MINISTRY OF SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Summary

$000

Estimates 2001/02¹

Vote

Estimates 2002/03

Net

No.

Gross

Recoveries

Net

OPERATING EXPENSE

Voted Appropriations

123,662

Ministry Operations.......................................................

132,369

(17,743)

114,626

3,347

Land Reserve Commission............................................

2,931

—

2,931

127,009

Total Voted Expense ...................................

135,300

(17,743)

117,557

Special Accounts (Statutory Authority)

6,213

Crown Land Special Account.........................................

213

—

213

6,213

Total Special Accounts..........................................

213

—

213

133,222

Total Operating Expense ..............................

135,513

(17,743)

117,770

1,520

Fulltime Equivalent (FTE) Employment

1,385

TOTAL EXPENSE BY

GROUP ACCOUNT CLASSIFICATION

82,127

Salaries and Benefits.....................................................

73,952

79,981

Operating Costs............................................................

72,455

10,060

Government Transfers...................................................

7,461

5,544

Other Expenses...........................................................

3,931

(24,184)

Internal Recoveries.......................................................

(22,286)

(20,306)

External Recoveries......................................................

(17,743)

133,222

Total Expense ..............................................

135,513

(17,743)

117,770

CAPITAL AND OTHER FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

Disbursements

Receipts

Net

—

Prepaid Capital Advances ²...........................................

—

34,374

Capital Expenditures ³ ..................................................

25,088

—

25,088

100

Loan, Investment and Other Requirements ⁴.....................

1,000

(900)

100

34,474

Total .....................................................................

26,088

(900)

25,188

NOTES

¹ For comparative purposes only, figures shown for 2001/02 expense, FTEs and capital expenditures have been restated to be consistent with the presentation of the 2002/03 Estimates. Schedule A presents a detailed reconciliation.

² Details of prepaid capital advances are presented in Schedule C.

³ Details of capital expenditures are presented in Schedule D.

⁴ Details of loan, investment and other requirements are presented in Schedule E.

Vote 41	MINISTRY OPERATIONS
	Classification by Sub-Vote

Estimates 2001/02 $000			Estimates 2002/03 $000

526	Minister's Office.........................................................................................................		526
20,371	Corporate Services (net of recoveries)..........................................................................		17,669
28,528	Strategic Land Use Planning (net of recoveries).............................................................		26,385
65,326	Integrated Land and Resource Information (net of recoveries)............................................		61,130
8,910	Sustainable Land and Water Management.....................................................................		8,915
1	Assessment Services (net of recoveries)......................................................................		1
123,662		Total Vote ......................................................................................................	114,626


VOTE DESCRIPTION This vote provides for leadership in sustainable economic development through strategic land use plans, integrated information systems and water and Crown land management, as well as support for cooperative relationships with First Nations. This vote also provides for executive direction, administrative services and operating programs of the ministry including: (a) Minister’s Office – This sub-vote provides for the office of the Minister of Sustainable Resource Management, and includes salaries, benefits, allowances and operating expenses of the minister and the minister's staff. (b) Corporate Services - This sub-vote provides for executive direction of the ministry, including the salaries, benefits, allowances and operating expenditures for the Deputy Minister’s Office. Communications services and advertising and publications are provided by the Public Affairs Bureau. This sub-vote also provides for policy development, co-ordination of legislation, service planning and program evaluation and consultation and support on program matters with First Nations including treaty and pre-treaty negotiations. It also provides finance, administrative, personnel, information systems, information and privacy, special and corporate program co-ordination, and trust fund management for ministry operations and programs. Under agreement, corporate services are provided to the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, the Environmental Assessment Office and the British Columbia Asset and Land Corporation. Government transfers are provided for sustainable resource use management, planning, information, and registry and title purposes. Costs are recovered for some program services or from revenues from within the ministry, other ministries, other levels of government, organizations and individuals. (c) Strategic Land Use Planning – This sub-vote provides management and delivery of programs through regional and headquarter branches that support sustainable economic development of land, water and resources. The programs provide for evaluation, strategic planning and policy development with regards to sustainable resource use through co-ordination of corporate land use strategies, planning and projects including forest strategic resource planning, research and landscape use planning; geological and mineral resource and land use planning; agriculture related resource planning activities to initiate, plan and co-ordinate province-wide land and water use policies; water management and use planning activities; fresh water and anadromous fisheries planning and regulation activities; and support and growth of tourism through provincial initiatives by participating in key land and resource planning activities. Government transfers are provided for activities concerned with sustainable resource use and land related activities and processes; to the Muskwa Kechika Trust Fund for the area’s management related planning, research and administration; and to those who would not be able to participate in planning processes without financial assistance. Costs are recovered for some program services or from revenues from within the ministry, other ministries, other levels of government, organizations and individuals. (d) Integrated Land and Resource Information – This sub-vote provides for the administration and delivery of programs that collect, record, manage and co-ordinate land, water and natural resource inventories and data including forest inventory; environment inventory; fisheries inventory; archaeological site inventory; tenures, rights and encumbrances applicable to natural resources of the province; registration of ownership of private land and other interests in land; and land surveys. This sub-vote also provides for the management and delivery of programs for land and resource client services, information and technology development and public/private partnerships. Government transfers are provided for activities concerned with land and resource information, resource registries and rights information and land and resource information systems. Costs are recovered for some program services or from revenues from within the ministry, other ministries, other levels of government, organizations and individuals.

