BILL NO. 140

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
51 Elizabeth II, 2002

Private Member's Bill

Provincial Finance Act
(amended)

Graham Steele
Halifax Fairview

First Reading: May 29, 2002

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Clause 1 requires the Minister of Finance to table in the House of Assembly, or with the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting, a report of any additional appropriation approved by the Governor in Council.

Clause 2 requires the Minister of Finance to table with the Clerk of the House a report of any special warrants ordered by the Governor in Council.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 28 of Chapter 365 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Provincial Finance Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:

(3) Where the Governor in Council orders the appropriation of additional sums pursuant to subsection (2), the Minister of Finance shall immediately table a report of the appropriation in the House of Assembly or, if the House is not sitting, with the Clerk of the House and the report shall include the report to the Minister of Finance made pursuant to subsection (1).

2 Section 29 of Chapter 365 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(4) Where the Governor in Council orders a special warrant to be issued pursuant to subsection (2) and the House of Assembly is not sitting or has not sat for any of the five days immediately preceding the issue of the special warrant, the Minister of Finance shall immediately table a report of the issue of the special warrant with the Clerk of the House and the report shall include the report to the Minister of Finance made pursuant to subsection (1).