Manitoba Laws

S.M. 1986-87, c. 42

The Appropriation Act, 1986

(Assented to September 10, 1986)

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, 1987;

AND WHEREAS the Minister of Finance has estimated that the cash requirements of the government for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1987 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, 1986".

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, 1987, tabled in the Assembly.

Money granted for fiscal year ending March 31, 1987.

From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the province there may be paid and applied a sum of $3,507,728,900 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the public service of the province not otherwise provided for, from April 1, 1986, to March 31, 1987, 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, 1987, expenditures not to exceed in total an estimated aggregate amount of $400,000,000 for the purposes of ensuring completion of projects or fulfilling of contracts initiated prior to and during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1987, 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, 1987, 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. 4 -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. 4 - 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 March 31, 1987 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 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 - 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 to be 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 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 - 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, 1987, 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 $400,000,000 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, 1987 and the purposes for which they are granted.

Approp. No.		SERVICE		Amount
LEGISLATION (I)
1.	Indemnities (Statutory)			$ 2,086,500
2.	Retirement Allowances (Statutory)			569,700
3.	Members' Allowances (Statutory)			542,500
		Total Statutory Appropriations for Legislation			$ 3,198,700
4.	Other Assembly Expenditures			$ 1,646,000
		Leader of the Official Opposition Party Salary	$ 20,600
		Other salaries and expenses	1,625,400
5.	Provincial Auditor's Office			2,386,900
6.	Ombudsman			431,800
7.	Elections Manitoba			3,554,400
		Total Sums to be Voted for Legislation			$ 8,019,100
		Total Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted for Legislation			$ 11,217,800
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (II)
1.	General Administration			$ 2,601,900
		Premier and President of the Council's Salary	$ 26,600
		Minister without Portfolio's Salary	15,600
		Other Administration	2,559,700
					$ 2,601,900
AGRICULTURE (III)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 2,604,600
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance	2,584,000
2.	Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation			4,670,900
3.	Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation			14,106,800
4.	Agricultural Development and Marketing Division			11,126,200
5.	Farm and Rural Development Division			11,867,600
6.	Policy and Economics Division			2,074,100
7.	Federal-Provincial Agreements			1,096,200
8.	Income Insurance Fund			12,606,200
9.	Drugs and Semen Purchases			5,299,600
10.	Expenditures Related to Capital			4,820,000
					$ 70,272,200
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (IV)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 2,950,100
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	2,929,500
2.	Criminal Justice			4,995,900
3.	Legal Services			4,765,200
4.	Law Enforcement			29,462,800
5.	Court Services			16,444,600
6.	Protection of Individual and Property Rights			16,371,700
					$ 74,990,300
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM (XXXIII)
1.	Administration			$ 641,900
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration	631,600
2.	Business Development			3,312,100
3.	Tourism			10,155,000
4.	Expenditures Related to Capital			2,921,100
					$ 17,030,100
CIVIL SERVICE (XVII)
1.	Civil Service Commission			$ 4,311,100
2.	Civil Service Benefit Plans			42,719,000
3.	Levy for Health and Post-Secondary Education..			7,462,100
					$ 54,492,200
COMMUNITY SERVICES (IX)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 3,266,700
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	3,246,100
2.	Registration and Licensing Services			1,129,600
3.	Community Social Services			55,876,900
4.	Child and Family Services			89,011,000
5.	Corrections			33,473,700
					$ 182,757,900
CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (V)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 664,800
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration and Finance.	654,500
2.	Consumer Affairs			767,700
3.	Corporate Affairs			3,007,400
					$ 4,439,900
COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT (VI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 490,400
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance	469,800
2.	Cooperative and Credit Union Development and Regulation			1,365,500
3.	Interest Forgiveness			5,600,000
					$ 7,455,900
CROWN INVESTMENTS (XXII)
1.	Crown Investments Administration			$ 614,800
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration	604,500
					$ 614,800
CULTURE, HERITAGE AND RECREATION (XIV)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 1,153,200
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance	1,132,600
2.	Culture, Heritage and Recreation Programs			15,585,900
3.	Communication Services			3,036,300
4.	Status of Women			582,800
5.	Telecommunications Policy			295,100
6.	Expenditures Related to Capital
					$ 20,653,300
EDUCATION (XVI)
1.	. Administration and Finance			$ 5,197,100
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	5,176,500
2.	Statutory Boards and Commissions			21,514,200
3.	Financial Support - Public Schools			401,360,500
4.	Program Development Support Services			16,046,300
5.	Post-Secondary, Adult and Continuing Education			61,590,900
6.	Universities Grants Commission			162,161,300
7.	Bureau de l'Education Française			3,499,700
8.	Expenditures Related to Capital			25,729,900
					$ 697,099,900
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (XXXIV)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 2,402,200
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	2,381,600
2.	Economic Security			191,245,600
3.	Employment Services			13,269,100
4.	Manitoba Bureau of Statistics			326,000
					$ 207,242,900
ENERGY AND MINES (XXIII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 1,120,700
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	1,100,100
