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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-3-302

  • 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.
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The commissioner of finance and administration may withhold such funds as specified in § 9-3-301 from distribution to the county during the fiscal year immediately subsequent to the year the misappropriation took place. Upon such certification, the commissioner may withhold or cause to be withheld, from state-shared revenues distributed to the county, for use by a particular agency or department in which the misappropriation occurred, a sum equal to the amount misappropriated.