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Bill 17 explained in plain English

Supply Act, 2010

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 17
Full title
Supply Act, 2010
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
May 18, 2010

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
May 18, 2010
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

The Supply Act, 2010, authorizes the expenditure of over $106 billion for Ontario's public service and legislative offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, and repeals previous interim appropriation acts.

What It Means

This Ontario Act authorizes the expenditure of specific amounts of money for the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2010. It approves the spending of over $103 billion for public service expenses, over $3 billion for public service investments (like capital assets and loans), and over $173 million for the expenses of Legislative Offices. The Act also repeals two previous acts related to interim appropriations for the 2009-2010 fiscal year and is considered to have come into effect on April 1, 2009.

What This Bill Does
  • Authorizes the expenditure of a total of $103,008,729,400 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the expenses of the public service for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of a total of $3,094,277,900 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the investments of the public service (including capital assets and loans) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of a total of $173,324,800 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the expenses of the Legislative Offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
  • Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2009-2010 Act, 2008.
  • Repeals the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2009-2010 Act, 2009.
  • States that the Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2009.
Who Is Affected
  • The Government of Ontario
  • Public servants
  • Legislative Offices
  • Ministries of the Ontario government
Important Dates
  • The Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2009.
  • The expenditures authorized are for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Total authorization for public service expenses: $103,008,729,400.
  • Total authorization for public service investments: $3,094,277,900.
  • Total authorization for Legislative Offices expenses: $173,324,800.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific details of how the authorized amounts are to be applied are set out in the estimates and supplementary estimates mentioned in the Act.
  • The Act does not specify the exact purpose for each individual expenditure within the broad categories listed.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Interim Appropriation for 2009-2010 Act, 2008
repeals

This Act is no longer in effect.

Source: Section 4

Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2009-2010 Act, 2009
repeals

This Act is no longer in effect.

Source: Section 4

Financial Administration Act
references

The definitions of 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' used in this Act are the same as those defined in the Financial Administration Act.

Source: Section 1

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 29, 2010
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 31, 2010
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Mar 31, 2010
Step 5
Royal assent
May 18, 2010

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.

How this data is sourced