Manitoba Laws

S.M. 1985-86, c. 20

The Appropriation Act, 1985

(Assented to July 11, 1985)

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN:

WHEREAS it appears by message from Her Honour Pearl McGonigal, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Manitoba, and the estimates accompanying it, that the sums hereinafter mentioned in Schedule A are required to defray certain charges and expenses of the public service of the province not otherwise provided for, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1986;

AND WHEREAS the Minister of Finance has estimated that the cash requirements of the government for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1986 will exceed revenues for that fiscal year and it is expedient to grant authority to raise money by way of loan or loans to provide in part for those cash requirements;

MAY IT THEREFORE PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY that it may be enacted, and it is hereby enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, as follows:

Short title.

This Act may be cited as: "The Appropriation Act, 1985".

Definition of "Main Estimates".

In this Act "Main Estimates" refers to The Main Estimates of Expenditure of the Province of Manitoba for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1986, tabled in the Assembly.

Money granted for fiscal year ending March 31, 1986.

From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the province there may be paid and applied a sum of $3,333,355,700 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the public service of the province not otherwise provided for, from April 1, 1985, to March 31, 1986, both dates inclusive, and being the amount of each of the items voted as set forth in Schedule A of this Act.

Authority for commitments for future years.

4(1)

In addition to expenditure authority granted under section 3, authority is granted to the government to commit on or before March 31, 1986, expenditures not to exceed in total an estimated aggregate amount of $220,000,000 for the purposes of ensuring completion of projects or fulfilling of contracts initiated prior to and during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1986, 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, 1986, without additional expenditure authority being granted.

Voting of funds in subsequent years.

4(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.

Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote.

5(1)

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 (XXVI) and in Appropriation No. 1 Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote under that heading, to any appropriation under any service heading of the Main Estimates.

Adjustments consequent upon transfers for Northern Development Agreement - Canada-Manitoba.

5(2)

Where money is transferred under subsection (1) to an appropriation for Northern Development Agreement - Canada-Manitoba under a service heading of the Main Estimates, the amount indicated in the Main Estimates as recoverable from the Department of Northern Affairs shall be increased by an equivalent amount so that the total appropriation authorized to be expended under that service heading of the Main Estimates, less recoveries, remains unchanged and the amount authorized for expenditure for Northern Development Agreement Canada-Manitoba under service heading Northern Affairs (XIX) in Schedule A and in Appropriation No. 5 - Northern Development Agreement - Canada-Manitoba or Appropriation No. 6 - Expenditures Related to Capital under that heading, shall be increased by the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under service heading Northern Affairs (XIX) is increased by that amount.

Adjustments for entries for sub-appropriation transfers to Northern Development Agreement - Canada-Manitoba.

5(3)

Where money authorized to be expended under any service heading set out in Schedule A for purposes other than Northern Development Agreement Canada-Manitoba is to be expended for purposes of Northern Development Agreement Canada-Manitoba, the amount indicated in the Main Estimates as recoverable from the Department of Northern Affairs shall be increased by an amount equivalent to the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under that service heading, less recoveries, is reduced by the amount transferred and the amount authorized for expenditure for Northern Development Agreement Canada-Manitoba, under service heading Northern Affairs (XIX) in Schedule A and in Appropriation No. 5 Northern Development Agreement - Canada-Manitoba or Appropriation No. 6 -Expenditures Related to Capital under that heading, shall be increased by the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under service heading Northern Affairs (XIX) is increased by that amount.

Adjustments consequent upon transfers for Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement.

5(4)

Where money is transferred under subsection (1) to an appropriation for Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement under a service heading of the Main Estimates other than the service heading Urban Affairs (XX), the amount indicated in the Main Estimates as recoverable from the Department of Urban Affairs shall be increased by an equivalent amount so that the total appropriation authorized to be expended under that service heading of the Main Estimates, less recoveries, remains unchanged and the amount authorized for expenditure for Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement under service heading Urban Affairs (XX) in Schedule A and in Appropriation No. 3 - Urban Policy Co-ordination or Appropriation No. 5 - Expenditures Related to Capital under that heading, shall be increased by the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under service heading Urban Affairs (XX) is increased by that amount.

Adjustments for entries for sub-appropriation transfers to Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement.

