Terms Used In Idaho Code 73-215

  • 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 the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
There is hereby created in the hands of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the "Code Fund." All funds in the hands of the state treasurer credited to the "Idaho Code Fund" are hereby transferred, appropriated to and made a part of the code fund, together with any and all moneys now or hereafter remitted to and received by the state treasurer for deposit in the code fund pursuant to section 73-213, Idaho Code. At the beginning of each fiscal year those moneys in the Idaho code fund that exceed the prior year’s expenditures, excluding a transfer by appropriation, by twenty-five percent (25%) or more shall be transferred to the general fund.