2nd Session, 42nd Legislature

Bill 60

THE APPROPRIATION ACT, 2020 (COVID-19 RESPONSE)

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1

The following definitions apply in this Act.

"appropriation" means a sum voted for operating expenditures as set out in the Supplementary Estimates. (« crédit »)

"Supplementary Estimates" means the Manitoba Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the 2020-2021 fiscal year as tabled in the Assembly. (« budget supplémentaire »)

"2020-2021 fiscal year" means the period beginning April 1, 2020, and ending March 31, 2021. (« exercice 2020-2021 »)

Expenditure authority — operating

2(1)

For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, operating expenditures of up to $1,000,000,000 may be incurred for the public service according to the appropriations set out in Part A of the Supplementary Estimates and summarized as follows:

Expenditure by responsible department

2(2)

An operating expenditure authorized by this Act may be made by the Crown through any government department that, during the 2020-2021 fiscal year, has become responsible for the program or activity that includes that expenditure.

Coming into force

3

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.