Annual Volumes

Bill 6

APPROPRIATION ACT, 2020

Chapter 1

(Assented to March 20, 2020)

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN:

Preamble

WHEREAS it appears by Messages from Her Honour Lois Mitchell, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Alberta and from the Administrator 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, 2021 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:

Legislative Assembly

1   From the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of $129 116 000 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Legislative Assembly for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, as shown in the Schedule.

Expense

2   From the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of $42 570 641 000 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as expense for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, as shown in the Schedule.

Capital Investment

3   From the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of $2 987 601 000 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as capital investment for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, as shown in the Schedule.

Financial Transactions

4  From the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of $1 093 347 000 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as financial transactions for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, as shown in the Schedule.

Contingencies

5   Subject to section 24.1 of the Financial Administration Act, from the General Revenue Fund, there may be paid and applied a sum of $750 000 000 towards defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service classed as contingencies for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, as shown in the Schedule.

Transfers

6(1)  A Minister may, with the approval of the Treasury Board, transfer an amount

                             (a)    from the Expense vote administered by that Minister to either the Capital Investment vote or the Financial Transactions vote administered by that Minister,

                             (b)    from the Capital Investment vote administered by that Minister to either the Expense vote or the Financial Transactions vote administered by that Minister, or

                             (c)    from the Financial Transactions vote administered by that Minister to either the Expense vote or the Capital Investment vote administered by that Minister.

(2)  No vote administered by a Minister may be increased under subsection (1) by more than $5 000 000.

(3)  The Minister of Environment and Parks may, with the approval of the Treasury Board, for the purpose described in subsection (4), transfer an amount, not to exceed $51 006 000, from the Expense vote administered by that Minister

                             (a)    to the Expense vote administered by any other Minister, or

                             (b)    to the Capital Investment vote administered by that Minister or by any other Minister.

(4)  An amount transferred under subsection (3) shall be used only for the funding of technology, innovation and emissions reduction programs and initiatives.

(5)  The Minister of Infrastructure may, with the approval of the Treasury Board, for the purpose described in subsection (6), transfer an amount, not to exceed $1 334 165 000, from the Capital Investment vote administered by that Minister to the Expense vote administered by that Minister.

(6)  An amount transferred under subsection (5) shall be used only for grant funding to support the construction or acquisition of schools or health facilities for related parties.

(7)  The Treasury Board may, on the recommendation of a Minister, transfer an amount from the Expense vote administered by that Minister

                             (a)    to the Expense vote administered by any other Minister, or

                             (b)    to the Capital Investment vote administered by that Minister or by any other Minister.

(8)  The amount transferred on the recommendation of a Minister under subsection (7) shall not exceed the amount of in-year expenditure savings identified to the Treasury Board by the Minister.

(9)  The total of the amounts transferred under subsection (7) shall not exceed $59 000 000.

(10)  An amount transferred under subsection (7) shall be used only for the funding of infrastructure projects to support job creation.

Accountability

7   The due application of all money expended under this Act shall be accounted for.

Schedule

Votes

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

GOVERNMENT