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MINISTRY OPERATIONS

Group Account Classification
	Estimates 2001/02 $000	Estimates 2002/03 $000

MINISTER'S OFFICE

Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	391	391
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	135	135
Total ..................................................................................................................................	526	526


CORPORATE SERVICES

Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	20,994	21,402
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	17,675	14,537
Government Transfers......................................................................................................................	236	201
Other Expenses..............................................................................................................................	32	32
Internal Recoveries..........................................................................................................................	(16,849)	(16,786)
External Recoveries.........................................................................................................................	(1,717)	(1,717)
Total ..................................................................................................................................	20,371	17,669


STRATEGIC LAND USE PLANNING

Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	9,710	8,077
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	12,621	12,771
Government Transfers......................................................................................................................	7,858	6,402
Other Expenses..............................................................................................................................	5,445	3,833
External Recoveries.........................................................................................................................	(7,106)	(4,698)
Total ..................................................................................................................................	28,528	26,385


INTEGRATED LAND AND RESOURCE INFORMATION

Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	40,964	40,779
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	39,991	34,053
Government Transfers......................................................................................................................	918	858
Other Expenses..............................................................................................................................	11	10
Internal Recoveries..........................................................................................................................	(7,335)	(5,500)
External Recoveries.........................................................................................................................	(9,223)	(9,070)
Total ..................................................................................................................................	65,326	61,130

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(e) Sustainable Land and Water Management – This sub-vote provides for Crown land management and appraisals, acquisitions and exchanges and land administration activities including Crown lands pricing and allocation, water pricing and allocations, administration of land tenures and water licences and regulation of water utilities. This sub-vote also manages appeals under the Water and Utilities Act. Government transfers are provided for activities concerned with sustainable resource use and management and to provide support for First Nations for policy support forums and resource inventory projects.

(f) Assessment Services – This sub-vote provides for the operating costs of, including the fees and expenses of appointees to, the Property Assessment Review Panels and the Property Assessment Appeal Board. Recoveries are received from the British Columbia Assessment Authority.

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MINISTRY OPERATIONS

Group Account Classification
	Estimates 2001/02 $000	Estimates 2002/03 $000

SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT

Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	7,054	359
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	1,828	8,556
Government Transfers......................................................................................................................	28	—
Total ..................................................................................................................................	8,910	8,915


ASSESSMENT SERVICES

Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	946	962
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	1,313	1,297
External Recoveries.........................................................................................................................	(2,258)	(2,258)
Total ..................................................................................................................................	1	1

Vote 42
	LAND RESERVE COMMISSION

Estimates 2001/02 $000		Estimates 2002/03 $000


3,347	Total Vote ............................................................................................................................	2,931



VOTE DESCRIPTION This vote provides for operation of the Land Reserve Commission. Under the Agricultural Land Commission Act, the commission is responsible for encouraging the establishment and maintenance of agricultural land in the province. The commission advises the municipalities and regional districts on the Agricultural Land Reserve and decides on applications for the addition of land to, and the exclusion of land from, the reserve and applications for subdivisions and non-farm uses within the reserve. A portion of fees for the application made under the Agricultural Land Commission Act and the Soil Conservation Act are paid out from this vote, as transfers, to local governments for services provided in the application process. This vote also provides for operation of the Forest Land Commission established by the Forest Land Reserve Act.

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LAND RESERVE COMMISSION

Group Account Classification
	Estimates 2001/02 $000	Estimates 2002/03 $000


Salaries and Benefits........................................................................................................................	2,068	1,982
Operating Costs...............................................................................................................................	1,261	949
Government Transfers......................................................................................................................	20	—
External Recoveries.........................................................................................................................	(2)	—
Total ..................................................................................................................................	3,347	2,931

Special Account

CROWN LAND SPECIAL ACCOUNT

Estimates 2001/02

Estimates 2002/03

$000

$000

190,062

Total Account Balance at the Beginning of the Fiscal Year ............

126,290

Operating Transactions

58,000

Revenue...................................................................................

56,600

6,213

Expense...................................................................................

213

51,787

Net Revenue (Expense) .............................................................

56,387

(115,559)

Return to the General Fund ................................................................

(39,787)

126,290

Total Account Balance at the End of the Fiscal Year.......................

142,890

Financing Transactions

Loans, Investments and Capital Asset Acquisitions

900

Receipts ....................................................................................

900

26,000

Disbursements – capital ...............................................................

16,500

1,000

– other ................................................................

1,000

(26,100)

Net Cash Source (Requirement) ..................................................

(16,600)

(26,100)

Total Financing Transactions ........................................................

(16,600)

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* As this is a revolving Special Account, the net cash source (requirement) increases (decreases) the balance of the account.

SPECIAL ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION

This account was originally created as a fund by authority of Section 7 of the Department of Housing Act, 1973, was replaced by the Crown Land Fund effective July 31, 1979 pursuant to the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act, and was changed to a Special Account under the Special Appropriations and Control Act, 1982.

Revenue sources (net of direct costs) include land sales, land exchanges, land tenures, interest income, sale of density allotments pursuant to community plans and fees. Expenses include non-recoverable disbursements associated with program related costs such as reporting, clean-up and Crown land servicing; the sale or disposal of assets on Crown land; the write-down of uncollectible loans; and the write-down of land inventory values to the lower of cost or net realizable value. Government transfers are provided to other levels of government, organizations and individuals for the acquisition of lands for environmental, conservation, recreational or sustainable land use purposes.

Receipts represent repayment of outstanding loans and deposits made on pending sales. Disbursements reflect recoverable disbursements associated with the acquisition, servicing, development and disposition of inventoried Crown land and are administered by the BC Assets and Land Corporation and capital expenditures for the acquisition of park land, ecological reserves and critical fish and wildlife conservation projects.