Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

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Governments are both diverse and complex organizations. To describe their financial and employment activities in a meaningful and

comparable fashion--both across time and among governments--requires a set of standardized concepts and definitions. The purpose

of this classification manual is to provide such guidance.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Revised Classification Manual

2. A Brief History of Census Bureau Data Collection on Governments

3. Framework of Census Bureau Statistics on Governments

Functional Classification of Government Activities

Table 4-1: Cross-Classification of Revenue, Expenditure, and Debt Codes by Function

Chart 4-A: Detailed Categories for Reporting Functional Expenditures and Employment, by Functional Grouping

Chart 4-B: Detailed Categories for Reporting Functional Expenditures and Employment, by Function Code

4. 

Public Employment and Payroll Statistics

Chart 5-A: Functional Categories Applicable to Employment Data

5. 

Overview of Government Finance Statistics

Chart 6-A: Examples of Accounting Funds and Their Treatment in Census Bureau Statistics on Government Finances

6. 

7. Revenue

Expenditure

Table 8-1: Cross-Classification of Expenditure and Function Codes

Chart 8-A: Description of Character and Object Categories

8. 

Indebtedness

Chart 9-A: Examples of Liabilities Included and Excluded from Census Bureau Definition of Public Debt

Chart 9-B: Summary of Debt Categories and Codes

Chart 9-C: Debt Detailed Code List with Coverage of Data Collection

9. 

Cash and Security Holdings

Chart 10-A: Examples of Assets Included and Excluded from Census Bureau Definition of Cash and Securities

10. 

Social Insurance Trust Systems

Chart 11-A: Summary of Insurance Trust Codes (Regular and Exhibit)

11. 

12. Liquor Stores and Lottery Exhibits

13. Methodology for Summary Tabulations

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Governments Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Governments Finance and Employment Classification Manual

(December 2000)

This version of the Governments Finance and Employment Classification Manual is being issued to increase the accessibility and

usefulness of the document, as well as to clarify classification issues that have arisen since the last issuance in June, 1992.

The primary changes to the Classification Manual involve reformatting and restructuring, intended to facilitate its release via the

Internet. These changes are intended to make the document significantly more user-friendly. This is especially true for the viewable

version of the Classification Manual that is accessed via the Governments Division’s Internet web pages. This latest version also will

enable easier and more timely updates to cover topical classification issues. The following are included among these types of

changes:

· Conversion of the viewable document from text format to “html” format.

· Introduction of list boxes to provide readers with direct links to function codes and definitions.

· Addition of the complete set of reference tables and charts, not previously contained in the viewable version of the

Classification Manual.

· New navigational applications, such as hyper-links, to ease navigation through the document for purposes of finding function

code definitions, tables, and examples.

This version of the Classification Manual contains only limited changes to subject content. The basic classification system for

government finance and employment statistics, first developed and used in 1952, remains fully intact. The original Classification

Manual was reissued periodically subsequent to that first edition in 1952. These other editions were released in 1976, 1981, and

1992. Of all the editions, this year 2001 version contains the fewest number of substantive changes to classifications and definitions

applied in the Census of Governments and related surveys.

Changes to the classification system that have occurred since 1992 are summarized below. They reflect responses to changing

statistical needs – including those of the primary users of Governments Division data, which are other Federal statistical agencies:

· Expansion of classification detail in the area of insurance trust system assets to include measures of international investments.

· Expansion of classification detail in the area of insurance trust system assets to include regular measurement of employee

retirement system assets at both book value (cost) and market value.

· A classification category for a government’s contribution (subsidy) to its own transit system.

· An “exhibit” item category for identifying the substantial amounts of money emanating from the Tobacco Lawsuit Settlement.

· Removal of classification categories and references that are no longer applicable. These pertain to the Federal Government

finances, since those components of the Census of Governments and the annual finance surveys are no longer conducted as part of

the Governments Division’s statistical program.

· Inclusion of, and updating of references to, specific popular programs that have undergone name title changes. 

It is important to note that this Classification Manual does not cover every facet of Governments Division's statistical programs. 

