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S.M. 1994, c. 30

The Appropriation Act, 1994

Table of contents

(Assented to July 5, 1994)

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Definition of "Estimates"

1

In this Act "Estimates" refers to the Estimates of Expenditure of the Province of Manitoba for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995, tabled in the Assembly.

Money granted for 1994-1995

2

From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the Province there may be paid and applied a sum of $4,892,067,100. towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the public service of the Province not otherwise provided for, from April 1, 1994, to March 31, 1995, both dates inclusive, and being the amount of each of the items voted as set forth in Schedule A of this Act.

Authority for future commitments

3(1)

In addition to expenditure authority granted under section 2, authority is granted to the government to commit on or before March 31, 1995, expenditures not to exceed in total an estimated aggregate amount of $300,000,000. for the purposes of ensuring completion of projects or fulfilling of contracts initiated prior to and during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995, regardless of the year in which the expenditures will be made

in respect of those commitments, but the expenditures for those commitments shall not be made in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995, without additional expenditure authority being granted.

Voting of funds in subsequent years

3(2)

The estimated amount of expenditures which have been committed under subsection (1) shall be included in the estimates of the fiscal year in which the expenditures are expected to be made.

Authority to pay liabilities

4

In addition to expenditure authority granted under section 2, authority is granted to the government to make payments against liabilities totalling $152,992,700., which are accrued and unpaid in the accounts of the province as at March 31, 1994.

Transfer of expenditure authority for the same purposes

5

The Minister of Finance may, at his discretion, transfer for the same purposes to any appropriations under any service heading of the Estimates any part or all of the money the expenditure of which is to be authorized under the service heading Other Appropriations (27) and in the appropriations under that heading for:

(a) Appropriation No. 1 - Aboriginal Justice Initiatives;

(b) Appropriation No. 4 - Decentralization; and

(c) Appropriation No. 6 - Internal Reform, Workforce Adjustment and General Salary Increases.

Sustainable Development Innovations Fund

6

All money the expenditure of which is to be authorized under Appropriation No. 1 - Sustainable Development Innovations Fund under service heading Sustainable Development Innovations Fund (32) in the Estimates, may be expended under such sub-appropriations as may be established by the Minister of Finance under other department appropriations, on the basis that the total amount to be expended will be recovered from Appropriation No. 1 - Sustainable Development Innovations Fund under service heading Sustainable Development Innovations Fund (32) of the Estimates.

Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote

7

The Minister of Finance may, at his discretion, transfer for the same purposes, any part or all of the money the expenditure of which, for the Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote, is to be authorized under service heading Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote (26) and in Appropriation No. 1 - Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote under that heading, to any appropriation under any service heading of the Estimates.

Money authorized for agreements with Canada

8(1)

Money authorized under this Act to be expended for or in respect of any agreement with the Government of Canada may be expended in anticipation of the agreement being entered into notwithstanding that the agreement has not been, and never is, entered into.

Money expended in anticipation of agreements

8(2)

Money authorized under this Act to be expended for or in respect of any agreement with the Government of Canada may be expended on projects or for costs in anticipation that the agreement when entered into, will provide for the sharing of the amount expended or the sharing of certain costs of the project, notwithstanding that the agreement when entered into does not provide for such sharing.

Authority for expenditures in anticipation of recoveries

9

Where an item in an appropriation for a department of government as shown in the Estimates showed that a nil amount or a net amount of expenditure was to be authorized for the purpose of the department rendering services or providing materials, supplies or property to another department or agency of the government, on the basis that all or a portion of the total amount to be expended by the first mentioned department for those purposes would be recovered from that other department or other agency in anticipated amounts as set out in the item in the Estimates, the amount that may be expended through the first mentioned department for the purposes of rendering the services or providing the materials, supplies or property, in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995 shall be the total of:

(a) the net amount voted in the item, whether or not it is a nil vote; and

(b) the anticipated amount of the recoveries as set out in the item in the Estimates to the extent that it is reasonably anticipated that the recoveries will be made.

Lapse of appropriations

10

Any part of the money under Schedule A appropriated by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund that may be unexpended at the end of March 31, 1995, shall not be expended thereafter except in payment of accounts and expenses incurred on or prior to the said day; and all balances remaining unexpended after the said date or at such subsequent date as is authorized by the provisions of The Financial Administration Act shall lapse and be written off.

Power to borrow

11

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may authorize the raising, by way of loan or loans, upon the credit of the government, in accordance with the provisions of The Financial Administration Act, such sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate the net sum of $900,000,000. as may be considered necessary for making any payments authorized or required by any Act to be made out of the Consolidated Fund or for reimbursing the Consolidated Fund for any such payment made therefrom.

Abatement of authority

12

On the coming into force of this Act, expenditures made under the authority of the Special Warrant issued pursuant to Order-in-Council 188/1994 to provide money for the operation of the Government of Manitoba in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995 shall be deemed to have been made under the authority of this Act, and the said Special Warrant shall cease to have effect.

