| Definitions and
interpretations |
1. |
In this law -
"Budget item" - a sum of money or number of
jobs, specified in title line marked by double broken line;
"Area of activity" - a sum of money or
number of jobs specified in title line marked by broken line;
"Program" a sum of money or number of jobs
specified on a line without marking;
"1999 fiscal year" - the period beginning on
January 1, 1999 and ending on December 31, 1999;
Any other term - as defined in the Foundations of the
Budget Law, 1985 (hereafter - Foundations of the Budget Law). |
| The Expenditure
Budget and its distribution |
2. |
The Government
may spend NIS 214,975,294 in the 1999 fiscal year; division of this sum to parts, and
distribution of each part thereof to budget items, to areas of activity and to programs,
will be as specified in the first column of the first appendix, that called
"Expenditure". |
| Revenue-Dependent
Expenditure Budget |
3. |
In addition to
all the sums which the Government may spend in pursuance of section 2, it may spend NIS
8,133,546 in the 1999 fiscal year, as revenue-dependent expenditure; distribution of this
sum to parts and each part thereof to budget items, to areas of activity and to programs,
will be as specified in the second column of the first appendix, that called
"Revenue-Dependent Expenditure". |
| Maximum manpower |
4. |
The government
may fill 55,125 job positions in the 1999 fiscal year; distribution of this number to
parts, and each part thereof to budget items, to areas of activity and to programs, will
be as specified in the fourth column of the first appendix, called "Maximum
Manpower". |
| Business
Enterprise Budget |
5. |
| (a) |
In addition to sums which the Government
may spend in pursuance of sections 2 and 3, it may spend in the 1999 fiscal year the sums
specified in the first column of the second part in the second appendix (hereafter -
business enterprise budget); distribution of these sums to budget items, to areas of
activity and to programs will be as specified in that section.
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| (b) |
In addition to the number of positions which the
Government may fill in pursuance of section 4, it may fill 16,514 positions in the 1999
fiscal year in the business enterprises; distribution of this number to budget items, to
areas of activity and to programs, will be as specified in the third column of the second
part of the business enterprise budget.
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| (c) |
The forecast of revenues to cover the business enterprise
budget in the 1999 fiscal year is as specified in the first part of the second appendix.
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| Provisions
Regarding Specific Items |
6. |
In the 1999
budget year -
| (a) |
Pursuant to a government proposal, distribution of the
budget in budget item 17 to areas of activity and to programs will be determined by a
joint subcommittee of the Knesset Finance Committee and Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee.
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| (b) |
As regards the use of the General Reserve in pursuance of
section 12 of the Foundations of the Budget Law, in the framework of the activity of the
Prime Minister's Office, at the Minister of Finance's request the committee will be
replaced by a special committee to be appointed by the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee from among its members.
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| Bank of Israel
loan |
7. |
The sum of the
loan from the Bank of Israel in the 1999 fiscal year, for repayment of government debts to
the Bank of Israel will not exceed NIS 1,177,000, as stipulated in section 48(b) of the
Foundations of the Budget Law. |
| Updating of the
sums in the Foundations of the Budget Law |
8. |
In the Foundations of the Budget Law -
| (1) |
In sections 11 and 12, "NIS 1,900,000" will be
replaced everywhere by "NIS 1,940,000" and "NIS 3,400,000 " by
"NIS 3,475,000"; |
| (2) |
In section 19(b)(1), "NIS 87 million " will be
replaced by "NIS 89 million";
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| (3) |
In section 27 -
(a) In subsection(a), "NIS 87,000 " will be
replaced by "NIS 89,000";
(b) In subsection (b), "NIS 450,000" will be
replaced by "NIS 460,000";
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| (4) |
In section 32, in the definition of the "method of
funding", "NIS 2,000,000" will be replaced by "NIS 2,044,000";
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| (5) |
In section 43 -
| (a) |
In subsection (a), "NIS 94,000" will be
replaced by "NIS 96,000";
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| (b) |
In subsection (b), "NIS 940,000" will be
replaced by "NIS 960,000".
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| Effective Date |
9. |
This law goes
into effect on January 1, 1999 |
| Publication |
10. |
This law will be
published in Reshumot within three months of the date of its enactment. |
