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2004 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 37th Parliament

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HONOURABLE GARY COLLINS

MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 10 – 2004

MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY BASES ACT, 2003-2004

Contents

Section

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

Minister of Forests

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

Commencement

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Minister of Agriculture, Food

and Fisheries

1 For the purposes of sections 5 (1) and 6 (1) of the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries for the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the estimated amount under

section 6 (1) of that Act is the sum of

(

a) the amounts appropriated for the operating expenses for which that minister is responsible in the main estimates for that fiscal year, and

(

b) the amount appropriated under

section 1 of the Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No. 3) .

Minister of Forests

2 For the purposes of sections 5 (1) and 6 (1) of the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the Minister of Forests for the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the estimated amount under

section 6 (1) of that Act is the sum of

(

a) the amounts appropriated for the operating expenses for which that minister is responsible in the main estimates for that fiscal year, and

(

b) the amount set forth in the

Schedule to this Act as being expended for purposes for which that minister is responsible under the authority of an appropriation by

an Act other than a Supply Act .

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

3 For the purposes of sections 5 (1) and 6 (1) of the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act in relation to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General for the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the estimated amount under

section 6 (1) of that Act is the sum of

(

a) the amounts appropriated for the operating expenses for which that minister is responsible in the main estimates for that fiscal year, and

(

b) the amount set forth in the

Schedule to this Act as being expended for purposes for which that minister is responsible under the authority of an appropriation by

an Act other than a Supply Act .

Commencement

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

Schedule

2003-2004 Supplementary

Schedule of Expenses

Under Statutory Appropriations

Amounts expended for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, under the authority

of an appropriation by

an Act other than a Supply Act

Appropriation Authority

Ministry/Office

Forest Practices Code of

British Columbia Act ,

s. 171

Ministry of Forests –

Supplementary Estimates No. 3

341 810 000

Emergency Program Act ,

s. 16

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General –

Supplementary Estimates No. 3

76 400 000

TOTAL

418 210 000

Explanatory Note

This Bill provides increased bases for purposes of ministerial accountability under the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act , to reflect additional amounts

appropriated by the Supply Act, 2003-2004 (Supplementary Estimates No.

3) for agricultural relief programs in relation to BSE disease in cattle,

and

expended under statutory appropriations in relation to forest fire suppression

and flood disaster relief.

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