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Bill 167 explained in plain English

Supply Act, 2011

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
39th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 167
Full title
Supply Act, 2011
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Mar 30, 2011

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Mar 30, 2011
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Supply Act, 2011 authorizes specific expenditures for Ontario's public services and legislative offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.

What It Means

This bill, the Supply Act, 2011, authorizes the Ontario government to spend a specific amount of money for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011. It outlines the maximum amounts that can be paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or recognized as non-cash expenses and investments for various public services and legislative offices. The Act also repeals three previous interim appropriation acts and is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2010.

What This Bill Does
  • Authorizes expenditures from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.
  • Specifies the maximum amounts for expenses of the public service, including operating and capital costs.
  • Specifies the maximum amounts for investments of the public service in capital assets, loans, and other investments.
  • Specifies the maximum amounts for the expenses of the Legislative Offices.
  • Defines 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' by referring to the Financial Administration Act.
  • Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2010-2011 Act, 2009, the Supplementary Interim Appropriation Act, 2010, and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation Act, 2010 (No. 2).
  • States that the Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2010.
Who Is Affected
  • The Ontario government
  • Public service ministries (e.g., Aboriginal Affairs, Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Attorney General, Cabinet Office, Children and Youth Services, Citizenship and Immigration, Community and Social Services, Community Safety and Correctional Services, Consumer Services, Economic Development and Trade, Education, Energy and Infrastructure, Environment, Finance, Francophone Affairs, Government Services, Health and Long-Term Care, Health Promotion, Labour, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Natural Resources, Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, Premier, Research and Innovation, Revenue, Tourism and Culture, Training, Colleges and Universities, Transportation)
  • Legislative Offices (e.g., Office of the Assembly, Office of the Auditor General, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Ombudsman Ontario)
  • The Lieutenant Governor
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Authorization to spend up to $123,847,503,200 for public service expenses from April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011.
  • Authorization to spend up to $3,743,695,600 for public service investments from April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011.
  • Authorization to spend up to $193,524,200 for Legislative Offices expenses from April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011.
Important Dates
  • The fiscal year for which expenditures are authorized is from April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011.
  • The Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2010.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Authorizes a total expenditure of $123,847,503,200 for public service expenses.
  • Authorizes a total expenditure of $3,743,695,600 for public service investments.
  • Authorizes a total expenditure of $193,524,200 for Legislative Offices expenses.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The Act refers to 'estimates' and 'supplementary estimates' without providing the specific details of these estimates within the bill text itself. The schedules list amounts allocated to specific ministries and offices, but the full scope of what these 'estimates' cover is not detailed.
  • The specific purposes for which the funds are to be used are not detailed in the Act beyond the general categories of 'expenses of the public service', 'investments of the public service', and 'expenses of the Legislative Offices'.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Interim Appropriation for 2010-2011 Act, 2009
Repealed

This Act is no longer in effect.

Source: Section 4

Supplementary Interim Appropriation Act, 2010
Repealed

This Act is no longer in effect.

Source: Section 4

Supplementary Interim Appropriation Act, 2010 (No. 2)
Repealed

This Act is no longer in effect.

Source: Section 4

Financial Administration Act
Amended indirectly by incorporation by reference

The definitions of 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' in this Act are used for the purposes of the Supply Act, 2011.

Source: Section 1

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 21, 2011
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 22, 2011
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Mar 22, 2011
Step 5
Royal assent
Mar 30, 2011

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Dwight Duncan
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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