2.	Energy			5,002,600
3.	Mineral Resources			6,098,800
4.	Expenditures Related to Capital			215,400
					$ 12,437,500
ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH (XXXI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 1,345,900
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	1,325,300
2.	Environmental Management			7,145,900
3.	Clean Environment Commission			327,200
4.	Manitoba Environmental Council			59,400
5.	Workplace and Worker Services			3,443,100
					$ 12,321,500
FINANCE (VII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 813,600
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance	793,000
2.	Treasury Division			934,400
3.	Comptroller's Division			4,488,000
4.	Taxation Division			7,741,300
5.	Federal-Provincial Relations and Research Division			1,203,300
6.	Administrative Policy/Insurance and Risk Management			927,500
7.	Tax Credit Payments			204,000,000
8.	Local Government General Support Grant			13,800,000
		Sums to be Voted for Finance			$ 233,908,100
9.	Public Debt (Statutory):
	(a) (1) Interest on the Public Debt of the Province and expenses incidental thereto		$ 803,552,700
		(2) Interest on Trust and Special Funds	43,300,000
			$ 846,852,700
	(b) Less - Amounts of Interest and Other Charges to be Received from:
		(1) Manitoba Telephone System	$ 47,878,800
		(2) Manitoba Hydro	185,291,900
		(3) Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation	25,395,000
		(4) Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation	26,726,500
		(5) Other Government Agencies	6,065,000
		(6) Other Loans and Investments	153,470,800
		(7) Sinking Fund Investments	79,677,200
			524,505,200
	Total Public Debt (Statutory)			$ 322,347,500
10.	Hydro Rates Stabilization (Statutory)			36,331,800
		Total (Statutory)			$ 358,679,300
		Total Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted for Finance			$ 592,587,400
GOVERNMENT SERVICES (VIII)
1.	Administration			$ 1,926,500
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration	1,916,200
2.	Property Management			109,306,100
3.	Supply and Services			2,604,200
4.	Project Services			2,851,300
5.	Land Value Appraisal Commission			61,900
6.	Emergency Measures Organization			686,400
7.	Expenditures Related to Capital			13,494,800
					$ 130,931,200
HEALTH (XXI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 2,668,700
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	2,648,100
2.	Community Health Services (Programs)			42,793,800
3.	Community Health Services (Operations)			23,495,100
4.	Mental Health Services			39,252,700
5.	Sport			661,800
6.	The Alcoholism Foundation of Manitoba			10,136,300
7.	Manitoba Health Services Commission			1,061,202,300
8.	Expenditures Related to Capital -Manitoba Health Services Commission			29,584,500
					$ 1,209,795,200
HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION (XV)
1.	. Administration and Finance			$ 3,261,000
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration and Finance.	3,250,700
2.	Operations and Maintenance			67,966,600
3.	Planning and Design and Land Surveys			2,863,000
4.	Engineering and Technical Services			11,451,900
5.	Transportation Policy and Research			1,334,900
6.	Driver and Vehicle Licensing			12,554,900
7.	Boards and Committees			1,189,600
8.	Expenditures Related to Capital			96,939,000
					$ 197,560,900
HOUSING (XXX)
1.	General Administration			$ 3,618,200
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other General Administration....	3,607,900
2.	Property Management and Landlord and Tenant Affairs			3,176,600
3.	Program Delivery			12,094,800
4.	Transfer Payments to the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation			25,272,400
5.	Expenditures Related to Capital			2,000,000
					$ 46,162,000
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY (X)
1.	. Administration and Finance			$ 2,510,000
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration and Finance.	2,499,700
2.	. Industry and Trade Division			2,746,100
3.	Technology Division			3,563,200
4.	Canada-Manitoba Economic Development Planning Agreement			100,000
					$ 8,919,300
LABOUR (XI)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 1,444,300
		Minister's Salary	$ 10,300
		Other Administration and Finance.	1,434,000
2.	Labour			7,848,200
3.	Expenditures Related to Capital			41,000
					$ 9,333,500
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS (XIII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 1,051,900
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	1,031,300
2.	Municipal Board			327,000
3.	Municipal Advisory and Financial Services			26,334,700
4.	Municipal Assessments			4,602,400
5.	Systems Services			1,091,500
6.	Municipal Planning Services			2,937,600
7.	Provincial Planning			371,100
8.	Surface Rights Board			135,600
9.	Expenditures Related to Capital			2,150,000
					$ 39,001,800
NATURAL RESOURCES (XII)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 3,950,800
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance.	3,930,200
2.	Regional Services			20,919,800
3.	Engineering and Construction			6,721,900
4.	Water Resources			8,854,300
5.	Parks			13,517,500
6.	Lands			1,975,500
7.	Forestry			7,329,200
8.	Fisheries			3,733,000
9.	Wildlife			3,937,900
10.	Surveys and Mapping			3,065,500
11.	Resource Support Programs			832,200
12.	Expenditures Related to Capital			10,027,000
					$ 84,864,600
NORTHERN AFFAIRS (XIX)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 930,700
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance	910,100
2.	Local Government Development			7,442,700
3.	Agreements Management and Co-ordination			2,809,800
4.	Corporate Projects			245,300
5.	Northern Development Agreement -Canada-Manitoba			9,754,200
6.	Expenditures Related to Capital			5,354,500
					$ 26,537,200
URBAN AFFAIRS (XX)
1.	Administration and Finance			$ 512,500
		Minister's Salary	$ 20,600
		Other Administration and Finance	491,900
2.	Financial Assistance to the City of Winnipeg..			34,544,600
3.	Urban Policy Co-ordination			3,025,100
4.	Expenditures Related to Capital			21,395,700
					$ 59,477,900
CANADA-MANITOBA ENABLING VOTE (XXVI)
1.	Canada-Manitoba Enabling Vote			$ 8,165,200
					$ 8,165,200
EMERGENCY INTEREST RATE RELIEF (XXVIII)
1.	> Emergency Interest Rate Relief Program			$ 1,184,000
					$ 1,184,000
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			$ 78,458,600
					$ 78,458,600

		Total General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted			$ 3,869,606,900
		Total General Statutory Appropriations			$ 361,878,000
		Total Sums to be Voted			3,507,728,900
		Total General Statutory Appropriations and Sums to be Voted			$ 3,869,606,900