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Bill 111 explained in plain English

Supply Act, 2017

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 111
Full title
Supply Act, 2017
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Mar 30, 2017

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st 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, 2017
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

The Supply Act, 2017 authorizes specific expenditures for the Ontario government for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, repeals certain previous acts, and is set to be repealed on April 1, 2018.

What It Means

This bill, the Supply Act, 2017, authorizes the government of Ontario to spend a total of over $131 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. This includes funds for public service expenses, investments in capital assets and loans, and expenses for the Legislative Offices. The Act also repeals two previous interim appropriation acts and is set to be repealed itself on April 1, 2018. It is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2016.

What This Bill Does
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $127,081,773,300 for public service expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $4,250,386,300 for public service investments in capital assets, loans, and other investments for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $225,378,800 for the expenses of the Legislative Offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.
  • Specifies that expenditures can be incurred or recognized by any ministry responsible for the program or activity.
  • Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2016-2017 Act, 2015 and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2016-2017 Act, 2016.
  • States that this Act itself is repealed on April 1, 2018.
  • Deems the Act to have come into force on April 1, 2016.
Who Is Affected
  • The Government of Ontario
  • Ministries of the Ontario Government
  • The Legislative Offices of Ontario
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Authorization for the Crown to spend funds up to specified amounts for public service expenses, investments, and legislative office expenses.
  • Requirement that expenditures are applied in accordance with the votes and items of the estimates.
Important Dates
  • The Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2016.
  • The expenditures authorized are for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017.
  • The Act is repealed on April 1, 2018.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Authorizes total expenditures of $127,081,773,300 for public service expenses.
  • Authorizes total expenditures of $4,250,386,300 for public service investments.
  • Authorizes total expenditures of $225,378,800 for Legislative Offices expenses.
  • These amounts are to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or recognized as non-cash expenses or investments.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific breakdown of how the authorized funds will be used is detailed in the Schedules and the estimates, which are referenced but not fully included in this Act's text.
  • The definition of 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' are dependent on the Financial Administration Act, which is not provided here.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
The Supply Act, 2017
repeals

This Act will be repealed on April 1, 2018.

Source: Section 4

The Interim Appropriation for 2016-2017 Act, 2015
repeals

This Act is repealed.

Source: Section 5

The Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2016-2017 Act, 2016
repeals

This Act is repealed.

Source: Section 5

Financial Administration Act
defines terms

This Act provides the definitions for 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' as used in the Supply Act, 2017.

Source: Section 1

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 23, 2017
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 29, 2017
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Mar 29, 2017
Step 5
Royal assent
Mar 30, 2017

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
Liz Sandals
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