Several programs are excluded from the descriptions because they are conducted for other Federal statistical agencies. If these

surveys pertain to state and local government finances or employment, they often follow the basic definitions and classifications

described in this Classification manual. However, the choices of statistical categories and definitions used are ultimately decided

upon by the sponsoring agency. Other Governments Division programs exist to meet particular administrative or regulatory

objectives, such as those conducted to measure or track Federal Government financial activity. Users can consult the Governments

Division’s primary web page for information about these programs, or refer to the report “Programs of the Governments Division,”

issued periodically. The Internet web address is:

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Specific programs not covered in this Classification Manual include the following:

· Taxable Property Values Phase of the Census of Governments

· Federal Audit Clearinghouse

· Consolidated Federal Funds Report

· Federal Assistance Awards Data System

· Public School System Finances

· Special surveys on government criminal justice activities conducted on behalf of the U. S. Department of Justice

· Various surveys of public libraries conducted for the U. S. Department of Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chapter 2 - A Brief History of Census Bureau Data Collection on Governments

Contents and Abstract:

2.1 Historical Background on Data Collection Efforts

2.11 Finance Data

2.12 Employment Data

2.2 Evolution of Data Classification System

2.21 Finance Data

2.22 Employment Data

The first attempt to collect data on the activities of state and local governments occurred during the 1840 Decennial Census; the first

serious effort really did not begin until the 1850 Census. Data collection efforts expanded during the decennial censuses until the

creation of a permanent census office in 1902.

Beginning in that year, the Bureau began to conduct special, if sporadic, censuses of governments up until the early 1950's, when the

Bureau's authorizing legislation expanded the scope of its efforts in this field and created the quinquennial census of governments

and the annual surveys conducted today.

During this time, the data classification system has evolved from one focusing on taxable wealth and debt to detailed measurements

of government finance activities. Today's schema is largely identical to that put into place during the early 1950's.

2.1 Historical Background on Data Collection Efforts

Although the first collection of data on governments occurred during the 1840 Decennial Census (numbers and types of schools and

pupils), the first concerted effort began with the 1850 one. This section of the decennial census was expanded successively until the

1880 Census which resulted in a 914-page volume entitled, "Valuation, Taxation, and Public Indebtedness" (which also provided a

few statistics on revenue and expenditure). Annual surveys began on a sporadic basis in 1898.

The first comprehensive compilation of governmental statistics, however, awaited the creation of a permanent Census Office in 1902.

The 1902 Census of Governments led to an extensive volume on Federal, state, and local government revenue and expenditure,

assessed valuations, and tax levies; public debt; and estimates of "national wealth" by state and class of property (reflecting the large

dependence on property taxes). Other censuses of governments, varying in detail and scope, were conducted in 1913, 1922, 1927,

1932, and 1942.

In 1950, the Congress enacted legislation expanding the Census Bureau's responsibilities in this field (Title 13, Section 161 of the

U.S. Code). It established that a census of governments be conducted every five years (those ending in "2" and "7") but ironically no

funds were appropriated for the first one covering 1952. This event did not occur until 1957.

It was also during the 1950's that the Bureau began the annual finance and employment surveys generating the report series largely in

existence today.

2.11 Finance Data

Historically, the Census Bureau's finance data collection efforts focused on the activities of individual city and state governments, at

least until the 1950's. This reflected the major roles played by these two types of governments and the lack of modern statistical

methods to derive estimates from a sample of local governments.

City Government Finances--Since the creation of a permanent census office in 1902, the Bureau has published city government

finance data annually (except for 1914 and 1920). Coverage has varied, however. Until the mid-1950's, the survey focused on the

largest municipal governments (i.e., no effort was made to estimate the financial activities of all cities). Further, before 1941 the

annual series included data not only for the city corporation itself, but also overlapping jurisdictions (except county governments for

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cities of less than 300,000 population). Separate publications on city government finances continued until 1992-93. Since then,

individual city data have been released for Census of Governments years in printed form, and annually as part of the individual unit

finance data files available in public use format.

State Government Finances--Annual data collection efforts began in 1915, and have continued on a regular basis since, except for

1920, 1921, and 1933-36, when budgetary problems limited activities. In addition to the annual State Government Finances report

series, the Bureau began releasing preliminary data on state tax receipts in 1939.

County Government Finances--A sample-based mail survey of county government finances was conducted for the years 1940

through 1946, providing national estimates, limited state area data, and individual county government figures for selected units.

Although data were collected annually for the Government Finances reports, publication of individual county government data was

suspended until the fiscal 1972-73 survey. Individual county government data were published separately from 1972-73 until 1992-93.

Public School System Finances--School system finance data have been included with the annual government finance estimates series

since the inception of that series in 1952. Beginning in 1978, a separate series covering public school systems was developed, partly

in response to the requests from the Department of Education. This resulted in an annual publication of state area and individual

school system finance data that has continued through the present time. This survey has been expanded over the years to include

additional finance transactions beyond the detail included in this Classification Manual.

Other Finance Data--The Bureau began conducting an annual sample survey on public debt in 1940 and expanded it to include

revenue in 1945. Estimates of national totals by type of government were published from these surveys, which were replaced in 1952

with a broader survey canvassing data on expenditure and cash and securities as well.

