MS · constitutions
Miss. Const. art. 4, § 115
Fiscal year; report of transactions; bonded indebtedness limitation
The fiscal year of the State of Mississippi shall commence on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June of each year; and the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer of the State shall compile, and have published, a full and complete report, showing the transactions of their respective offices on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year for the preceding fiscal year.
Neither the State nor any of its direct agencies, excluding the political subdivisions and other local districts, shall incur a bonded indebtedness in excess of one and one half (1 1/2) times the sum of all the revenue collected by it for all purposes during any one of the preceding four fiscal years, whichever year might be higher.
History
SOURCES: 1817 art VI § 8; Laws, 1935, ch. 115; Laws, 1960, ch. 522, eff November 23, 1960.
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- sos.ms.gov
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-25
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