South Carolina Code 11-9-280. Borrowing to pay operating expenses of the State
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- 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.
In anticipation of the receipt of the taxes and other income of the State for any fiscal year, applicable to the payment of the expenses of the ordinary and current business of the State, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow on the credit of the State, at a rate of interest not exceeding the legal rate, so much money as the authority deems necessary to finance the ordinary and current business of the State for such fiscal year or to repay any money borrowed for such purposes with interest thereon. The authority may issue and sell notes or other obligations of the State for the money hereby authorized to be borrowed. The total amount of indebtedness, at any one time outstanding, incurred to finance the ordinary and current business of the State for the then current fiscal year, shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the State’s estimated current income from the receipt of taxes and other revenue applicable to the payment of the expenses of the ordinary and current business of the State for such fiscal year and the amount of taxes and other revenue owing and due to the State but unpaid for the fiscal year next preceding. Out of the monies borrowed under the provisions of this section the State Treasurer may pay any borrowings for or claims against the current and ordinary business of the State for the fiscal year next preceding to the end that no deficit may be ever created in the general funds of the State.