Application of money

13

The due application of all money expended under the authority of this Act shall be accounted for to Her Majesty.

Coming into force

14

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

SCHEDULE A

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995 and the purposes for which they are granted.

Appropriation Amount
No. SERVICE $(000's)
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (1)
1. Indemnities (Statutory) 2,499.6
2. Retirement Allowances (Statutory) 1,331.2
3. Members' Allowances (Statutory) 2,559.3
Total Statutory Appropriations for Legislative Assembly 6,390.1
4. Other Assembly Expenditures 4,047.1
- Leader of the Official Opposition Party - Salary 20.6
- Other Salaries and Employee Benefits and Expenses 4,026.5
5. Provincial Auditor's Office 3,119.3
6. Ombudsman 809.2
7. Elections Manitoba 486.6
Total Sums to be Voted for Legislative Assembly 8,462.2
Total Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted for Legislative Assembly 14,852.3
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (2)
1. General Administration 3,158.7
- Premier and President of the Council's Salary 26.6
- Other Administration 3,132.1  
3,158.7
AGRICULTURE (3)
1. Administration and Finance 2,451.7
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 2,431.1
2. Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation 60,079.8
3. Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation 9,830.6
4. Agricultural Development and Marketing 10,363.0
5. Regional Agricultural Services 11,978.7
6. Policy and Economics 2,850.6
7. Canada-Manitoba Agreement on Agricultural Sustainability 1,040.0
8. Income Insurance and Support Program 15,795.1
9. Lotteries Funded Programs 523.9
114,913.4
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (17)
1. Civil Service Commission 4,623.9
4,623.9
COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS (33)
1. Community Support Programs 4,834.6
4,834.6
CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (5)
1. Administration and Finance 1,018.1
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 997.5
2. Consumer Affairs 5,388.6
3. Corporate Affairs 6,425.8
12,832.5
CULTURE, HERITAGE AND CITIZENSHIP (14)
1. Administration and Finance 2,000.9
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 1,980.3
2. Culture, Heritage and Recreation Programs 5,473.1
3. Information Resources 9,179.9
4. Citizenship 1,801.4
5. Multiculturalism 337.3
6. Lotteries Funded Programs 34,694.8
53,487.4
EDUCATION AND TRAINING (16)
1. Administration and Finance 3,522.4
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 3,501.8
2. School Programs 20,291.0
3. Bureau de l'éducation française 4,194.0
4. Advanced Education and Skills Training 45,715.4
5. Support to Schools 623,016.8
6. Support to Post-Secondary Institutions. 256,535.0
7. Expenditures Related to Capital 37,188.7
990,463.3
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND OTHER PAYMENTS (6)
1. Employee Benefits and Other Payments 32,673.5
32,673.5
ENERGY AND MINES (23)
1. Administration and Finance 1,223.3
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 1,202.7
2. Energy and Mineral Resources 8,420.6
3. Mineral Industry Support Programs 6,152.7
15,796.6
ENVIRONMENT (31)
1. Administration and Finance 1,498.4
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 1,477.8
2. Environmental Management 12,396.1
3. Clean Environment Commission 451.6
4. International Institute for Sustainable Development 1,375.0
15,721.1
FAMILY SERVICES (9)
1. Administration and Finance 7,947.6
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 7,927.0
2. Income Security and Regional Operations 405,057.1
3. Rehabilitation, Community Living and Day Care 139,361.1
4. Child and Family Services 107,883.3
660,249.1
FINANCE (7)
1. Administration and Finance 1,662.2
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 1,641.6
2. Treasury 1,849.4
3. Comptroller 5,934.0
4. Taxation 10,733.4
5. Federal-Provincial Relations and Research 1,623.7
6. Insurance and Risk Management 258.6
7. Treasury Board Secretariat 3,091.7
8. Tax Credit Payments 186,200.0
Sums to be Voted for Finance 211,353.0
9. Public Debt (Statutory):
(a)
   (1)  Interest on the Public Debt of Manitoba and related expenses
 