5(5)

Where money authorized to be expended under any service heading set out in Schedule A other than service heading Urban Affairs (XX) for purposes other than Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement is to be expended for purposes of Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement, the amount indicated in the Main Estimates as recoverable from the Department of Urban Affairs may be increased by an amount equivalent to the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under that service heading, less recoveries, is reduced by the amount transferred and the amount authorized for expenditure for Canada-Manitoba Winnipeg Core Area Agreement, under service heading Urban Affairs (XX) in Schedule A and in Appropriation No. 3 Urban Policy Co-ordination or Appropriation No. 5 Expenditures Related to Capital under that heading, shall be increased by the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under service heading Urban Affairs (XX) is increased by that amount.

Authority for expenditures in anticipation of recoveries.

Where an item in an appropriation for a department of government as shown in the Main 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 Main 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 March31, 1986 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 Main Estimates to the extent that it is reasonably anticipated that the recoveries will be made.

Emergency Interest Rate Relief Program.

All money the expenditure of which is authorized under Appropriation No. 1 Emergency Interest Rate Relief Program under service heading Emergency Interest Rate Relief (XXVIII) in the Main Estimates, may be expended under such sub-appropriations as may be established therefor under other service headings in the Main Estimates, on the basis that the total amount so expended will be recovered from Appropriation No. 1 Emergency Interest Rate Relief Program under service heading Emergency Interest Rate Relief (XXVIII) of the Main Estimates.

Manitoba Jobs Fund.

8(1)

All money the expenditure of which is authorized under Appropriation No. 1 Manitoba Jobs Fund under service heading Manitoba Jobs Fund (XXIX) in the Main Estimates, may be expended under such subappropriations as may be established therefor under other service headings in the Main Estimates, on the basis that the total amount so expended will be recovered from Appropriation No. 1 - Manitoba Jobs Fund under service heading Manitoba Jobs Fund (XXIX) of the Main Estimates.

Adjustments for entries for sub-appropriation transfers to Manitoba Jobs Fund.

8(2)

Where a sub-appropriation is established under subsection (1) under a service heading other than Manitoba Jobs Fund (XXIX) for the expenditure of money authorized under Appropriation No. 1 - Manitoba Jobs Fund under service heading Manitoba Jobs Fund (XXIX), notwithstanding subsection (1), additional money may be transferred to that sub-appropriation within that other service heading and where money is so transferred under the authority of this subsection, the amount indicated as recoverable from the Manitoba Jobs Fund shall be increased by an amount equivalent to the amount so transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under that other service heading, less recoveries, is reduced by the amount transferred and the amount authorized for expenditure for the Manitoba Jobs Fund, under service heading Manitoba Jobs Fund (XXIX) in Schedule A and in Appropriation No. 1 - Manitoba Jobs Fund under that heading, shall be increased by the amount transferred so that the total of appropriations authorized to be expended under service heading Manitoba Jobs Fund (XXIX) is increased by that amount.

Money authorized for agreements with Canada.

9(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.

9(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.

Lapse of appropriations.

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, 1986, 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.

Application of money.

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

Power to borrow.

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 $300,000,000 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.

Commencement of Act.

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

SCHEDULE A

Sums granted to Her Majesty by this Act for the fiscal year ending March 31,1986 and the purposes for which they are granted.

(2) Interest on Trust and Special Funds 50,300,000 $ $1,136,432,200 50HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION (XV) Minister’s Salary $19,600 $3,500,500

