Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As Members are aware, the Standing Committee on Governance and Economic Development made a report to this Assembly on Bill 13, the Hotel Room Tax Act on Thursday, March 1, 2001, but to date has not actually reported the bill back to the House.
Since it is very likely that this Session will prorogue before the bill is reported, it will die on the orders. The Department of Finance main estimates includes $100,000 for the administration of the hotel room tax. If the hotel room tax is not to be enacted, this money should be deleted from Bill 19.
Before I move the required motions, I want to note for the record the specific areas in the main estimates document where these expenditures are listed. The $100,000 administration costs are found on page 3 to page 11 on the main estimates for the Department of Finance. Under treasury, operations expense, $60,000 is included in the compensation benefits amount of $1,122,000, and $40,000 is included in the other expenses amount of $5,882,000.
Mr. Chairman, I move that clause 3(2) of Bill 19 be amended by striking out $887,187,000 and by substituting $887,087,000. Thank you.