MOST GRACIOUS
SOVEREIGN:
Preamble
WHEREAS
it appears by a Message from His Honour Norman L. Kwong, Lieutenant Governor of
the Province of Alberta, and the Supplementary Estimates accompanying the
Message, that the sums hereinafter mentioned are required to defray certain
charges and expenses of the Legislative Assembly and the Public Service of
Alberta not otherwise provided for during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005
and for other purposes relating thereto:
MAY
IT THEREFORE PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY that it be enacted and be it enacted by the
Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta, as follows:
Operating expense and
equipment/inventory purchases
1(1) From
the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of
$1 018 000 towards defraying the further charges and expenses of the
Legislative Assembly classed as operating expense for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2005, not otherwise provided for, as shown in Schedule A.
(2) From the General Revenue Fund, there
may be paid and applied a sum of $1 943 476 000 towards
defraying the further charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as
operating expense or operating expense and equipment/inventory purchases for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, not otherwise provided for, as shown in
Schedule A and which includes the amount authorized by the special warrant
referred to in Schedule B.
Capital investment
2 From the General Revenue Fund, there may
be paid and applied a sum of $102 351 000 towards defraying the
further charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as capital
investment for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, not otherwise provided
for, as shown in Schedule A and which includes the amount authorized by the
special warrant referred to in Schedule B.
Lottery Fund Payments
3(1) From
the Lottery Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of $40 000 000
towards defraying the further charges and expenses of the Public Service
classed as Lottery Fund payments for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, not
otherwise provided for, as shown in Schedule A.
(2) The
amount to be paid and applied from the Lottery Fund for the Contingency
Allowance identified in the Lottery Fund Estimates shall be increased so that
the net revenue of the Lottery Fund at the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005 is
nil.
Salary Contingency Transfers
4(1) The Minister of Human
Resources and Employment may transfer an amount, not to exceed $20 000 000,
from the operating expense and equipment/inventory purchases vote administered
by this Minister to the operating expense and equipment/inventory purchases
vote or capital investment vote administered by any other Minister for the
purpose referred to in subsection (2).
(2) An amount transferred under this
section shall only be expended on salary increases, as identified and approved
by the Minister of Human Resources and Employment.
(3) An amount transferred under subsection
(1) is deemed not to be included in the vote from which it is transferred; it
is added to and deemed to be part of the vote to which it is transferred.
Accountability
5 The due application of all money expended
under this Act shall be accounted for.
