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2003 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 37th Parliament
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HONOURABLE COLIN HANSEN
MINISTER OF HEALTH SERVICES
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:
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202, is repealed and the following substituted: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.
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" .
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.
Section 21 (1) is amended by striking out "may,
with the approval of the minister," and substituting "may" .
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).
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," .
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).
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
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.
Explanatory Notes
SECTION 1: [Hospital District Act, repeals and replaces
section 8 (3)]
transfers capacity, from the Lieutenant Governor in Council to the boards
of the regional hospital districts, to select directors or alternative directors.
SECTION 2: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 11 (1) and (2)]
removes reference to the Lieutenant Governor in Council selection of directors
or alternative directors.
SECTION 3: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 20 (1) (
c) and (3)]
removes the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration
of the Act give approval before regional hospital districts can assume financial
obligations.
SECTION 4: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 21 (1)] removes
the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration of the
Act give approval before an executive committee of a board can be established.
SECTION 5: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 23] removes
the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration of the
Act give approval before a board adopts a provisional budget for the following
calendar year.
SECTION 6: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 31] removes
the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration of the
Act give approval before a board borrows money on a short term basis.
SECTION 7: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 32] removes
the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration of the
Act give approval before a board borrows money on a long term basis.
SECTION 8: [Hospital District Act, re-enacts
section 33] removes
the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration of the
Act give approval before a board borrows money for capital expenditures.
SECTION 9: [Hospital District Act, amends
section 37 (1), (2) and (3)]
removes the requirement that the minister responsible for the administration
of the Act give approval before a board issues securities and removes the capacity
of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to direct how deficiencies in the amount
raised by the sale of securities are to be raised.
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