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Terms Used In 17 Guam Code Ann. § 3218

  • 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.
There is hereby created, within the Department of Education (“”DOE””), a special fund called the “”School Lunch/SAE/Child Nutritional Meal Reimbursement Fund””, which shall be subject to legislative appropriation. All monies collected by DOE from the school lunch program, Federal Funds paid to the government of Guam for reimbursement under the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, and State Administrative Expense (“”SAE””) Funds shall be deposited into said Fund and shall be administered as follows:

(a) The monies in the Fund shall be used for non-personnel operating expenses in accordance with the guidelines established for such programs.

(b) The Department of Education nutrition program shall be in full compliance with the guidelines set forth by the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Agriculture.

(c) The School Lunch/SAE/Child Nutritional Meal Reimbursement Fund is excluded from the transfer authority of I Maga’lahen Guåhan.

(d) The Superintendent of Education shall submit a separate report of the revenues and expenditures for each of the Fund sources to I Maga’lahen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan within thirty (30) days of the close of each quarter of Fiscal Year 2005.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 27:106:VI:18 (Sept. 30, 2004) as § 3217. Codified by
Compiler as § 3218 because a § 3217 already existed.

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