BILL NO. 201

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007

Government Bill

Appropriations Act, 2007

The Honourable Michael G. Baker, Q.C.
Minister of Finance

First Reading: April 13, 2007

Second Reading: April 13, 2007

Third Reading: April 13, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Appropriations Act, 2007.

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, 2008:

Department of Agriculture $ 49,837,000

Department of Community Services 781,783,000

Department of Economic Development 74,666,000

Department of Education 1,188,445,000

Assistance to Universities, Department of Education 250,805,000

Department of Energy 20,261,000

Department of Environment and Labour 34,767,000

Department of Finance 25,619,000

Debt Servicing Costs, Department of Finance 954,338,000

Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture 5,773,000

Department of Health 2,959,112,000

Department of Health Promotion and Protection 49,743,000

Department of Justice 128,205,000

Department of Natural Resources 76,902,000

Communications Nova Scotia 8,184,000

Emergency Management Office of Nova Scotia 1,554,000

Executive Council 28,012,000

FOIPOP Review Office 383,000

Government Contributions to Benefit Plans 8,243,000

Human Rights Commission 2,105,000

Legislative Services 26,148,000

Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women 916,000

Nova Scotia Business Inc. 26,615,000

Nova Scotia Police Complaints Commissioner 356,000

Nova Scotia Securities Commission 2,168,000

Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board 3,740,000

Office of the Auditor General 3,157,000

Office of the Ombudsman 1,445,000

Public Prosecution Service 17,647,000

Senior Citizens' Secretariat 1,286,000

Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations 121,743,000

Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage 49,231,000

Department of Transportation and Public Works 319,755,000

Restructuring Costs 118,143,000

Pension Valuation Adjustment 68,603,000

Capital Purchase Requirements 254,000,000

Sinking Fund Instalments and Serial Retirements 87,714,000

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 $1,000,000,000 for the public service.

5 This Act has effect on and after April 1, 2007.