3rd Session, 43rd Legislature

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Bill 235

THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TAXPAYER PROTECTION AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

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

C.C.S.M. c. F84 amended

1   The Fiscal Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Act is amended by this Act.

2   Section 1 is amended

(a) by replacing the definition "minister" with the following:

"minister" means the President of the Executive Council and any member of the Executive Council who is appointed to preside over one or more departments. (« ministre »)

(b) by adding the following definition:

"ministerial salary" means the additional salary otherwise payable to a minister under The Legislative Assembly Act for services as a member of the Executive Council. (« traitement supplémentaire »)

3   The following provisions are amended by striking out "minister" and substituting "Minister of Finance":

(a) subsection 2(1);

(b) subsections 3(1) and (3);

(c) subsection 7(1) in the part before clause (a).

4   Subsection 8(1) is repealed.

5   Subsection 9(2) is amended, in the part before clause (a), by striking out "minister" and substituting "Minister of Finance".

6   The following is added after section 11 as part of Part 3:

Ministerial salary reduced if referendum requirement repealed

11.1(1)   If the government presents a bill to the Assembly to reduce, repeal, override or suspend the operation of section 9 (referendum required for tax changes), this section or both, the following rules apply:

1.Beginning on the first pay period after the bill is distributed in the Assembly, an amount equal to 50% of the ministerial salary is withheld from each minister pending the application of rule 2 or 3, whichever applies.

2.If the bill is enacted,

(a) the amount withheld is not returned to the minister; and

(b) each minister's salary is reduced by an amount equal to 50% of the ministerial salary until the next general election.

3.If the bill is not enacted, the amount withheld from each minister is payable to the minister without interest.

Withholding and reduction

11.1(2)   For certainty, the amount withheld and the salary reduction under subsection (1) are in addition to any amount withheld and salary reduction under section 8.

Coming into force

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