Section 39-93 - Statement of total outstanding indebtedness of the State and the exclusions permitted therefrom(a) The director of finance shall annually ascertain and set forth in a table or other summary a statement of the total outstanding indebtedness of the State and the exclusions therefrom, as of July 1 of each fiscal year. The statement shall include the following:(1) The total principal amount of outstanding indebtedness of the State, separately stating the outstanding principal amount of general obligation bonds less reimbursable general obligation bonds excludable under section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution, reimbursable general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, special purpose revenue bonds, and any other outstanding bonds; and, in the case of revenue bonds, the undertaking, improvement, system, or loan program for which such bonds are issued; and, in the case of reimbursable general obligation bonds, the undertaking, improvement, system, or political subdivision for which such bonds are issued, and, except as to such bonds issued for a political subdivision, the revenues, user taxes, or both, from which the reimbursement to the general fund for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds is to be made; and, in the case of special purpose revenue bonds, the purpose for which such bonds were issued and the person with whom the State, or a department thereof, has contracted and who is obligated to make payments to the State;(2) The principal amount of outstanding bonds which may be excluded under section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution when determining the total indebtedness of the State, separately stating reimbursable general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, special purpose revenue bonds, and any other outstanding bonds which may be excluded; and, in the case of revenue bonds, the undertaking, improvement, system, or loan program for which such bonds are issued; and, in the case of reimbursable general obligation bonds, the undertaking, improvement, system, or political subdivision for which such bonds are issued, and, except as to such bonds issued for a political subdivision, the revenues, user taxes, or both, from which the reimbursement to the general fund for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds is to be made; and, in the case of special purpose revenue bonds, the purpose for which such bonds were issued and the person with whom the State, or a department thereof, has contracted and who is obligated to make payments to the State;(3) The principal amount of outstanding general obligation bonds of the State less reimbursable general obligation bonds of the State excludable under section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution that have matured, or that mature in the then current fiscal year, or that have been irrevocably called for redemption and the redemption date has occurred or will occur in the then fiscal year, or for the full payment of which moneys or securities have been irrevocably set aside. The items required above to be set forth in the statement may be disclosed in such manner or arrangement as the director of finance may deem advisable, and need not be separately stated if the captions, headings, or groupings disclose the information required to be set forth.
(b) If payments from the general fund were made in the preceding fiscal year for interest or principal of reimbursable general obligation bonds issued for an undertaking, improvement, or system, the supporting schedules shall also set forth in brief and summary form the following with respect to each such undertaking, improvement, or system: (1) The total of the revenues or user taxes, or both, as follows:(A) The amount of surplus revenues or surplus user taxes, or both, derived in prior fiscal years from or with respect to the undertaking, improvement, or system which are carried forward in the fiscal year, to the extent such surplus revenues or surplus user taxes, or both, are available in the fiscal year for the payment of costs for operation, maintenance, and repair of the undertaking, improvement, or system, the payment of interest and principal on revenue bonds issued for the undertaking, improvement, or system and payment into the general fund in reimbursement of the payment from the general fund of the principal and interest on reimbursable general obligation bonds issued for such undertaking, improvement, or system;(B) The amount of the revenues or user taxes, or both, derived in the fiscal year from or with respect to the undertaking, improvement, or system; and(C) The total of (A) and (B) of this paragraph;(2) The total of the costs of operation, maintenance, and repair of the undertaking, improvement, or system during the fiscal year;(3) The total of payments made during the fiscal year of interest and principal on revenue bonds issued for the undertaking, improvement, or system;(4) The total of the payments made during the fiscal year from the general fund for interest and principal on reimbursable general obligation bonds issued for such undertaking, improvement, or system;(5) The amount paid into the general fund during the fiscal year from the total net revenues or net user tax receipts, or both, set forth in the schedule pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection of the undertaking, improvement, or system; and(6) The percentage obtained by dividing the figure required to be set forth in the schedule by paragraph (4) of this subsection into the figure required to be set forth by paragraph (5) of this subsection which percentage shall constitute the percentage of the principal amount of reimbursable general obligation bonds which may be excluded under clause 6 of section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution when determining the total principal indebtedness of the State.(c) Supporting schedules setting forth in brief and summary form the following with respect to the allowable exclusion for bonds constituting instruments of indebtedness under which the State incurs a contingent liability as a guarantor; provided that the State shall have established and is maintaining a reserve in an amount in reasonable proportion to the outstanding loans guaranteed pursuant to law: (1) The principal amount of outstanding general obligation bonds less reimbursable general obligation bonds excludable under section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution as set forth in subsection (a)(1) of this section;(2) The amount for the purposes of this section which is seven per cent of the amount obtained in paragraph (1) of this subsection or the total of the outstanding principal amount of loans guaranteed by the State, whichever is less, shall be the exclusion for bonds constituting instruments of indebtedness under which the State incurs a contingent liability as a guarantor; provided that the State shall have established and is maintaining a reserve in an amount in reasonable proportion to the outstanding loans guaranteed by the State pursuant to law.(d) Upon the preparation by the director of finance of any statement and supporting schedules required by this section, the director shall submit such statement and supporting schedules to the attorney general for concurrence as to all legal findings upon which such statement and supporting schedules are based, and to the comptroller for concurrence as to all matters therein. The attorney general and the comptroller shall notify the director of finance in writing of their concurrence in such statement and supporting schedules. If the attorney general or the comptroller shall disagree with any items included in the statement and supporting schedules, the attorney general or the comptroller, as the case may be, shall notify the director of finance in writing of concurrence as to all other items and as to items of disagreement and the reasons therefor. The director of finance shall thereupon certify the statement and supporting schedules to the governor and the presiding officers of the legislature, setting forth in such certification any items therein disagreed to by the attorney general or the comptroller. The statement and schedules so certified shall be conclusive as to all items therein concurred to by the attorney general and the comptroller. The director of finance shall reproduce and deliver to the legislature by December 1 of each year a sufficient number of copies of the certified statement prepared as of July 1 of the then current fiscal year, so that a copy of the statement may be distributed to each member of the legislature at the next regular session thereof. Only the statement itself shall be required to be reproduced, and the copies need not include any of the supporting schedules required by this section.
(e) In the event the certification by the director of finance of any statement and supporting schedules filed with the governor and the presiding officers of the legislature shall set forth therein that the attorney general or the comptroller has disagreed as to any item therein, the governor, at the governor's election, or the legislature at its election, may direct the attorney general to file a declaratory judgment action in the name of the State against the director of finance. Such action may be filed in any circuit court of the State, which courts are hereby vested with jurisdiction over such actions. If the items disagreed to concern only questions of law and all facts involved are stipulated to by the attorney general, comptroller, and director of finance, the attorney general at the attorney general's discretion may file such action in the supreme court, which court is hereby vested with original jurisdiction over such action. Upon any findings and determinations having been made by the court, the director of finance shall revise the latest statement and supporting schedules issued to reflect such findings and determinations and shall certify the revised statement and supporting schedules to the governor and the presiding officers of the legislature. In the event the certification by the director of finance shall set forth therein that the attorney general or the comptroller has disagreed to any item therein, until such time as the disagreement is resolved by a declaratory judgment action (1) if the subject matter of the disagreement is concerned with whether certain revenues constitute general fund revenues, or whether such revenues must be deducted in determining net general fund revenues for the purposes of this part, such revenues shall not be considered to be general fund revenues, or shall be deducted in determining net general fund revenues, as the case may be; and (2) if the subject matter of the disagreement is concerned with whether bonds may be excluded under section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution in determining the total outstanding indebtedness of the State, the bonds shall be included in making such determination.