Approp. No.		SERVICE		Amount
LEGISLATION (I)
1.	Indemnities (Statutory)			$2,044,000
2.	Retirement Allowances Including Refunds of Contributions (Statutory)			550,400
3.	Members’ Allowances (Statutory)			542,500
		Total Statutory Appropriations for Legislation			$3,136,900
4.	Other Assembly Expenditures			$1,485,400
		Leader of the Official Opposition Party -Salary	$19,600
		Other salaries and expenses	1,465,800
5.	Provincial Auditor’s Office			2,323,300
6.	Ombudsman			316,200
7.	Electoral Office			303,000
		Total Sums to be Voted for Legislation			$4,427,900
		Total Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted for Legislation			$7,564,800
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (II)
1.	General Administration			$2,277,300
		Premier and President of the Council’s Salary	$25,300
		Other Administration	2,252,000
					$2,277,300
AGRICULTURE (III)
1.	Administration and Finance			$2,679,300
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	2,659,700
2.	Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation			4,680,400
3.	Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation			7,486,700
4.	Agricultural Development and Marketing Division			11,433,900
5.	Farm and Rural Development Division			11,981,700
6.	Policy and Economics Division			2,103,100
7.	Federal-Provincial Agreements			1,515,800
8.	Income Insurance Fund			7,259,900
9.	Drugs and Semen Purchases			4,989,900
10.	Expenditures Related to Capital			3,920,000
					$58,050,700
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (IV)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 2,271,200
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	2,261,400
2.	Criminal Justice			4,832,900
3.	Legal Services			2,928,700
4.	Law Enforcement			28,534,000
5.	Court Services			15,483,600
6.	Protection of Individual and Property Rights			16,838,200
					$70,888,600
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM (XXXIII)
1.	Administration			$823,600
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration	804,000
2.	Business Development			3,105,300
3.	Tourism			8,427,000
4.	Expenditures Related to Capital			3,209,500
					$15,565,400
CIVIL SERVICE (XVII)
1.	Civil Service Commission			$3,407,600
2.	Civil Service Benefit Plans			39,559,100
3.	Levy for Health and Post-Secondary Education..			7,132,000
					$50,098,700
COMMUNITY SERVICES (IX)
1.	Administration and Finance			$2,962,800
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	2,943,200
2.	Registration and Licensing Services			1,150,900
3.	Community Social Services			59,976,500
4.	Child and Family Services			68,456,700
5.	Corrections			31,434,000
6.	Status of Women			506,400
					$164,487,300
CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (V)
1.	Administration and Finance			$701,300
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	691,500
2.	Consumer Affairs			755,700
3.	Corporate Affairs			2,876,400
					$4,333,400
CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT (VI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$439,400
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	419,800
2.	Co-operative and Credit Union Development and Regulation			1,376,800
3.	Interest Forgiveness			4,774,900
					$6,591,100
CROWN INVESTMENTS (XXII)
1.	Crown Investments Administration			$891,900
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration	882,100
					$891,900
CULTURE, HERITAGE AND RECREATION (XIV)
1.	Administration and Finance			$1,046,500
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	1,036,700
2.	Culture, Heritage and Recreation Programs			15,667,300
3.	Communication Services			2,511,000
4.	Telecommunications Policy			254,900
5.	Expenditures Related to Capital			513,600
					$19,993,300
EDUCATION (XVI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$5,173,800
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	5,154,200
2.	Teachers’ Retirement Allowances Fund and Operational Support Services			19,318,500
3.	Financial Support - Public Schools			379,604,700
4.	Program Development Support Services			15,630,000
5.	Post-Secondary, Adult and Continuing Education			59,397,200
6.	Universities Grants Commission			156,311,000
7.	Bureau de l’Education Française			3,509,200
8.	Expenditures Related to Capital			24,370,300
					$663,314,700
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (XXXIV)
1.	Administration and Finance			$2,266,800
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	2,247,200
2.	Economic Security			168,650,800
3.	Employment Services			12,746,500
4.	Manitoba Bureau of Statistics			372,700
					$184,036,800
ENERGY AND MINES (XXIII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$1,016,500
		Minister's Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	996,900
2.	Energy			2,880,600
3.	Mineral Resources			6,170,300
4.	Expenditures Related to Capital			1,306,400
					$11,373,800
ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH (XXXI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$1,347,800
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	1,328,200
2.	Environmental Management			7,101,500
3.	Clean Environment Commission			319,100
4.	Manitoba Environmental Council			64,200
5.	Workplace and Worker Services			3,369,000
					$12,201,600
FINANCE (VII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$761,200
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	751,400
2.	Treasury Division			901,600
3.	Comptroller’s Division			4,347,300
4.	Taxation Division			7,482,100
5.	Federal-Provincial Relations and Research Division			1,099,800
6.	Administrative Policy/Insurance and Risk Management..			539,700
7.	Tax Credit Payments			198,400,000
