prescribed amount.

4 Section 21 (1) is amended by striking out "may, with the approval of the minister," and substituting "may".

5 Section 23 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "in the form and manner specified by the minister,",

(b) by repealing subsections (2), (3) and (4),

(c) by repealing subsections (5) and (6) and substituting the following:

(5) On or before March 31 in each year, the board must adopt, by bylaw, the annual budget of the board and the board must at once transmit to the minister a copy of the bylaw and budget certified by the secretary.

(6) On or before April 15 in each year, the minister must send to each board a notice setting out the current year net taxable value of all land and improvements in each member municipality and the rural area in the district for the purposes of this Act. , and

(d) by repealing subsections (7) and (8).

6 Section 31 is amended by striking out "with the approval of the minister or any other person authorized by the minister to act on his or her behalf,".

7 Section 32 is amended

(a) by adding "and" at the end of subsection (2) (b), by striking out "and" at the end of subsection (2) (c) and by repealing subsection (2) (d), and

(b) by repealing subsections (3) and (4).

8 Section 33 is repealed and the following substituted:

Borrowing for capital expenses

33 A board must not borrow or spend money to meet capital expenditures unless the board has enacted a capital bylaw in accordance with section 32.

9 Section 37 is amended

(a) in subsections (1) and (2) by striking out "may, with the approval of the minister," and substituting "may", and

(b) in subsection (3) by striking out "in a manner directed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may direct that the deficiency be raised".

Commencement

10 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.