BILL
NUMBER		 TITLE CHAPTER
NUMBER
44 SUPPLY ACT, 2008-2009 43 

Commencement:
3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Royal Assent – May 29/08


BILL 44 – 2008
SUPPLY ACT, 2008-2009

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, 2009;

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, 2009 is $800 000 000;

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, 2009 to $50 000 000;

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 $30 844 124 000 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, 2009, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2008.

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 $1 689 871 000 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, 2009, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2008.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Schedule 1

2008/2009 Schedule of Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote
Number		 Ministry/Office or Minister/Program $
1 Legislation 64 058 000
2 Auditor General 15 250 000
3 Conflict of Interest Commissioner 384 000
4 Elections BC 19 693 000
5 Information and Privacy Commissioner 3 603 000
6 Merit Commissioner 893 000
7 Ombudsman 4 671 000
8 Police Complaint Commissioner 1 853 000
9 Representative for Children and Youth 6 558 000
10 Office of the Premier 14 102 000
11 Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation — Ministry Operations 57 927 000
12 Ministry of Advanced Education — Ministry Operations 2 251 994 000
13 Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Ministry Operations 125 499 000
14 Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Agricultural Land Commission 2 435 000
15 Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Integrated Land Management Bureau 65 198 000
16 Ministry of Attorney General — Ministry Operations 451 905 000
17 Ministry of Attorney General — Judiciary 68 135 000
18 Ministry of Attorney General — Crown Proceeding Act 24 500 000
19 Ministry of Attorney General — British Columbia Utilities Commission 1 000
20 Ministry of Children and Family Development — Ministry Operations 1 306 920 000
21 Ministry of Children and Family Development — Community Living Services 680 084 000
22 Ministry of Community Services — Ministry Operations 285 688 000
23 Minister of Community Services — BC Public Service Agency 11 516 000
24 Ministry of Economic Development — Ministry Operations 225 218 000
25 Ministry of Education — Ministry Operations 5 675 357 000
26 Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance — Ministry Operations 1 527 012 000
27 Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources — Ministry Operations 70 694 000
28 Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources — Contracts and Funding Arrangements 2 500 000
29 Ministry of Environment — Ministry Operations 216 815 000
30 Ministry of Environment — Climate Action Secretariat 15 458 000
31 Ministry of Environment — Environmental Assessment Office 10 508 000
32 Ministry of Finance — Ministry Operations 60 293 000
33 Ministry of Finance — Public Affairs Bureau 36 994 000
34 Ministry of Forests and Range — Ministry Operations 534 097 000
35 Ministry of Forests and Range — Direct Fire 56 226 000
36 Ministry of Forests and Range — Housing and Construction Standards 394 318 000
37 Ministry of Health — Ministry Operations 13 617 487 000
38 Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services — Ministry Operations 103 657 000
39 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General — Ministry Operations 617 580 000
40 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General — Emergency Program Act 15 630 000
41 Ministry of Small Business and Revenue — Ministry Operations 65 114 000
42 Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts — Ministry Operations 364 140 000
43 Ministry of Transportation — Ministry Operations 970 553 000
44 Minister of Finance — Management of Public Funds and Debt 401 700 000
45 Minister of Finance — Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs 375 000 000
46 Minister of Finance — BC Family Bonus 14 000 000
47 Attorney General — Electoral Boundaries Commission 0
48 Various Ministers — Commissions on Collection of Public Funds 1 000
49 Various Ministers — Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts 1 000
50 Minister of Environment; Minister of Forests and Range — Environmental Appeal Board and Forest Appeals Commission 2 096 000
51 Minister of Forests and Range — Forest Practices Board 3 808 000
52 Minister of Finance — Pacific Carbon Trust 5 000 000
TOTAL 30 844 124 000

Schedule 2

2008/2009 Schedule of Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 and the purposes for which they are granted

  $
Schedule C — Prepaid Capital Advances 971 848 000
Schedule D — Capital Expenditures 383 936 000
Schedule E — Loans, Investments and Other Requirements 334 087 000
TOTAL 1 689 871 000