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 the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The head of each administrative department, established by chapter 3 of this title, and the state treasurer, the secretary of state and the adjutant general, unless otherwise provided in this title, shall annually, on or before October 1, report in writing to the governor concerning the functions, management and financial transactions of such person’s department or agency for the preceding fiscal year.(2) Such reports, or parts thereof, or summaries and digests thereof, shall be published under the supervision of the tourism division, department of tourist development, upon the direction of the governor.(b)(1) The commissioner of finance and administration shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the size, format, contents and publishing of all reports of all executive departments and agencies of the state required to make semiannual or annual reports.(2) The rules and regulations shall include a provision stipulating that there shall be no automatic distribution of reports or publications, except the distribution provided for by title 12, chapter 6, or otherwise by law or resolution enacted after May 25, 1984.(c) All executive departments and agencies of the state required to make semiannual or annual reports shall make such reports in conformity with the rules and regulations promulgated for such reports by the commissioner of finance and administration.
