4th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 47

THE APPROPRIATION ACT, 2022

(Assented to                                         )

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

Definitions

1   The following definitions apply in this Act.

"appropriation" means a sum voted for operating expenditures, capital investment or loans and guarantees as set out in the Estimates. (« crédit »)

"Estimates" means the Manitoba Estimates of Expenditure for the 2022-2023 fiscal year as tabled in the Assembly. (« budget »)

"2022-2023 fiscal year" means the period beginning April 1, 2022, and ending March 31, 2023. (« exercice 2022-2023 »)

Expenditure authority — operating

2(1)   For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, operating expenditures of up to $15,298,010,000 may be incurred for the public service according to the appropriations set out in Part A of the Estimates and summarized in the Schedule.

Expenditure authority — capital investment

2(2)   For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, up to $939,237,000 may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and applied to capital investments according to the appropriations set out in Part B of the Estimates and summarized in the Schedule.

Expenditure authority — loans and guarantees

2(3)   For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, up to $425,718,000 may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and applied to loans and guarantees according to the appropriations set out in Part C of the Estimates and summarized in the Schedule.

Expenditure authority — capital investments by other reporting entities

2(4)   For the 2022-2023 fiscal year, up to $1,742,198,000 may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and applied to capital investments by other reporting entities according to the appropriations set out in Part D of the Estimates and summarized in the Schedule.

Expenditures by responsible department

3   An operating expenditure, capital investment, loan or guarantee authorized by this Act may be made by the Crown through any government department that, during the 2022-2023 fiscal year, has become responsible for the program or activity that includes that expenditure, investment, loan or guarantee.

Limit on expenditures for inventory

4   Up to $100,000,000 may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund in the 2022-2023 fiscal year for the purpose of developing or acquiring inventory to be disposed of in a subsequent year.

Limit on payments for certain long-term liabilities

5   Up to $439,500,000 may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund in the 2022-2023 fiscal year for the purpose of reducing or eliminating a long-term liability previously accrued under section 66 of The Financial Administration Act.

Limit on commitments to future expenditures

6   The commitments made in the 2022-2023 fiscal year under section 45 of The Financial Administration Act to ensure completion of projects or contracts initiated in the year must not exceed $900,000,000.

Additional authority for loans and guarantees

7   Until changed by another Act of the Legislature, the total of the loans and guarantees that the government provides under section 63 of The Financial Administration Act in a fiscal year must not exceed $400,000,000.

Interim authority subsumed

8(1)   The authority provided by this Act subsumes the authority provided for in The Interim Appropriation Act, 2022.

Repeal

8(2)   The Interim Appropriation Act, 2022, S.M. 2022, c. 2, is repealed.

Coming into force

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

SCHEDULE

SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS

2022-2023

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