Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 340/1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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 different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     Whenever significant timing variations occur between disbursement and receipt of budgeted funds within a fiscal year, making it necessary to borrow in anticipation of revenues to be collected in a fiscal year, in order to meet the same, the Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer may contract debts, in an amount not exceeding 5% of the State‘s appropriations for that fiscal year, and moneys thus borrowed shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to pay the costs of borrowing and the debts thus created, and to no other purpose. All moneys so borrowed shall be repaid by the close of the fiscal year in which borrowed.