Bill 217 (Legislature 25, Session 4)

L25 S4 352

Alberta — Bills

2004 Bill 217 Fourth Session, 25th Legislature, 53 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 217 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY (IDENTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES) AMENDMENT ACT, 2004 MR. CAO First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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Bill 217 Mr. Cao BILL 217 2004 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY (IDENTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES) AMENDMENT ACT, 2004 (Assented to , 2004) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cG-7 1 The Government Accountability Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 14(2) is amended by adding the following after clause (c): (c.1) an identification of any increase in ministry expenditures from the previous fiscal year indicating what programs and services delivered by the ministry or its accountable organizations, as defined in

section 16, accounted for the increases and the ministry’s justification for the increases, 1

2 3 This Act applies to the 2005-2006 fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter.

Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter G-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2

Section 14 presently reads: 14(1) A Minister must prepare and make public an annual report for the ministry for the fiscal year ended on the preceding March 31 in a form and at a time acceptable to the Treasury Board.

(2) A Minister must include in the ministry’s annual report for a fiscal year (

a) the same type of information for the ministry that must be included in a consolidated annual report under

section 10, (

b) the financial statements of each of the components of the ministry as supplemental information, (

c) a

summary of expense and capital investment under each appropriation in the ministry, and (

d) any other information the Treasury Board or the Minister considers appropriate.

(3) A ministry’s annual report prepared in accordance with this Act and laid before the Legislative Assembly in accordance with

section 45 of the Explanatory Notes 1

Explanatory Notes 2 Legislative Assembly Act is deemed to be a general report summarizing the transactions and affairs of the department of the Minister for the purposes of

section 45 of the Legislative Assembly Act.

(4) If a Minister is required to lay the financial statements of a component of the ministry before the Legislative Assembly under any other Act and those financial statements are included in the ministry’s annual report when it is made public under this Act, the financial statements are deemed to have been laid before the Legislative Assembly for the purposes of that other Act. 3 Application of this Act. Title: 2004 (25th, 4th) Bill 217, Government Accountability (Identification of Expenditures) Amendment Act, 2004

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