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

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

 
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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