Until the 1957 Census of Governments, however, this annual survey was insufficient to provide any but national estimates of

financial activities. The results of the 1957 Census were used to create a more reliable sample that provided state area statistics

beginning with 1958 data. This annual series has continued through 2000, although the coverage has varied slightly. For most years,

estimates were developed at the state area level by type of local government. For years since 1994, however, the estimates at the state

level have been aggregated for all local government, with no differentiation by type of government.

In addition to the annual surveys, the Bureau began conducting a quarterly survey on state and local government tax revenues in 1962

and on finances of major public employee retirement systems in 1968.

2.12 Employment Data

Census Bureau collection of data on public employment and payroll began in 1940 with quarterly, national summary estimates by

type of government, supplemented by occasional reports for the various types of governments. Before 1946, the coverage of this

survey was limited to nonschool employment of state, county, city, and township governments; data for educational employees and

payrolls were estimated from data provided by the U.S. Office of Education. By 1946, the program was expanded to include special

districts and school districts as well as the school employment of general purpose governments.

State area employment statistics by level of government have been issued annually since the early 1940's (except 1951) although

functional detail was limited then to school vs nonschool employees. Starting with 1951 data, the Bureau collected separate data on

payrolls of full- and part-time employees, thereby permitting the calculation of full-time equivalent statistics. By converting part-time

employees to their full-time equivalent, these statistics provide more meaningful comparisons of employment levels among

governments.

In mid-1951, the quarterly survey was modified to provide monthly figures as well, which continued through January 1955 data.

After then, monthly and quarterly data on public employment have been collected by the U.S. Department of Labor with the Bureau's

efforts focused on an annual sample survey and periodic census to provide national and state area data for October of each year.

Three events occurred in the late 1990's that impacted this series. No annual survey took place for 1996. Second, the reference period

for the Employment survey was changed from October to March, effective with the 1997 Census of Governments. Finally, in 1999,

coverage in the annual employment was expanded to develop estimates by state area by type of local government.

2.2 Evolution of Data Classification System

These developments in data collection on government finances and employment have also been matched by the evolution of the

classification schema used. By today's standards, some of these earlier standards may seem crude at best. Also, they reflect the larger

economy within which governments operate (thus, the interest in taxable property wealth in an economy that generated less cash

income than today's.) Yet, the classification system that exists today was designed largely in the early part of this century and is

nearly identical to that established in the early 1950's.

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2.21 Finance Data

Although data on government finances were collected as part of the decennial censuses during the previous century, the methods and

definitions used produced data that are of "historical" interest, but not comparable to those collected later. For data collection efforts

in this century, there are three periods within which the data collected have been comparable:

 1902 to 1936 1937 to 1950 1952 et seq.

1902 to 1936--While there were difference during this period in the scope and detail on wealth, debt, and taxation, the basic

conceptual framework remained the same. The Bureau applied a broad definition to public debt, including such now excluded items

as noninterest bearing warrants. Like today, the Bureau sought to categorize government revenues (then termed "revenue receipts")

and expenditures ("cost payments"). Functional categories resembled many of those used today, except in fewer numbers. (City

finances, on the other hand, provided much more functional detail on current expenditures that at present.)

1937 to 1950--Beginning in 1937 and expanded in 1941, the Bureau placed more emphasis on separately identifying

intergovernmental transactions and distinguishing the different sectors of government, then designated as "general government",

"enterprises", and "trust and sinking funds." Although similar in name to current categories, they were not identical in nature or

application.

The concept of "enterprises", for instance, included not only government-operated liquor stores and utilities but also other types of

business-like activities: toll highways, airports, and commercial activities of state universities, and the like. Furthermore, finance data

for this sector were reported in commercial accounting terms (e.g., depreciation) rather than in terms consistent with the other

government sectors.

Similarly, the definitions used for the "trust and sinking funds" sector differed from those used today for insurance trust statistics.

Payroll taxes for unemployment compensation systems, for example, were classified as taxes rather than insurance trust revenue. The

offsetting contribution to the unemployment compensation fund was categorized as a "general expenditure for contributions to trust

funds."

Even the "general government" sector differed from the current one. In addition to including certain insurance trusts revenues, it

covered transactions between other sectors on a "net contribution" basis. Expenditure included retirement on general debt which

consisted of not only direct redemption but also any contributions to sinking funds.

One consequence of this classification schema was that the sectors of government were not additive. That is, it was impossible to

determine a government's total financial activity by summing the three sectors.

1952 and later--The current classification system dates largely to that created in the early 1950's. The four sectors of government

now used were created and intragovernmental transactions among them eliminated, thereby allowing their summation. The enterprise

sector was eliminated except for liquor stores and the four types of utilities; the remaining commercial-like activities were subsumed

into the general government sector.

