South Carolina § 11-9-280 Borrowing to pay operating expenses of the State.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 11-9-280 — Borrowing to pay operating expenses of the State.

South Carolina § 11-9-280

Title 11PUBLIC FINANCE

Ch. 9STATE FINANCES GENERALLY

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 11-9-280 (2026).

Text

In anticipation of the receipt of the taxes and other income of the State for any fiscal year, applicable to the payment of the expenses of the ordinary and current business of the State, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow on the credit of the State, at a rate of interest not exceeding the legal rate, so much money as the authority deems necessary to finance the ordinary and current business of the State for such fiscal year or to repay any money borrowed for such purposes with interest thereon. The authority may issue and sell notes or other obligations of the State for the money hereby authorized to be borrowed. The total amount of indebtedness, at any one time outstanding, incurred to finance the ordinary and current business of the State for the then current fiscal ye

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In anticipation of the receipt of the taxes and other income of the State for any fiscal year, applicable to the payment of the expenses of the ordinary and current business of the State, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority may borrow on the credit of the State, at a rate of interest not exceeding the legal rate, so much money as the authority deems necessary to finance the ordinary and current business of the State for such fiscal year or to repay any money borrowed for such purposes with interest thereon. The authority may issue and sell notes or other obligations of the State for the money hereby authorized to be borrowed. The total amount of indebtedness, at any one time outstanding, incurred to finance the ordinary and current business of the State for the then current fiscal year, shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the State's estimated current income from the receipt of taxes and other revenue applicable to the payment of the expenses of the ordinary and current business of the State for such fiscal year and the amount of taxes and other revenue owing and due to the State but unpaid for the fiscal year next preceding. Out of the monies borrowed under the provisions of this section the State Treasurer may pay any borrowings for or claims against the current and ordinary business of the State for the fiscal year next preceding to the end that no deficit may be ever created in the general funds of the State.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 1-770; 1952 Code SECTION 1-770; 1942 Code SECTION 2206-1; 1932 (37) 1220; 1950 (46) 3605. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.