8.	Local Government General Support Grant			13,600,000
		Sums to be Voted for Finance			$227,131,700
9.	Public Debt (Statutory):
	(a)	(1) Interest on the Public Debt of the Province and expenses incidental thereto		$636,694,800
				$686,994,800
	(b)	Less - Amounts of Interest and Other Charges to be Received from:
		(1) Manitoba Telephone System		$41,590,400
		(2) Manitoba Hydro		146,808,900
		(3) Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation		19,272,300
		(4) Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation		25,797,000
		(5) Other Government Agencies		5,454,900
		(6) Other Loans and Investments		129,714,100
		(7) Sinking Fund Investments		55,357,200
				423,994,800
		Total Public Debt (Statutory)			$263,000,000
10.	Hydro Rates Stabilization (Statutory)			19,200,000
		Total (Statutory)			$282,200,000
		Total Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted for Finance			$509,331,700
GOVERNMENT SERVICES (VIII)
1.	Administration			$1,913,100
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration	1,903,300
2.	Property Management			84,617,700
3.	Supply and Services			3,396,600
4.	Project Services			2,708,600
5.	Land Value Appraisal Commission			62,100
6.	Emergency Measures Organization			633,300
7.	Expenditures Related to Capital			29,627,900
					$122,959,300
HEALTH (XXI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$2,638,200
		Minister's Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	2,628,400
2.	Community Health Programs			42,770,200
3.	Community Health Operations			54,567,000
4.	Children’s Psychiatric and Forensic Services....			1,946,100
5.	Sport			654,000
6.	The Alcoholism Foundation of Manitoba			9,082,700
7.	Manitoba Health Services Commission			994,678,200
8.	Expenditures Related to Capital -Manitoba Health Services Commission			30,095,800
1.	Administration and Finance			$2,904,200
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	2,894,400
2.	Operations and Maintenance			66,800,500
3.	Planning and Design and Land Surveys			2,676,900
4.	Engineering and Technical Services			12,323,200
5.	Transportation Policy and Research			1,221,200
6.	Driver and Vehicle Licensing			11,004,000
7.	Expenditures Related to Capital			104,125,200
					$201,055,200
HOUSING (XXX)
1.	General Administration
		Other General Administration	3,480,900
2.	Property Management and Landlord and Tenant Affairs			2,900,600
3.	Program Delivery			10,982,500
4.	Transfer Payments to the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation			24,622,600
5.	Expenditures Related to Capital			2,000,000
					$44,006,200
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY (X)
1.	Administration and Finance			$2,704,000
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	2,694,200
2.	Industry and Trade Division			2,519,300
3.	Technology Division			3,644,900
4.	Canada-Manitoba Economic Development Planning Agreement			100,000
					$8,968,200
LABOUR (XI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$1,450,500
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	1,430,900
2.	Labour			7,470,500
3.	Expenditures Related to Capital			41,000
					$8,962,000
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS (XIII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$1,077,300
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	1,057,700
2.	Municipal Board			304,500
3.	Municipal Advisory and Financial Services			25,910,700
4.	Municipal Assessments			4,508,800
5.	Systems Services			1,164,600
6.	Municipal Planning Services			2,919,200
7.	Provincial Planning			360,600
8.	Expenditures Related to Capital			3,150,000
					$39,395,700
NATURAL RESOURCES (XII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$4,012,200
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	3,992,600
2.	Regional Services			19,440,800
3.	Engineering and Construction			6,769,900
4.	Water Resources			9,098,500
5.	Parks			13,054,200
6.	Lands			2,080,800
7.	Forestry			7,763,100
8.	Fisheries			3,707,500
9.	Wildlife			3,874,500
10.	Surveys and Mapping			2,951,000
11.	Resource Support Programs			758,600
12.	Expenditures Related to Capital			13,295,000
					$86,806,100
NORTHERN AFFAIRS (XIX)
1.	Administration and Finance			$1,012,300
		Minister’s Salary	$19,600
		Other Administration and Finance	992,700
2.	Local Government Development			6,895,800
3.	Agreements Management and Co-ordination			2,965,900
4.	Corporate Projects			242,500
5.	Northern Development Agreement -Canada-Manitoba			9,323,800
6.	Expenditures Related to Capital			6,287,100
					$26,727,400
URBAN AFFAIRS (XX)
1.	Administration and Finance			$417,300
		Minister’s Salary	$9,800
		Other Administration and Finance	407,500
2.	Financial Assistance to the City of Winnipeg			33,900,000
3.	Urban Policy Co-ordination			4,943,700
4.	Agreement for Recreation and Conservation for the Red River Corridor			125,000
5.	Expenditures Related to Capital			27,000,100
					$66,386,100
CANADA-MANITOBA ENABLING VOTE (XXVI)
1.	Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote			$9,918,400
					$9,918,400
EMERGENCY INTEREST RATE RELIEF (XXVIII)
1.	Emergency Interest Rate Relief Program			$1,914,700
					$1,914,700
FLOOD CONTROL AND EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES (XVIII)
1.	Flood Control and Emergency Expenditures			$1,000,000
					$1,000,000
MANITOBA JOBS FUND (XXIX)
1.	Manitoba Jobs Fund			$83,160,000
					$83,160,000

		Total General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted			$3,618,692,600
		Total General Statutory Appropriations			$ 285,336,900
		Total Sums to be Voted			3,333,355,700
		Total General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted			$3,618,692,600