2004 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 37th Parliament
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HONOURABLE GARY COLLINS
MINISTER OF FINANCE

BILL 48 -- 2004

SUPPLY ACT, 2004-2005

Preamble

WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the main Estimates and the Supplementary 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, 2005;

AND WHEREAS the budget documents disclose that the most likely forecast of a surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 is $200 000 000;

AND WHEREAS the budget documents include a $100 000 000 forecast allowance to provide for unanticipated fluctuations in revenues and expenses of the government reporting entity that decreases the forecast surplus of the government reporting entity for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 to $100 000 000;

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 $24 597 023 000 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, 2005, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2004.

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 $1 385 125 000 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) the disbursements for loans, investments and other requirements referred to in Schedule E of the 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, 2005, the sum to include that authorized to be paid under section 2 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 2004.

 
Schedule 1

2004/2005 Schedule of Expenses

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 and the purposes for which they are granted

Vote
Number


Ministry/Office or Minister/Program


$

1

Legislation

45 737 000

2

Auditor General

7 069 000

3

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

292 000

4

Elections BC

13 508 000

5

Information and Privacy Commissioner

2 133 000

6

Ombudsman

3 097 000

7

Police Complaint Commissioner

985 000

8

Office of the Premier

44 129 000

9

Ministry of Advanced Education

1 898 849 000

10

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

44 682 000

11

Ministry of Attorney General

370 749 000

12

Ministry of Attorney General

28 904 000

13

Ministry of Attorney General

51 771 000

14

Ministry of Attorney General

27 500 000

15

Ministry of Attorney General

1 000

16

Ministry of Children and Family Development

1 381 568 000

17

Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services

486 921 000

18

Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services

12 105 000

19

Ministry of Education

4 943 165 000

20

Ministry of Energy and Mines

35 230 000

21

Ministry of Energy and Mines

28 560 000

22

Ministry of Finance

31 297 000

23

Ministry of Finance

14 693 000

24

Ministry of Forests

393 292 000

25

Ministry of Health Services

10 404 260 000

25(S)

Ministry of Health Services -- Supplementary Estimates

147 986 000

26

Ministry of Health Services

6 935 000

27

Ministry of Human Resources

1 301 425 000

28

Ministry of Management Services

51 289 000

29

Ministry of Management Services

10 016 000

30

Ministry of Provincial Revenue

52 279 000

31

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

478 891 000

32

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

15 635 000

33

Ministry of Skills Development and Labour

18 812 000

34

Ministry of Small Business and Economic Development

139 689 000

35

Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

68 415 000

36

Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

1 957 000

37

Ministry of Transportation

811 060 000

38

Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

112 436 000

39

Minister of Finance -- Management of Public Funds and Debt

800 000 000

40

Minister of Finance -- Contingencies (All Ministries) and New Programs

240 000 000

41

Minister of Finance -- BC Family Bonus

59 000 000

42

Attorney General -- Citizens' Assembly

2 600 000

43

Various Ministers -- Commissions on Collection of Public Funds

1 000

44

Various Ministers -- Allowances for Doubtful Revenue Accounts

1 000

45

Minister of Sustainable Resource Management -- Environmental Assessment Office

2 897 000

46

Minister of Forests; Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection -- Environmental Appeal Board and Forest Appeals Commission

1 895 000

47

Minister of Forests -- Forest Practices Board

3 307 000

TOTAL  

24 597 023 000

 
Schedule 2

2004/2005 Schedule of Financing Transactions

Sums granted to Her Majesty for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 and the purposes for which they are granted

 

$

Schedule C -- Prepaid Capital Advances

754 800 000

Schedule D -- Capital Expenditures

254 358 000

Schedule E -- Loans, Investments and Other Requirements

375 967 000

TOTAL  

1 385 125 000


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