BILL NO. 42
(as introduced)
1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009
Appropriations Act, 2009
The Honourable Graham Steele
Minister of Finance
First Reading: October 19, 2009
Second Reading: October 19, 2009
Third Reading: October 20, 2009 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
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, 2009.
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, 2010:
Department of Agriculture $ 61,686,000
Department of Community Services 945,813,000
Department of Economic and Rural Development 95,243,000
Department of Education 1,285,147,000
Assistance to Universities, Department of Education 455,802,000
Department of Energy 40,090,000
Department of Environment 44,334,000
Department of Finance 30,399,000
Debt Servicing Costs, Department of Finance 889,076,000
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture 11,350,000
Department of Health 3,422,276,000
Department of Health Promotion and Protection 89,031,000
Department of Justice 281,490,000
Department of Labour and Workforce Development 160,859,000
Department of Natural Resources 91,449,000
Chief Information Office 17,543,000
Communications Nova Scotia 8,843,000
Emergency Management Office of Nova Scotia 6,007,000
Government Contributions to Benefit Plans 8,615,000
Human Rights Commission 2,144,000
Legislative Services 39,723,000
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women 969,000
Nova Scotia Business Inc. 24,505,000
Nova Scotia Police Complaints Commissioner 432,000
Nova Scotia Securities Commission 2,463,000
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board 3,852,000
Office of the Auditor General 3,334,000
Office of the Ombudsman 1,658,000
Public Prosecution Service 18,725,000
Department of Seniors 1,957,000
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations 300,194,000
Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage 63,022,000
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal 374,333,000
Restructuring Costs 178,817,000
Pension Valuation Adjustment 88,990,000
Capital Purchase Requirements 674,194,0003 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.
4 The Governor in Council is authorized, for the purposes of Sections 46 and 52 of the Provincial Finance Act, and the Minister of Finance is authorized, for the purposes of borrowing for a term 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 $2,000,000,000 for the public service.
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