The definition of intergovernmental revenue and expenditure transactions was broadened to include not just "fiscal-aid" (grants and

shared taxes) but also monies for contractual services (other than as a regular customer of utilities). Another change, more in

presentation than concept, was the reporting of functional expenditures in terms of total outlays rather than limited just to current

operations.

One effect of these classification changes was to render all prior year data obsolete, or at least not comparable to later data. For this

reason all available data for years before 1952 are based on special studies done in the 1950's to recompile pre-1952 data on a basis

comparable to the current system.

2.22 Employment Data

Prior to 1952, the functional detail collected on public employment was limited to distinguishing between school and nonschool

employees, except for state and major city governments. Since 1952 the subclassification of employment data by function has been

expanded.

As noted above, beginning in 1951 the Census Bureau started collecting payroll data separately for full- and part-time employees

which allowed for the calculation of full-time equivalent statistics (see Section 5.31). Up until 1985 data, the method used to

calculate these figures was based solely on payroll data. Effective with 1986 data, the annual employment survey started collecting

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full-time equivalent employment. No October 1985 full-time equivalent data are available.

See Chapter 5 for a more detailed discussion of full-time equivalent employment.

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chapter 3 - Framework of Census Statistics on Governments

Contents and Abstract:

3.1 The Basic Unit of Reporting: The Government Entity

3.11 Types of Government Entities

3.12 Definition of a Government Entity

3.13 Dependent Agencies Checklists

3.14 Parent Government Concept

3.15 Joint Activities of Governments

3.2 The Four Sectors of Government Activities

3.21 General Government Sector

3.22 Utilities Sector

3.23 Liquor Stores Sector

3.24 Insurance Trust Sector

3.3 How Census Bureau Statistics Relate to Original Data Sources

3.31 Federal Government Statistics

3.32 Broad Coverage of Activities

3.33 Treatment of Accounting Funds

3.34 Terminology and Classification

3.35 Reporting Periods

The definitions and concepts comprising the Census Bureau's classification system on government finances and employment are

established upon a framework whose understanding is as important as the system itself.

The focus, or basic reporting unit, of these statistics is the government entity, defined by the Bureau using the guidelines below. Data

are assembled for these individual entities which also serve as building blocks to produce larger aggregations of data--county area,

state totals, and national figures--by themselves or according to the various types of governments the Bureau recognizes.

As a group, governments are multi-functional organizations, providing a wide range of services to a broad group of people. The

Bureau classifies their activities into four major sectors of government, three of which pertain to specialized functions.

Finally, Census Bureau statistics on governments are not mere reproductions of the data found in original government data sources.

In order to produce meaningful comparisons among all governments, the Bureau applies consistent standards of coverage,

terminology, and reporting periods that often result in data that differ from those reported by governments themselves.

3.1 The Basic Unit of Reporting: The Government Entity

The focal point, or basic reporting unit, of Census Bureau statistics on public finances and employment is the individual government.

This entity includes not only the central government but also those agencies, institutions, and authorities which are connected to it.

To determine which of the many organizations with governmental or quasi-governmental character should be included in its statistics

on the public sector, the Bureau has created the set of criteria below.

3.11 Types of Government Entities

Government services are provided through a complex structure made up of numerous public bodies and agencies. The Census Bureau

identified 87,504 governments during the 1997 Census of Governments. In addition to the Federal Government and the 50 state

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governments, the Bureau recognizes five basic types of local governments, as follows (per 1997 Census):

County Governments (3,043), which exist in all states except Connecticut and Rhode Island and in the District of Columbia,

are created to provide general government activities in specified geographic areas. They include entities called boroughs in

Alaska, parishes in Louisiana, and counties in all other states.

● 

Municipal Governments (19,372), which are established to provide general government services for a specific population

concentration in a defined area. They include cities, boroughs (except in Alaska), villages, and towns (except in the six New

England states, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin). Composite city-county governments are treated as municipal

governments for Census Bureau purposes.

● 

Township Governments (16,629), which are established to provide general government services for areas without regard to

population concentrations. They include towns in the six New England states, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin, and

townships in eleven other states.

● 

Special District Governments (34,683), which are established to provide only one or a limited number of designated functions

and having sufficient administrative and fiscal autonomy to qualify as independent governments.

● 

School District Governments (13,726), which are created to provide public elementary, secondary, and/or higher education and

having sufficient administrative and fiscal autonomy to qualify as independent governments. They exclude school systems that

are "dependent" on a county, municipal, township, or state government.

