Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:527

  • 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.
  • Governmental entity: means any parish, municipality, school board, school district, or other political subdivision of the state, other than the city of New Orleans and its agencies, boards, authorities, and commissions, and other than the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:503

            Any governmental entity, in order to pay its current expenses for any fiscal year, may issue revenue anticipation notes for the purpose of anticipating the revenues for such fiscal year. Such revenue anticipation notes shall mature not later than three months after the end of the fiscal year of the governmental entity. The amount so borrowed by any governmental entity shall not exceed the estimated income of the governmental entity as shown by the budget adopted prior to such borrowing, and the income collected as shown by the adopted budget shall be dedicated and set aside to the payment of the revenue anticipation notes as they mature.

            Acts 2018, No. 569, §1, eff. July 1, 2018.