Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 22-8-35 - Tax anticipation certificatesA. For operating expenses, a local school board with the consent of the chief [secretary] may anticipate the collection of taxes for which tax levies have been made by issuing and selling certificates of indebtedness. These certificates shall be issued on the faith and credit of the school district issuing the certificates. The certificates shall not bear interest in excess of six percent a year. The total unpaid certificates outstanding shall not exceed the budget allowance for operating expenses of the school district for a period of ninety days. The certificates shall be paid out of the money first credited thereafter to the operating fund of the school district. B. For school building construction, repair or both, a local school board with consent of the chief [secretary] may anticipate the collection of taxes for which tax levies have been made for that purpose by issuing and selling certificates of indebtedness. These certificates shall be issued on the faith and credit of the school district issuing the certificates. The certificates shall not bear interest in excess of six percent a year. The certificates shall be paid out of the money first received under the tax levy. 1953 Comp., § 77-6-39, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 93.