2018 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 41st Parliament

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HONOURABLE CAROLE JAMES

MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEPUTY PREMIER

BILL 35 – 2018

SUPPLY ACT, 2018-2019

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, 2019;

AND

WHEREAS the budget documents, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, disclose that the most likely forecast of a surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 is $569 000 000;

AND

WHEREAS those budget documents include a $350 000 000 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, 2019 to $219 000 000;

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 $43 138 106 000 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, 2019, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2018 .

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 $903 429 000 towards

(

a) capital expenditures referred to in

Schedule C of the main Estimates as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, and

(

b) the disbursements for loans, investments and other requirements referred to in

Schedule D 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, 2019, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2018 .

Commencement

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

Schedule 1

2018/2019

Schedule of Voted Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote

Number

Ministry/Office or Minister/Program

Legislative Assembly

77 408 000

Auditor General

17 666 000

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

718 000

Elections BC

13 846 000

Information and Privacy Commissioner

6 252 000

Merit Commissioner

1 141 000

Ombudsperson

6 893 000

Police Complaint Commissioner

3 615 000

Representative for Children and Youth

9 418 000

Office of the Premier

11 305 000

Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training – Ministry Operations

2 211 614 000

Ministry of Agriculture – Ministry Operations

75 359 000

Ministry of Agriculture – Agricultural Land Commission

4 584 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations

470 469 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary

79 254 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act

24 500 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office

8 756 000

Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations

1 792 612 000

Ministry of Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations

524 149 000

Ministry of Education – Ministry Operations

6 302 620 000

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources – Ministry Operations

58 015 000

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Ministry Operations

133 949 000

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Environmental Assessment Office

11 902 000

Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations

172 581 000

Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement

35 384 000

Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency

56 268 000

Ministry of Finance – Benefits

1 000

Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Ministry Operations

473 452 000

Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Fire Management

63 986 000

Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations

19 606 664 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations

43 914 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation – Treaty and Other Agreements Funding

46 438 000

Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology – Ministry Operations

104 769 000

Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations

12 638 000

Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions – Ministry Operations

9 983 000

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Ministry Operations

196 910 000

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Housing

453 988 000

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Ministry Operations

755 457 000

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Emergency Program Act

14 728 000

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction – Ministry Operations

3 363 727 000

Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture – Ministry Operations

140 681 000

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure – Ministry Operations

890 092 000

Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt

1 275 907 000

Minister of Finance – Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs

550 000 000

Various Ministers – Capital Funding

1 772 046 000

Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds

1 000

Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts

1 000

Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers

1 246 000 000

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Auditor General for Local Government

2 600 000

Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development – Forest Practices Board

3 845 000

TOTAL

43 138 106 000

Schedule 2

2018/2019

Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 and the purposes for which they are granted

Schedule C – Capital Expenditures

502 932 000

Schedule D – Loans, Investments and Other Requirements

400 497 000

TOTAL

903 429 000

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