Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion I gave notice of earlier today.
Unanimous consent granted.
WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly is committed to ensuring that the Budget Review Process is publicly accessible, transparent to all residents and efficient;
AND WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly has chosen to make revisions to the Estimates and Appropriation Bill Review Process;
NOW THEREFORE I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that the Rules of the Legislative Assembly be amended by rescinding Rule 76 and substituting the following:
ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATION BILLS
76(1) The Assembly may not adopt or pass any vote, resolution, address or bill for the appropriation of public revenue except for the purpose recommended to the Assembly by the Commissioner in the Session in which the vote, resolution, address or bill is proposed.
Rule 76(1) relates only to the appropriations and does not refer to the imposition of taxes. The only condition imposed on a taxation measure is that it be introduced by a Minister.
Unless otherwise ordered by the Assembly, when an estimates document is tabled in the Assembly it is deemed referred to Committee of the Whole.
The adoption of any motion to concur in any estimates document shall be an Order of the Assembly to bring in an appropriation bill or bills based thereon.
Notwithstanding Rule 64, when an appropriation bill is introduced to appropriate sums of money contained in the estimates as approved by the Committee of the Whole, the bill may receive second and third reading on the same day on which it receives first reading.
Notwithstanding Rule 69(2), when an appropriation bill is read for the second time it shall be deemed ready for third reading.
AND FURTHER that Rules 66 and 69(3) be rescinded.
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called.
Motion carried.