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3.12 Definition of a Government Entity (See Note 1)

In summary, a government entity is defined for Census Bureau reporting as follows:

A government is an organized entity which, in addition to having governmental character, has sufficient discretion in the

management of its own affairs to distinguish it as separate from the administrative structure of any other governmental unit.

Thus, to be regarded as a government for Census Bureau purposes, an entity must possess all three of these critical attributes:

existence as an organized entity, governmental character, and substantial autonomy. Each is explained below.

Existence as an Organized Entity:

Evidence of this attribute is provided by the presence of some form of organization and the possession of some corporate

powers, such as perpetual succession, the right to sue and be sued, have a name, make contracts, acquire and dispose of

property, and the like.

Designation of a class of governments in law as "municipal corporations," "public corporations," "bodies corporate and

public," and the like indicates that such units are organized entities. On the other hand, some entities not stated specifically by

law as corporations do have sufficient powers to be recognized as governments.

Obviously, the mere right to exist is not sufficient. Where a former government has ceased to operate--i.e., receives no

revenue, conducts no activities, and has no current officers-- it is not recognized as an active government.

Governmental Character:

This characteristic is indicated where officers of the entity are popularly elected or are appointed by public officials. A high

degree of responsibility to the public, demonstrated by requirements for public reporting or for accessibility of records to

public inspection, is also taken as critical evidence of governmental character.

Governmental character is attributed to any entities having power to levy property taxes, power to issue debt paying interest

exempt from Federal taxation, or responsibility for performing a function commonly regarded as governmental in nature. A

lack of these attributes or of evidence about them, however, does not preclude a class of units from being recognized as having

governmental character, if it meets the indicated requirements as to officers or public accountability. Thus, some special

district governments with no taxing powers provide electric power or other public utility services that are also widely rendered

privately; they may be recognized as local governments because of provisions as to their administration and public

accountability.

Substantial Autonomy:

This requirement is met where, subject to statutory limitations and any supervision of local governments by the state, an entity

has considerable fiscal and administrative independence. Fiscal independence generally derives from power of the entity to

determine its budget without review and detailed modification by other local officials or governments, to determine taxes to be

levied for its support, to fix and collect charges for its services, or to issue debt without review by another local government.

Administrative independence is related closely to the basis for selecting the governing body of the entity. Accordingly, a public

agency is recognized as an independent government if it has independent fiscal powers and in addition (1) has a popularly

elected governing body; (2) has a governing body representing two or more state or local governments; or (3) even in the event

its governing body is appointed, performs functions that are essentially different from those of, and are not subject to

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specification by, its creating government.

Conversely, separate existence is not attributed to entities which lack either fiscal or administrative independence. Some local

government agencies having considerable fiscal autonomy are classified as dependent agencies of another government rather

than as governments because one or more of the following characteristics is present:

(1) Control of the agency by a board composed wholly or mainly of parent government officials.

(2) Control by the agency over facilities that supplement, serve, or take the place of facilities ordinarily provided by the

creating government.

(3) Provision that agency properties and responsibilities revert to the creating government after agency debt has been repaid.

(4) Requirements for approval of agency plans by the creating government.

(5) Legislative or executive specification by the parent government as to the location and type of facilities the agency is to

construct and maintain.

(6) Dependence of an agency for all or a substantial part of its revenues on appropriations or allocations made at the discretion

of another state or local government.

(7) Provision for the review and the detailed modification of agency budgets by another local government. County review of

agency budgets in connection with statutory limitations on tax rates, however, is not, by itself, sufficient to establish lack of

fiscal autonomy.

Other Factors:

Applying the above criteria usually involves little difficulty in many instances, but the variety of provisions regarding local

government entities and particularly some of the resultant shadings of autonomy leave the classification of some types of entities

subject to considerable judgment. In such cases, the Census Bureau has taken account of (a) local attitudes as to whether the type of

unit involved is independent or not, and (b) the effect of the decision upon collection and presentation of statistics on government

finances and employment.

Noncritical Characteristics:

In addition to the essential characteristics above, there are other common attributes that are not essential for the identification

of governments. Among them are geographic area, population, taxing power, and internal uniformity of taxation and services.

Most, but not all, governments serve and operate primarily within a specific geographic area for which a population can be

determined. Some entities having all essential characteristics of local governments, however, do not possess this attribute, but at best

can be associated only with an area unrelated to specific population concentration (e.g., a special district for toll road and bridge

facilities). Even those governments which can be directly associated with a defined territory for certain purposes, such as property

taxation, often own and operate facilities or provide services on one basis or another to residents of adjoining territory.

