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An Act respecting the Accountability for Costs Associated with Gambling Addiction Rehabilitation TABLE OF CONTENTS

Short title Object of Act Public Accounts Coming into force (Assented to , 1997) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Gambling Addiction Accountability Act. Object of Act The purpose of this Act is to ensure that the costs associated with the rehabilitation of addicted Saskatchewan gamblers are shown separately in the Public Accounts of the Province, as an expense of the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority rather than as an indistinguishable expense, when combined with other expenses, of the Department of Health.

Public Accounts The Minister of Finance shall prepare the Public Accounts for any given fiscal year such that the actual expenses incurred in the rehabilitation of addicted gamblers are identified as expenses borne by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority in that fiscal year. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent.