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Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 7-304

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
At the end of a fiscal year, the unspent part of an appropriation from a source that State law or an Act of Congress dedicates to a specific purpose does not revert to the General Fund of the State but reverts to the appropriate special fund.