Fourth Session, Thirty-Eighth Legislature
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Bill 26
THE INTERIM APPROPRIATION ACT, 2006
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(Assented to )
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The following definitions apply in this Act.
"appropriation" means a sum to be voted for operating expenditure or capital investment as set out in the Estimates. (« crédit »)
"Estimates" means the Manitoba Estimates of Expenditure for the 2006-07 fiscal year as tabled in the Assembly. (« budget »)
"2006-07 fiscal year" means the period beginning April 1, 2006, and ending March 31, 2007. (« exercice 2006-2007 »)
Authority for operating expenditures
For the 2006-07 fiscal year, up to $3,273,112,908. — which is 41.7% of the total amount authorized by The Appropriation Act, 2005 for operating expenditures — may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and applied to operating expenditures of the public service according to the appropriations set out in Part A of the Estimates.
Authority for capital investments
For the 2006-07 fiscal year, up to $144,816,480. — which is 64% of the total amount authorized by The Appropriation Act, 2005 for capital investments — may be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and applied to capital investments according to the appropriations set out in Part B of the Estimates.
Expenditure by responsible department
An operating expenditure or capital investment authorized by this Act may be made by the Crown through any government department that, during the 2006-07 fiscal year, has become responsible for the program or activity that includes that expenditure or investment.
Limit on commitments to future expenditures
The commitments made in the 2006-07 fiscal year under section 45 of The Financial Administration Act to ensure completion of projects or contracts initiated in the year must not exceed $200,000,000.
This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.