BILL NO. 41
(as passed)
3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003
Appropriations Act, 2003
CHAPTER 2 OF THE ACTS OF 2003
The Honourable Neil J. LeBlanc
Minister of Finance
First Reading: April 28, 2003 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: April 28, 2003
Third Reading: April 28, 2003
Royal Assent: May 22, 2003
An Act to Provide for
Defraying Certain Charges and Expenses of
the Public Service of the Province
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Appropriations Act, 2003.
2 The several sums of money hereinafter stated are granted to Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor for the purpose of defraying the undermentioned several charges and expenses of the public service for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries $ 40,118,000
Department of Community Services 666,414,000
Department of Education 980,241,000
Assistance to Universities,
Department of Education 205,805,000
Department of Energy 7,614,000
Department of Environment and Labour 27,558,000
Department of Finance 13,235,000
Debt Servicing Costs,
Department of Finance 1,062,316,000
Department of Health 2,111,454,000
Department of Justice 99,417,000
Department of Natural Resources 59,160,000
Communications Nova Scotia 3,602,000
Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia 692,000
Executive Council 14,642,000
FOIPOP Review Office 239,000
Government Contributions to Benefit Plans 7,550,000
Human Rights Commission 1,764,000
Legislative Services 15,504,000
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the
Status of Women 756,000
Nova Scotia Business Inc. 29,215,000
Nova Scotia Police Commission 299,000
Nova Scotia Securities Commission 1,220,000
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board 2,632,000
Office of Economic Development 30,909,000
Office of Health Promotion 14,910,000
Office of the Auditor General 2,200,000
Office of the Ombudsman 802,000
Public Prosecution Service 14,884,000
Sydney Tar Ponds Agency 1,400,000
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations 93,161,000
Department of Tourism and Culture 40,805,000
Department of Transportation and Public Works 246,654,000
Capital Purchase Requirements 250,000,000
Restructuring Costs 21,624,000
Sinking Fund Instalments and Serial Retirements 118,237,000
3 Notwithstanding Section 2, the sum chargeable to Capital Purchase Requirements may be expended in the period from April 1, 2003, to March 31, 2005, inclusive.
4 The said several sums shall be paid by the Minister of Finance subject to the provisions of the statutes in that behalf out of the moneys that are applicable to the several purposes for which the said several sums are granted.
5 The Governor in Council is authorized, for purposes of Sections 46 and 52 of the Provincial Finance Act, and the Minister of Finance is authorized, for purposes of borrowing for a term of greater than one calendar year pursuant to Sections 47 and 52 of that Act, to borrow or raise by way of loan on the credit of the Province, either before or after the expiration of the said fiscal year, and in addition to borrowings authorized by other enactments, the sum of $1,500,000,000 for the public service.
6 This Act has effect on and after April 1, 2003.
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