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1996 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 36th Parliament
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HONOURABLE ANDREW PETTER
MINISTER OF FINANCE AND
CORPORATE RELATIONS
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, 1997;
AND WHEREAS, in accordance with the Financial Administration Act, expenditures by Special Warrants of $179 500 000 in respect of the fiscal year ending March 31, 1996, and of $5 615 706 000 in respect of the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997, have been submitted to the Legislature in Schedules 1 and 2 of this Act;
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
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 $8 billion, 439 million towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997, and being substantially 5/12 of the total amount of the votes of the main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session.
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 $875 621 000 for recoverable disbursements referred to in Schedule C of the main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997.
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 $22 million to the Purchasing Commission Working Capital Account established under section 23.1 of the Purchasing Commission Act, being the amount shown for this purpose in the main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997, as laid before the Legislative Assembly at the present session.
4 The sums referred to in sections 1, 2 and 3 include respectively $5 446 705 000, $147 001 000 and $22 000 000 authorized by the special warrant listed in Schedule 2.
(Financial Administration Act, s. 21 (5))
1995-96 Special Warrants
| Ministry and Description | No. of Warrant |
Date Effective |
$ Amount of Warrant |
| HEALTH To supplement Vote 43, Ministry Operations, to provide funding for the Medical Services Plan for higher fee-for-service and alter- native payments to physicians, Corporate Programs for Pharmacare, emergency health care service, debt servicing, and Regional Programs for hospitals and community support services. |
1 | March 12/96 | 81 000 000 |
| SOCIAL SERVICES To supplement Vote 54, Ministry Operations, to provide funding for Services for Families and Children, Child in Care Services, and Income Support Programs for Income Assistance. |
2 | March 12/96 | 98 500 000 |
(Financial Administration Act, s. 21 (5))
1996-97 Special Warrants
| Ministry and Description | No. 1 Date Effective April 1/96 |
No. 2 Date Effective April 30/96 |
Total |
| Office of the Auditor General – budgetary transactions |
$643 000 | $1 286 000 | $1 929 000 |
| Office of the Child, Youth and Family Advocate – budgetary transactions |
75 000 | 180 000 | 255 000 |
| Elections B.C. Office – budgetary transactions |
305 000 | 800 000 | 1 105 000 |
| Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – budgetary transactions |
218 000 | 436 000 | 654 000 |
| Ombudsman – budgetary transactions |
430 000 | 1 125 000 | 1 555 000 |
| Office of the Premier and Cabinet Office – budgetary transactions |
217 000 | 432 000 | 649 000 |
| Aboriginal Affairs – budgetary transactions |
3 580 000 | 4 783 000 | 8 363 000 |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – budgetary transactions |
4 955 000 | 9 910 000 | 14 865 000 |
| Attorney General and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism,
Human Rights and Immigration – budgetary transactions |
89 200 000 | 166 469 000 | 255 669 000 |
| – financing transactions | 75 000 | 150 000 | 225 000 |
| Education, Skills and Training – budgetary transactions |
526 230 000 | 1 049 094 000 | 1 575 324 000 |
| Employment and Investment – budgetary transactions |
16 470 000 | 26 400 000 | 42 870 000 |
| – financing transactions | 61 000 000 | 61 000 000 | |
| Environment, Lands and Parks – budgetary transactions |
30 000 000 | 65 200 000 | 95 200 000 |
| – financing transactions | 800 000 | 800 000 | |
| Finance and Corporate Relations – budgetary transactions |
62 111 000 | 125 314 000 | 187 425 000 |
| – financing transactions | 11 300 000 | 27 800 000 | 39 100 000 |
| – Working Capital Account | 22 000 000 | 22 000 000 | |
| Forests – budgetary transactions |
63 375 000 | 126 828 000 | 190 203 000 |
| Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors and Intergovernmental
Relations – budgetary transactions |
570 000 000 | 1 173 000 000 | 1 743 000 000 |
| Labour – budgetary transactions |
29 390 000 | 60 146 000 | 89 536 000 |
| Municipal Affairs and Housing – budgetary transactions |
46 446 000 | 91 900 000 | 138 346 000 |
| Small Business, Tourism and Culture – budgetary transactions |
22 000 000 | 33 587 000 | 55 587 000 |
| Social Services – budgetary transactions |
234 308 000 | 468 616 000 | 702 924 000 |
| – financing transactions | 292 000 | 584 000 | 876 000 |
| Transportation and Highways – budgetary transactions |
92 903 000 | 183 843 000 | 276 746 000 |
| – financing transactions | 45 000 000 | 45 000 000 | |
| Women's Equality – budgetary transactions |
25 000 000 | 39 500 000 | 64 500 000 |
| TOTAL | $1 935 523 000 | $3 680 183 000 | $5 615 706 000 |
| Total budgetary transactions | $1 817 856 000 | $3 628 849 000 | $5 446 705 000 |
| Total financing transactions | 117 667 000 | 29 334 000 | 147 001 000 |
| Total Working Capital Account | 22 000 000 | 22 000 000 | |
| TOTAL | $1 935 523 000 | $3 680 183 000 | $5 615 706 000 |
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