BILL NO. 78
(as passed)
1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004
Appropriations Act, 2004
CHAPTER 2 OF THE ACTS OF 2004
The Honourable Peter G. Christie
Minister of Finance
First Reading: May 11, 2004 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: May 11, 2004
Third Reading: May 11, 2004
Royal Assent: May 20, 2004
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, 2004.
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, 2005:
Department of Community Services 694,145,000
Department of Education 1,002,848,000
Assistance to Universities, Department of Education 206,531,000
Department of Energy 7,350,000
Department of Environment and Labour 26,152,000
Department of Finance 14,134,000
Debt Servicing Costs, Department of Finance 1,007,112,000
Department of Health 2,341,690,000
Department of Justice 99,626,000
Department of Natural Resources 59,322,000
Communications Nova Scotia 3,650,000
Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia 782,000
Government Contributions to Benefit Plans 7,890,000
Human Rights Commission 1,764,000
Legislative Services 18,218,000
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women 756,000
Nova Scotia Business Inc. 25,000,000
Nova Scotia Police Commission 299,000
Nova Scotia Securities Commission 1,581,000
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board 2,882,000
Office of Economic Development 38,798,000
Office of Health Promotion 18,500,000
Office of the Auditor General 2,300,000
Office of the Ombudsman 915,000
Public Prosecution Service 14,500,000
Senior Citizens' Secretariat 772,000
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations 92,352,000
Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage 41,055,000
Department of Transportation and Public Works 241,009,000
Restructuring Costs 56,474,000
Debt Retirement Plan 10,000,000
3 Notwithstanding Section 2, the sum chargeable to Capital Purchase Requirements may be expended in the period from April 1, 2004, to March 31, 2006, 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 $1,000,000,000 for the public service.
6 This Act has effect on and after April 1, 2004.
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