Missouri Laws 173.120 – State guaranty student loan fund established — purpose — no transfers from ..
1. The “State Guaranty Student Loan Fund” is established and shall consist of money appropriated to it by the general assembly, charges, gifts, grants and bequests from federal, private or other sources made for the purpose of assisting students in financing their education. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, no portion of the fund shall be transferred to the general revenue fund, except that in appropriations made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1982, the general assembly shall transfer six hundred thousand dollars from the fund to the general revenue fund, and any appropriation made to the fund shall not lapse, but the board shall hold the fund in the same manner as the curators of the University of Missouri and the other state educational institutions are directed to hold funds not subject to lapse or transfer.
2. All moneys recovered by the department for payments made on previously defaulted guaranteed loans shall be paid promptly into the state treasury and credited to the fund.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 173.120
- 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: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. The fund shall be administered by the department.