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1998/99 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament

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The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

HONOURABLE JOY K. MacPHAIL

MINISTER OF FINANCE AND

CORPORATE RELATIONS

BILL 54 – 1999

SUPPLY ACT (No. 1), 1999

Preamble

WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the

Estimates accompanying the Message 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, 2000;

AND

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Financial Administration Act , expenditures by Special

Warrants of $169 500 000 in respect of the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999 have been

submitted to the Legislature in the

Schedule of this Act;

THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly

of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Voted expenditures 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 $5 200 000 000

towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for

the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000, and being substantially 3/12 of the total amount

of the votes of the main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000, as laid

before the Legislative Assembly at the present session.

Voted capital and loans, investment and other 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 $780 000 000

towards

(

a) the disbursements for prepaid capital advances referred to in

Schedule C of

the main Estimates,

(

b) capital expenditures referred to in

Schedule D of the main Estimates, and

(

c) loan, investment and other requirements referred to in

Schedule E of the

main Estimates,

and being substantially 1/2 of the total of the amounts referred to in those Schedules

to the main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000, as laid before the

Legislative Assembly at the present session.

Voted revenue transfers appropriation

3 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 $730 500 000 for

disbursements referred to in

Schedule F of the main Estimates for the fiscal year

ending March 31, 2000, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session.

SCHEDULE

(Financial Administration Act , s. 24 (6))

1998-99 Special Warrants

Ministry and Description

No. of Warrant

Date Effective

$ Amount of Warrant

MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

To supplement Vote 25, Ministry Operations, to provide funding of costs for

residential and related support programs for children, youth, families

and adults with mental handicaps.

March 9/99

45 000 000

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

To supplement Vote 48, Ministry Operations, to provide funding for the higher

than anticipated ongoing expenditures of the Medical Services Plan, Acute

and Continuing Care, and Pharmacare.

March 9/99

84 500 000

MINISTRY OF HEALTH

To supplement Vote 48, Ministry Operations, to provide funding for the higher

than anticipated one-time expenditures related to the reimbursement of drug

costs, start-up costs associated with the new national blood program, and

debt servicing contributions related to the timing of the transfer of

debt to the

province from the Greater Vancouver Regional Hospital District.

March 9/99

40 000 000

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