HONOURABLE COLIN HANSEN
MINISTER OF FINANCE AND
DEPUTY PREMIER

BILL 22 — 2009

SUPPLY ACT, 2009-2010

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, 2010;

AND WHEREAS the budget documents, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session, disclose that the most likely forecast of a deficit of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 is $2 525 000 000;

AND WHEREAS those budget documents include a $250 000 000 forecast allowance to provide for unanticipated fluctuations in revenues and expenses of the government reporting entity that increases the forecast deficit of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 to $2 775 000 000;

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 $32 315 474 000 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, 2010, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2009 and section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 2), 2009.

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 $746 115 000 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, 2010, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2009.

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 $1 194 257 000 for disbursements referred to in Schedule E of the main Estimates as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session and as set forth in Schedule 3, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 3 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2009.

Commencement

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

Schedule 1

2009/2010 Schedule of Voted Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote
Number
Ministry/Office or Minister/Program $
1 Legislation 73 529 000
2 Auditor General 15 536 000
3 Conflict of Interest Commissioner 440 000
4 Elections BC 41 440 000
5 Information and Privacy Commissioner 3 822 000
6 Merit Commissioner 955 000
7 Ombudsman 4 773 000
8 Police Complaint Commissioner 1 974 000
9 Representative for Children and Youth 7 027 000
10 Office of the Premier 11 535 000
11 Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
— Ministry Operations
65 150 000
12 Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development — Ministry Operations 2 130 713 000
13 Ministry of Agriculture and Lands — Ministry Operations 82 634 000
14 Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
— Agricultural Land Commission
2 276 000
15 Ministry of Attorney General — Ministry Operations 444 099 000
16 Ministry of Attorney General — Judiciary 69 081 000
17 Ministry of Attorney General — Crown Proceeding Act 24 500 000
18 Ministry of Attorney General
— British Columbia Utilities Commission
1 000
19 Ministry of Children and Family Development
— Ministry Operations
1 394 139 000
20 Ministry of Citizens' Services — Ministry Operations 164 136 000
21 Ministry of Citizens' Services — Benefits 1 000
22 Ministry of Community and Rural Development
— Ministry Operations
176 775 000
23 Ministry of Education — Ministry Operations 5 042 558 000
24 Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
— Ministry Operations
67 793 000
25 Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
— Contracts and Funding Arrangements
1 875 000
26 Ministry of Environment — Ministry Operations 146 521 000
27 Ministry of Environment — Climate Action Secretariat 7 132 000
28 Ministry of Environment — Environmental Assessment 9 396 000
29 Ministry of Finance — Ministry Operations 85 227 000
30 Ministry of Finance — Pacific Carbon Trust 5 000 000
31 Ministry of Forests and Range — Ministry Operations 464 137 000
32 Ministry of Forests and Range
— Integrated Land Management Bureau
68 678 000
33 Ministry of Forests and Range — Direct Fire 409 000 000
34 Ministry of Health Services — Ministry Operations 14 008 318 000
35 Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport — Ministry Operations 85 078 000
36 Ministry of Housing and Social Development
— Ministry Operations
2 714 603 000
37 Ministry of Labour — Ministry Operations 21 631 000
38 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
— Ministry Operations
625 431 000
39 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
— Emergency Program Act
20 975 000
40 Ministry of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development — Ministry Operations 43 830 000
41 Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
— Ministry Operations
104 454 000
42 Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
— Ministry Operations
755 783 000
43 Minister of Finance — Management of Public Funds and Debt 1 186 000 000
44 Minister of Finance — Contingencies (All Ministries)
and New Programs
500 000 000
45 Various Ministers — Capital Funding 1 212 840 000
46 Various Ministers — Commissions on Collection of
Public Funds
1 000
47 Various Ministers — Allowances for Doubtful
Revenue Accounts
1 000
48 Minister of Finance — BC Family Bonus 8 758 000
49 Minister of Environment; Minister of Forests and Range
— Environmental Appeal Board and Forest Appeals Commission
2 091 000
50 Minister of Forests and Range — Forest Practices Board 3 827 000
TOTAL 32 315 474 000

Schedule 2

2009/2010 Schedule of Voted Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 and the purposes for which they are granted

  $
Schedule C - Capital Expenditures 444 015 000
Schedule D - Loans, Investments and Other Requirements 302 100 000
TOTAL 746 115 000

Schedule 3

2009/2010 Schedule of Voted Revenue Transfers

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 and the purposes for which they are granted

  $
Schedule E - Revenue Collected For, and Transferred To,
Other Entities
1 194 257 000
TOTAL 1 194 257 000