1,421,800.0
   (2)  Interest on Trust and Special Funds 62,000.0
1,483,800.0
(b) Less: Interest and Other Chargesto be received from:
   (1)  Manitoba Telephone System (84,300.0)
   (2)  Manitoba Hydro (436,200.0)
   (3)  Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation (45,600.0)
   (4)  Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation (23,200.0)
   (5)  Other Government Agencies (9,200.0)
   (6)  Other Loans and Investments (112,300.0)
   (7)  Sinking Fund Investments (240,000.0)
(950,800.0)
Total Public Debt (Statutory) 533,000.0
10. Expenditures Related to Capital 310.0
Total Sums to be Voted for Finance 211,663.0
Total Statutory Appropriations 533,000.0
Total Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted for Finance 744,663.0
FITNESS AND SPORT (28)
1. Fitness and Sport 11,225.2
11,225.2
GOVERNMENT SERVICES (8)
1. Administration 2,358.6
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration 2,338.0
2. Property Management 66,252.9
3. Supply and Services 4,536.9
4. Accommodation Development 2,434.7
5. Land Value Appraisal Commission 82.7
6. Disaster Assistance 1,008.8
7. Expenditures Related to Capital 13,188.7
89,863.3
HEALTH (21)
1. Administration and Finance 14,361.7
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 14,341.1
2. Healthy Public Policy Programs 13,675.9
3. Continuing Care Programs 80,422.2
4. Provincial Mental Health Services 53,135.1
5. Health Services 71,807.4
6. Insured Benefits 8,016.4
7. Health Services Insurance Fund 1,516,394.5
8. Addictions Foundation of Manitoba 10,524.3
9. Expenditures Related to Capital 65,552.0
10. Lotteries Funded Programs 20,611.3
1,854,500.8
HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION (15)
1. Administration and Finance 5,024.6
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 5,004.0
2. Operations and Maintenance 73,444.7
3. Planning and Design 2,412.2
4. Engineering and Technical Services 9,630.5
5. Transportation Policy and Research 1,103.4
6. Driver and Vehicle Licensing 19,601.2
7. Boards and Committees 1,353.9
8. Expenditures Related to Capital 117,032.1
229,602.6
HOUSING (30)
1. Administration and Finance 4,097.7
Minister's Salary 10.3
Other Administration and Finance 4,087.4
2. Housing Program Support. 2,532.5
3. The Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation 41,365.5
47,995.7
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND TOURISM (10)
1. Administration and Finance 3,296.8
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 3,276.2
2. Business Services 16,081.8
3. Strategic Initiatives 13,718.2
4. Economic Development 5,670.4
5. Expenditures Related to Capital 920.0
39,687.2
JUSTICE (4)
1. Administration and Finance 4,145.1
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 4,124.5
2. Public Prosecutions 63,487.8
3. Justice 3,458.5
4. Corrections 54,408.9
5. Courts 26,642.8
6. Protection of Individual and Property Rights 26,512.3
178,655.4
LABOUR (11)
1. Labour Executive 340.8
Minister's Salary 10.3
Other Labour Executive 330.5
2. Labour Programs 16,193.2
3. Payment of Wages Fund 225.0
16,759.0
NATURAL RESOURCES (12)
1. Administration and Finance 4,438.2
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 4,417.6
2. Regional Operations 33,415.4
3. Resource Programs 40,511.4
4. Land Information Centre. 5,837.3
5. Expenditures Related to Capital 5,377.3
6. Lotteries Funded Programs 450.0
90,029.6
NORTHERN AFFAIRS (19)
1. Administration and Finance 1,012.9
Minister's Salary 10.3
Other Administration and Finance 1,002.6
2. Local Government Development 9,299.8
3. Northern Development and Co-ordination 4,336.7
4. Native Affairs Secretariat 1,217.0
5. Expenditures Related to Capital 2,614.6
18,481.0
RURAL DEVELOPMENT (13)
1. Administration and Finance 1,219.4
Minister's Salary 20.6
Other Administration and Finance 1,198.8
2. Boards 502.4
3. Corporate Planning and Business Development 661.7
4. Local Government Services 12,960.9
5. Rural Economic Development 5,676.1
6. Expenditures Related to Capital 8,838.9
7. Rural Economic Programs 14,006.1
43,865.5
SENIORS DIRECTORATE (24)
1. Seniors Directorate 331.1
331.1
STATUS OF WOMEN (22)
1. Status of Women 914.7
914.7
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INNOVATIONS FUND (32)
1. Sustainable Development Innovations Fund 4,911.5
4,911.5
URBAN AFFAIRS (20)
1. Administration. 225.0
Minister's Salary 10.3
Other Administration 214.7
2. Financial Assistance to the City of Winnipeg 45,450.4
3. Urban Affairs Program Support. 814.4
4. Expenditures Related to Capital 17,000.0
5. Lotteries Funded Programs 4,000.0
67,489.8
CANADA-MANITOBA ENABLING VOTE (26)
1. Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote. 4,935.4
4,935.4
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS (27)
1. Aboriginal Justice Initiatives 1,000.0
2. Allowance for Losses and Expenditures Incurred by Crown Corporations and Other Provincial Entities 350.0
3. Allowance for Salary Accruals 3,600.0
4. Decentralization 100.0
5. Emergency Expenditures 10,000.0
6. Internal Reform, Workforce Adjustmentand General Salary Increases 5,000.0
7. Home Renovation Program 10,000.0
8. Urban Economic Development Initiatives 10,000.0
9. Canada-Manitoba Infrastructure Program - Capital 23,890.0
63,940.0
Total General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted 5,431,457.2
Summary
  General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted
Amount
$(000's)
Total General Statutory Appropriations 539,390.1
Total Sums to be Voted 4,892,067.1
Total General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted 5,431,457.2