Although most governments have the authority to levy taxes, this power is not an essential attribute. Even those governments

that have property taxing powers and serve a precisely determined area do not always provide a single level of taxation and services

throughout the area concerned. Differential taxation often occurs legally where annexation or other boundary changes place a burden

of debt service on part but not all the territory. Moreover, subordinate "districts" are sometimes provided for, with regard to particular

types of improvements or government services, resulting in differences of tax level within the total area served by the government.

3.13 Dependent Agencies

The Census Bureau's definition of a government entity, therefore, includes not only the central government but also agencies that are

"dependent" on the government, using the criteria above.

The determination of an agency's dependence or independence for Census Bureau purposes is not made on an ad hoc basis, however.

Rather, a separate unit within Governments Division identifies and classifies the agencies that are dependent on a government.

3.14 Parent Government Concept

One by-product of this broad definition of a government entity is the concept of the parent government. Governments operate using a

wide variety of organizational units to fulfill their duties. The core of the government to which these organizations are attached (as

defined above) is often referred to as the "parent" government. Thus, a dependent agency or school often is described in terms of the

relationship to its parent government.

3.15 Joint Activities of Governments

Governments sometimes cooperate to carry out specific projects or activities--e.g., city-county health departments or hospitals, joint

bridge authorities, joint interstate agencies, consortia, and councils of government.

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The participating units may carry out this joint activity in various ways, each of which affects the reporting of finance and

employment statistics for the participating governments:

They may establish an independent special district to carry out the activity, in which case the related finances and employment

are assigned to that government unit. Their financial transactions with the special district are treated as intergovernmental

revenue and expenditure.

1. 

One of the governments may be solely responsible for administering the activity but the other governments share its financial

support. In such situations, all its activities are assigned to the administering government with the other governments' shares

being reported as intergovernmental transactions.

2. 

The participating governments may create a separate organizational body that is neither independent nor dependent on any one

member but is jointly administered by all of them. These types of joint activities provide special problems in a classification

system whose focus is the individual government entity. Such joint activities, therefore, are classified on the basis of the

circumstances involved in each case. In general, the treatment of these joint activities depend on their magnitude:

3. 

A joint inter-local agency having substantial financial activity or employment or which issues substantial debt which is

not in the name of any of the participating governments is assigned for Census Bureau purposes as a dependent agency

of one of the participating governments. Its activities are classified in the same manner as the second case cited above.

❍ 

A joint inter-local agency not having substantial financial activity or employment is allocated to each of the participating

governments to the extent of their respective participation, as follows:

Revenue of each parent government should include any taxes or other receipts it collects to turn over to the joint

agency or activity.

1. 

Borrowing and debt of each parent government should include any debt it issues or guarantees on behalf of the

joint agency or activity.

2. 

Direct expenditure of each parent should include any amount it pays (e.g., for salaries and other expenses) on

account of, and any contributions it makes directly to, a joint agency or activity. Such amounts are classified

according to the function involved and as appropriately as possible by character and object.

3. 

Parent government data should exclude any revenue or expenditure of the joint agency or activity, as such, and

any joint agency debt not issued in the name of, or guaranteed by, the parent government.

4. 

Employees and employee payrolls of joint agencies should be reported as part of the government which issues

employee paychecks or, if the joint agency issues paychecks, allocated to the sponsoring governments on the basis

of their financial contribution to the "joint" activity.

5. 

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3.2 The Four Sectors of Government Activities

Since the early 1950's, government activities have been categorized into four mutually exclusive sectors: general government,

utilities, liquor stores, and insurance trust systems. Not all of these four sectors, however, apply to every type of data the Bureau

collects, as depicted by the chart below:

Type of Data General Utility Liquor Store Insurance Trust

FINANCE:

 Expenditure Y Y Y Y

 Debt Y Y (1) (1)

 Cash and Securities Y (1) (1) Y

EMPLOYMENT Y Y Y (1)

"Y" means data are collected for that sector and type of data.

"N" means data are not collected for that sector and type of data.

"(1)" Included in data for general government sector.

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3.21 General Government Sector

The general government sector includes all activities not defined in the utilities, liquor stores, or insurance trust sectors. For Census

Bureau purposes, government-operated lotteries are included in this sector.

3.22 Utilities Sector

For Census Bureau reporting of government statistics, this sector comprises just four types of governmental activities and no others:

Water supply Gas supply

Electric light and power Public mass transit

Such systems must be either owned and operated by a government or owned and operated under contract by a private firm where the

government maintains day-to-day financial oversight.

Except for these four types of utilities and the liquor stores sector below, all commercial-type activities of a government-- airports,

toll roads and bridges, housing projects, parking facilities, port facilities, lotteries, Federal Government corporations (e.g., TVA), and

the like--are classed in the general government sector.

