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BILL
NUMBER
TITLE CHAPTER
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48 SUPPLY ACT, 2004-2005 c. 53

Royal Assent – May 20, 2004
 


BILL 48 – 2004
SUPPLY ACT, 2004-2005

Preamble

WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the main Estimates and the Supplementary Estimates accompanying the Message 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, 2005;

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, 2005 is $200 000 000;

AND WHEREAS the budget documents include a $100 000 000 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, 2005 to $100 000 000;

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 $24 597 023 000 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, 2005, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2004.

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 $1 385 125 000 towards

(a) the disbursements for prepaid capital advances referred to in Schedule C of the main Estimates,

(b) capital expenditures referred to in Schedule D of the main Estimates, and

(c) the disbursements for loans, investments and other requirements referred to in Schedule E of the 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, 2005, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2004.

 
Schedule 1

2004/2005 Schedule of Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote
Number
Ministry/Office or Minister/Program $
1 Legislation 45 737 000
2 Auditor General 7 069 000
3 Conflict of Interest Commissioner 292 000
4 Elections BC 13 508 000
5 Information and Privacy Commissioner 2 133 000
6 Ombudsman 3 097 000
7 Police Complaint Commissioner 985 000
8 Office of the Premier 44 129 000
9 Ministry of Advanced Education 1 898 849 000
10 Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries 44 682 000
11 Ministry of Attorney General 370 749 000
12 Ministry of Attorney General 28 904 000
13 Ministry of Attorney General 51 771 000
14 Ministry of Attorney General 27 500 000
15 Ministry of Attorney General 1 000
16 Ministry of Children and Family Development 1 381 568 000
17 Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services 486 921 000
18 Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services 12 105 000
19 Ministry of Education 4 943 165 000
20 Ministry of Energy and Mines 35 230 000
21 Ministry of Energy and Mines 28 560 000
22 Ministry of Finance 31 297 000
23 Ministry of Finance 14 693 000
24 Ministry of Forests 393 292 000
25 Ministry of Health Services 10 404 260 000
25(S) Ministry of Health Services -- Supplementary Estimates 147 986 000
26 Ministry of Health Services 6 935 000
27 Ministry of Human Resources 1 301 425 000
28 Ministry of Management Services 51 289 000
29 Ministry of Management Services 10 016 000
30 Ministry of Provincial Revenue 52 279 000
31 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General 478 891 000
32 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General 15 635 000
33 Ministry of Skills Development and Labour 18 812 000
34 Ministry of Small Business and Economic Development 139 689 000
35 Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management 68 415 000
36 Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management 1 957 000
37 Ministry of Transportation 811 060 000
38 Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection 112 436 000
39 Minister of Finance --Management of Public Funds and Debt 800 000 000
40 Minister of Finance -- Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs 240 000 000
41 Minister of Finance -- BC Family Bonus 59 000 000
42 Attorney General -- Citizens' Assembly 2 600 000
43 Various Ministers -- Commissions on Collection of Public Funds 1 000
44 Various Ministers -- Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts 1 000
45 Minister of Sustainable Resource Management --
Environmental Assessment Office
2 897 000

46 Minister of Forests; Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection --
Environmental Appeal Board and Forest Appeals Commission
1 895 000
47 Minister of Forests -- Forest Practices Board 3 307 000
  TOTAL 24 597 023 000

 
Schedule 2

2004/2005 Schedule of Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 and the purposes for which they are granted

  $
Schedule C -- Prepaid Capital Advances 754 800 000
Schedule D -- Capital Expenditures 254 358 000
Schedule E -- Loans, Investments and Other Requirements 375 967 000
TOTAL 1 385 125 000
 


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