APPROPRIATION ACT, 2002
Chapter 7
(Assented
to May 14, 2002)
MOST GRACIOUS
SOVEREIGN:
Preamble
WHEREAS
it appears by Messages from Her Honour Lois E. Hole, Lieutenant
Governor of the Province of Alberta, and the
Estimates accompanying the Messages, 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, 2003 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
capital investment
1(1) From the General Revenue Fund, there may be
paid and applied a sum of $58 827 000 towards defraying the several
charges and expenses of the Legislative Assembly classed as operating expense
or operating expense and capital investment for the fiscal year ending March
31, 2003, as shown in the Schedule, including the amount of
$13 235 000 voted by section 1(1) of the Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2002.
(2) From
the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of
$16 749 657 000 towards defraying the several charges and
expenses of the Public Service classed as operating expense or operating
expense and capital investment for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, as
shown in the Schedule, including the amount of $3 799 585 000
voted by section 1(2) of the Appropriation
(Interim Supply) Act, 2002.
Non-budgetary
disbursements
2 From the General Revenue Fund, there may
be paid and applied a sum of $324 454 000 towards defraying the
several charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as non‑budgetary
disbursements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, as shown in
the Schedule, including the amount of $42 385 000 voted by section 2
of the Appropriation (Interim Supply)
Act, 2002.
Lottery Fund payments
3(1) Subject to subsection (2), there may be paid
and applied from the Lottery Fund a sum of $1 211 098 000
towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service
classed as Lottery Fund payments for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003, as
shown in the Schedule, including the amount of $234 685 000 voted by
section 3 of the Appropriation (Interim
Supply) Act, 2002.
(2) The amount to be paid and applied from the
Lottery Fund for “Debt Repayment/Contingency Reserve” identified in the Lottery
Fund Estimates shall be increased so that the net revenue of the Lottery Fund
at the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003 is nil.
Accountability
4 The due application of all money expended
under this Act shall be accounted for.