Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:82.1 – Reporting on special funds
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:82.1
- 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.
- Fund: means an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash or other resources together with all related liabilities, obligations, reserves, and equities which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with regulations, restrictions, and limitations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:2
A. Each year at the August meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the state treasurer shall submit information regarding the status of fund transfers authorized to eliminate budget deficits for the prior fiscal year, specifically those transfers which reduced constitutionally protected funds or dedications which were approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to eliminate budget deficits. The information shall include the date and amount of the transfer, the balance of the fund immediately prior to the transfer and the balance of the fund at year end.
B. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget may make such studies and hold such hearings as it shall deem appropriate and necessary to review special funds and dedications of money in the state treasury including the means of financing, specifically those funds whose primary source of funding is the state general fund, the purpose and use of the monies, and the status and balances of the special funds and dedicated monies.
Acts 2016, No. 576, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.