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Bill 164 explained in plain English

Supply Act, 2014

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
40th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 164
Full title
Supply Act, 2014
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Mar 3, 2014

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th 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 3, 2014
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

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Short Version

The Supply Act, 2014 authorizes the Ontario government to spend $116,340,644,300 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, and repeals a previous interim appropriation act.

What It Means

Bill 164, the Supply Act, 2014, authorizes the Ontario government to spend money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This spending is for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. It covers expenses for the public service, public service investments (like capital assets and loans), and the expenses of legislative offices. The Act specifies the total amounts that can be spent in these categories and requires that the money be applied according to the government's estimates. The Act also repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2013-2014 Act, 2013 and is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2013.

What This Bill Does
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $116,340,644,300 for the expenses of the public service for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $4,154,974,800 for investments of the public service (capital assets, loans, etc.) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $203,856,200 for the expenses of the Legislative Offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
  • Specifies that money spent must be in accordance with the votes and items of the government's estimates.
  • Allows expenditures to be incurred or recognized by the Crown through any ministry responsible for the program or activity during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
  • Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2013-2014 Act, 2013.
  • Deems the Act to have come into force on April 1, 2013.
Who Is Affected
  • The Government of Ontario
  • Ministries within the Ontario government
  • Legislative Offices in Ontario
Important Dates
  • The Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2013.
  • The expenditures authorized are for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Authorizes spending from the Consolidated Revenue Fund: $116,340,644,300 for public service expenses, $4,154,974,800 for public service investments, and $203,856,200 for Legislative Offices expenses.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify how the authorized amounts are to be distributed among specific programs or activities within each ministry, other than that they must align with the government's estimates.
  • The bill uses terms 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' which are defined in the Financial Administration Act, but the specific implications of these terms are not detailed within this bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Interim Appropriation for 2013-2014 Act, 2013
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' in this bill are the same as those found in the Financial Administration Act.

Source: Section 1

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Feb 25, 2014
Step 2
Second reading
Feb 26, 2014
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Feb 26, 2014
Step 5
Royal assent
Mar 3, 2014

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
Charles Sousa
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