3.23 Liquor Stores Sector

This sector covers only the liquor store systems owned and operated, at present, by seventeen state governments and local

governments in a few states. Any associated government activities, such as licensing and enforcement of liquor laws and collection

of liquor taxes, are classified in the general government category.

3.24 Insurance Trust Sector

The insurance trust sector comprises two major groups of systems:

Public employee retirement systems, embracing both contributory and noncontributory systems administered by a government

for public employees (including employees of other governments).

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Social insurance systems, including the Federal Government's Social Security and Medicare program (OASDHI), veterans' life

insurance, and railroad retirement; and state government workers' compensation and miscellaneous insurance trusts. Note that

for Census Bureau purposes these types of social insurance systems are not applied to local government finances (other than

for the District of Columbia's unemployment compensation plan).

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To be categorized as a insurance trust for purposes of Census Bureau statistics, a system must meet all five characteristics of a social

insurance trust described in Section 11.1.

Note that the insurance trust category applies only to the government actually administering the system. A government's participation

in an insurance trust administered either privately or by another government is not treated as an insurance trust activity of the

participating government. Generally, it would be treated as a current operations expenditure for the paying activity in the general

government, utilities, or liquor stores sector.

No employment activity is associated with this sector; employees involved in administering insurance trust systems are classed in the

general government sector.

3.3 How Census Bureau Statistics Relate to Original Data Sources

Federal, state, and local governments issue their own reports and financial statements, sometimes in great detail. The Census Bureau

often relies on these reports or on the accounting or payroll reporting systems that generate them as a major source of its statistics

(see Note 2). Despite the use of the governments' own reports or reporting systems, Census Bureau statistics produced from them

often do not agree with those issued by the governments themselves.

The major reason for this seeming disparity is one of the major purposes of this classification system: to provide finance and

employment statistics that are consistent for all governments surveyed. Governments differ greatly in their size, activities,

organization, responsibilities, and the internal methods they use to report them. The financial structure and reporting systems devised

by governments also differ widely, being designed mainly to enforce fidelity and to help officials to plan and administer the affairs of

the government effectively.

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governments covered. Thus, a government's original data are re-categorized within a standard framework based on the common

nature of particular activities or transactions in order to overcome barriers to both useful summation and direct comparisons that

result from the varied nature of government records and reports.

Thus, the Bureau often recasts the data extracted from original sources in the ways described below.

3.31 Federal Government Statistics

The primary focus of Census Bureau statistics about governments is on state and local governments. Data for the Federal

Government are collected for some surveys, primarily to provide a total picture of government activity in the national economy.

The classification system used by the Census Bureau for categorizing state and local government activities differs in a number of

important respects from the classification scheme used in the United States Budget (the primary source of Federal Government

finance data). Accordingly, it is necessary to recast Federal data as presented in this source to produce statistics that are consistent

with those for state and local governments.

This involves (1) grouping individual Federal receipts and expenditures for various agencies and appropriations according to the

functional framework described in Chapter 4 and (2) applying certain adjustments to many of those items to derive finance amounts

consistent with those reported for state and local governments. These adjustments take into account the following major differences

between the Federal reporting scheme and the Census Bureau's classification system.

Treatment in Federal Reporting System Treatment in Census Bureau Classification System

Government enterprises are reported on net basis--plus or

minus--in terms of their effect on budget expenditure.

Includes gross revenue and expenditure of government

enterprises (except for loans and investments).

Receipts below are offset against expenditure, thereby reducing

total Federal expenditure: (a) various enterprises or

market-oriented activities; (b) interest on loans made by Federal

agencies; (c) sales of products or property; (d) other

reimbursements from non-Federal sources (such as from

employees for quarters and subsistence provided).

Receipts are reported as revenue and added back to expenditure

shown in Federal sources. See Sections 7.1 and 8.1 for

discussions of gross receipts and gross expenditures.

Interfund and intragovernmental transactions are included in

agency receipts and expenditures (but excluded from budget

totals).

Excludes all interfund and intragovernmental transfers (see

Section 6.6).

Includes interest on debt that has accrued but not been paid. Interest on debt reported on actual disbursement basis.

Net excess of loan disbursement or repayment activities of loan

accounts is added to expenditures or to receipts in developing

budget totals.

Loan transactions are excluded.

3.32 Broad Coverage of Activities

As noted in Section 3.1, the Census Bureau applies a broad definition of what constitutes a government entity; therefore, our statistics

are generally more inclusive than those of any central report or records of a government. They include data drawn not only from the

central records of a government's principal finance or payroll offices, but also those of dependent educational institutions,

semi-autonomous boards, special authorities, and the like.

