2019 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 41st Parliament

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HONOURABLE CAROLE JAMES

MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEPUTY PREMIER

BILL 34 – 2019

SUPPLY ACT, 2019–2020

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, 2020;

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, 2020 is $774 000 000;

AND

WHEREAS those budget documents include a $500 000 000 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, 2020 to $274 000 000;

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 $47 062 752 000 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, 2020, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2019 .

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 $1 116 497 000 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, 2020, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under

section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2019 .

Commencement

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

Schedule 1

2019/2020

Schedule of Voted Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote

Number

Ministry/Office or Minister/Program

Legislative Assembly

83 015 000

Auditor General

18 216 000

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

718 000

Elections BC

18 151 000

Human Rights Commissioner

2 000 000

Information and Privacy Commissioner

6 702 000

Merit Commissioner

1 365 000

Ombudsperson

8 873 000

Police Complaint Commissioner

3 822 000

Representative for Children and Youth

9 750 000

Office of the Premier

11 349 000

Ministry of Advanced Education Skills and Training

– Ministry Operations

2 329 505 000

Ministry of Agriculture – Ministry Operations

80 134 000

Ministry of Agriculture – Agricultural Land Commission

4 873 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Ministry Operations

490 716 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Judiciary

80 984 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Crown Proceeding Act

24 500 000

Ministry of Attorney General – Independent Investigations Office

9 400 000

Ministry of Children and Family Development

– Ministry Operations

2 064 727 000

Ministry of Citizens' Services – Ministry Operations

551 640 000

Ministry of Education – Ministry Operations

6 529 945 000

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

– Ministry Operations

177 038 000

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

– Ministry Operations

192 734 000

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

– Environmental Assessment Office

14 531 000

Ministry of Finance – Ministry Operations

265 327 000

Ministry of Finance – Government Communications and Public Engagement

37 805 000

Ministry of Finance – BC Public Service Agency

56 545 000

Ministry of Finance – Benefits and Other Employment Costs

1 000

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

– Ministry Operations

508 192 000

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

– Fire Management

101 122 000

Ministry of Health – Ministry Operations

20 698 339 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

– Ministry Operations

48 163 000

Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

– Treaty and Other Agreements Funding

49 729 000

Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology

– Ministry Operations

96 933 000

Ministry of Labour – Ministry Operations

16 449 000

Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions – Ministry Operations

10 067 000

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Ministry Operations

318 559 000

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Housing

486 365 000

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

– Ministry Operations

770 889 000

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General – Emergency Program Act

14 819 000

Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction

– Ministry Operations

3 571 597 000

Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture

– Ministry Operations

160 544 000

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

– Ministry Operations

925 616 000

Minister of Finance – Management of Public Funds and Debt

1 277 920 000

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

1 303 500 000

Various Ministers – Capital Funding

2 134 111 000

Various Ministers – Commissions on Collection of Public Funds

1 000

Various Ministers – Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts

1 000

Minister of Finance – Tax Transfers

1 489 000 000

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

2 608 000

Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

– Forest Practices Board

3 862 000

TOTAL

47 062 752 000

Schedule 2

2019/2020

Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 and the purposes for which they are granted

Schedule C – Capital Expenditures

623 005 000

Schedule D – Loans, Investments and Other Requirements

493 492 000

TOTAL

1 116 497 000

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