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2014 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 40th Parliament

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HONOURABLE MICHAEL DE JONG

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 26 – 2014

SUPPLY ACT, 2014-2015

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, 2015;

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, 2015 is $384 000 000;

AND

WHEREAS those budget documents include a $200 000 000 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, 2015 to $184 000 000;

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 $35 737 087 000 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, 2015, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2014 .

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 $778 784 000 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, 2015, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2014 .

Commencement

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

Schedule 1

2014/2015

Schedule of Voted Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote Number

Ministry/Office or Minister/Program

Legislation

69 565 000

Auditor General

16 621 000

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

567 000

Elections BC

8 210 000

Information and Privacy Commissioner

5 526 000

Merit Commissioner

1 039 000

Ombudsperson

5 615 000

Police Complaint Commissioner

3 124 000

Representative for Children and Youth

7 917 000

Office of the Premier

9 008 000

Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation – Ministry Operations

36 495 000

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

42 454 000

Ministry of Advanced Education – Ministry Operations

1 935 671 000

Ministry of Agriculture – Ministry Operations

64 217 000

Ministry of Agriculture – Agricultural Land Commission

3 516 000

Ministry of Children and Family Development – Ministry Operations

1 356 419 000

Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development – Ministry Operations

210 718 000

Ministry of Education – Ministry Operations

5 350 361 000

Ministry of Energy and Mines – Ministry Operations

19 107 000

Ministry of Environment – Ministry Operations

101 243 000

Ministry of Environment – Environmental Assessment Office

11 714 000

Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations

127 361 000

Ministry of Finance – Gaming Policy and Enforcement

19 819 000

Ministry of Finance – Public Service Agency

50 807 000

Ministry of Finance – Benefits

1 000

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

372 345 000

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations – Direct Fire

63 165 000

Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations

16 788 820 000

Ministry of International Trade – Ministry Operations

36 135 000

Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training – Ministry Operations

183 688 000

Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training – Labour Programs

14 697 000

Ministry of Justice – Ministry Operations

1 025 193 000

Ministry of Justice – Judiciary

68 109 000

Ministry of Justice – Crown Proceeding Act

24 500 000

Ministry of Justice – Independent Investigations Office

8 100 000

Ministry of Justice – British Columbia Utilities Commission

1 000

Ministry of Justice – Emergency Program Act

14 478 000

Ministry of Natural Gas Development – Ministry Operations

20 249 000

Ministry of Natural Gas Development – Housing

368 691 000

Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation – Ministry Operations

2 529 819 000

Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations

64 213 000

Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services – Shared Services BC

425 540 000

Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services – Government Communications and Public Engagement

37 255 000

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure – Ministry Operations

812 293 000

Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt

1 285 466 000

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

300 000 000

Various Ministers – Capital Funding

1 048 243 000

Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds

1 000

Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts

1 000

Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers

778 000 000

Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development – Auditor General for Local Government

2 600 000

Minister of Justice and Attorney General – Electoral Boundaries Commission

2 500 000

Minister of Justice and Attorney General – Environmental Appeal Board and Forest Appeals Commission

2 075 000

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

3 815 000

TOTAL

35 737 087 000

Schedule 2

2014/2015

Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 and the purposes for which they are granted

Schedule C – Capital Expenditures

401 046 000

Schedule D – Loans, Investments and Other Requirements

377 738 000

TOTAL

778 784 000

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