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Revenue Bond: A bond payable from and secured solely by speci c revenues and thereby not a full faith and credit obligation.

Revolving Fund: Allows a community to raise revenues from a speci c service and use those revenues without appropriation to
support the service.
Sale of Real Estate Fund: A fund established to account for the proceeds of the sale of municipal real estate other than
proceeds acquired through tax title foreclosure.

Stabilization Fund: A fund designed to accumulate amounts for capital and other future spending purposes, although it may
be appropriated for any lawful purpose.

Surplus Revenue: The amount by which cash, accounts receivable, and other assets exceed liabilities and reserves.

Tax Rate: The amount of property tax stated in terms of a unit of the municipal tax base; for example, $14.80 per $1,000 of
assessed valuation of taxable real and personal property.

Tax Title Foreclosure: The procedure initiated by a municipality to obtain legal title to real property already in tax title and on
which property taxes are overdue.

Trust Fund: In general, a fund for money donated or transferred to a municipality with speci c instructions on its use. As
custodian of trust funds, the treasurer invests and expends such funds as stipulated by trust agreements, as directed by the
commissioners of trust funds or by the community's legislative body. Both principal and interest may be used if the trust is
established as an expendable trust. For nonexpendable trust funds, only interest (not principal) may be expended as directed.

Uncollected Funds: Recently deposited checks included in an account’s balance but drawn on other banks and not yet
credited by the Federal Reserve Bank or local clearinghouse to the bank cashing the checks. (These funds may not be loaned
or used as part of the bank’s reserves and they are not available for disbursement.)

Undesignated Fund Balance: Monies in the various government funds as of the end of the scal year that are neither
encumbered nor reserved, and are therefore available for expenditure once certi ed as part of free cash.

Unreser ved Fund Balance (Surplus Revenue Account): The amount by which cash, accounts receivable, and other assets
exceed liabilities and restricted reserves. It is akin to a "stockholders’ equity" account on a corporate balance sheet. It is not,
however, available for appropriation in full because a portion of the assets listed as "accounts receivable" may be taxes
receivable and uncollected. (See Free Cash)

Valuation ( 100 Percent): The legal requirement that a community’s assessed value on property must re ect its market, or full
and fair cash value.

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