In particular, Census Bureau statistics on public debt cover debt instruments that have been issued by authority of the government

(with or without its full-faith and credit) which may be omitted from the government's own central report or records. The largest

category of indebtedness today, Public Debt for Private Purposes, includes debt that often is not viewed by the issuing government

as its own despite the use of its governmental powers to grant the debt its critical tax-exempt status. A government's central records

or finance reports may also exclude particular revenue or expenditure items maintained in separate records but which are

incorporated into Census Bureau statistics.

3.33 Treatment of Accounting Funds

As described in Chapter 6, governments administer their finances through accounting devices called "funds." These funds are

established to support specific activities or to attain certain objectives. Governments maintain numerous accounting funds and issue

financial reports designed to reveal the operation and status of each fund, individually and on a consolidated basis.

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Census Bureau finance statistics, in contrast, are organized to show information for each government as a single financial entity, not

to distinguish the activities of any particular accounting fund or group of funds. Government accounting also identifies financial

transactions that occur between these funds. As discussed in Section 6.6, the Bureau generally ignores (or "nets out") such

transactions to avoid duplication. Census Bureau statistics on functional expenditures for an activity, for instance, may summarize

outlays from numerous accounting funds (except interfund activities). Even when a government's own financial report combines its

funds, the basis for doing so may differ from that applied by the Bureau.

Moreover, the methods the Bureau uses to produce financial statistics from these accounting statements cause the data to lose their

accounting nature completely. For these reasons, users can derive limited information about the fiscal condition of the government,

such as budget surplus or deficit or the operating balance of a fund at the end of the fiscal year.

3.34 Terminology and Classification

Governments vary in the terms they apply to similar items and transactions. They also differ in the bases used to classify activities or

transactions for their own records and published reports.

The Census Bureau applies a uniform terminology and classification system to its data collection. For instance, a "public utilities tax"

reported by three state governments may be classified for Census Bureau purposes as a gross receipts tax in one state, a license tax in

a second, and a property tax in the third. Similarly, the term "current operation" may be used by a government in a different sense,

including intergovernmental transactions or cash assistance payments, both of which are excluded from the Bureau's definition of

current operations. Similarly, some governments may define payrolls to include the employer share of fringe benefits, which falls

outside the scope of the Census Bureau definition.

In both its finance and employment statistics, the Bureau emphasizes the functional nature of activities by combining finances and

employment from all accounting funds by all agencies according to the functional categories described in Chapter 4. But

governments also vary in how they organize their activities. Some governments have departments devoted to a single activity (e.g.,

"highways" or "solid waste management") that directly corresponds to a Census Bureau category. In other cases, an agency may be

responsible for a wide variety of functions (e.g., "transportation" or "human resources"), requiring the Bureau to distribute data on its

activities among numerous Census categories. Often, statistics for a Census function may be a composite of multiple agencies of a

government--e.g., "highways" employment may include a highways department, toll road authority, and bridge commission.

3.35 Reporting Periods

Just as the Census Bureau applies standard definitions to its classification of government activities, it uses a common definition for

the reporting periods that the data cover. In some cases, this may also explain disparities between Census and a government's own

statistics.

Finance data:Through the fiscal year 1963 finance survey, the Bureau collected data for governments' fiscal years that ended in a

particular calendar year. Effective with the fiscal 1963-64 survey, the Bureau began using governments' fiscal years that closed

within the 12-month period ending on June 30. Thus, the reporting period for fiscal year 1996-97 data includes government's fiscal

years that ended between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997. There are a few exceptions to this rule, primarily for the Federal and state

governments and the District of Columbia.

Dependent agencies of a government do not always share the same fiscal year period as their parent government. In those case, data

are for the agency's fiscal year that ended within the 12-month period ending on June 30, which may be earlier or later than the parent

government's own fiscal year.

Employment data:Employment and payroll data are based on the one pay period that includes March 12 of the survey year. The

payroll data are converted to a one month figure using a conversion factor based on the pay period (see Chapter 5 for details).

Notes:

This section is based on Appendix B to the 1997 Census of Governments report, Government Organization (Vol. 1, No. 1).

citation.

1. 

A major trend in the compilation of finance data on governments, particularly for state and large city and county governments,

is the use of internal accounting reports rather than published financial statements. In some cases, these are generated

specially for the Census Bureau. citation.

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Chapter 4 - Functional Classification of Government Activities

Contents and Abstract:

4.1 Background

4.2 Primary vs Secondary Function

4.21 Public Institutions

4.3 Data Crossing Functional Lines

4.4 Relation to Federal and State Government Programs

4.5 Unique Special District Function Codes

Table:

4-1: Cross-Classification of Revenue, Expenditure, and Debt Codes by Function

Charts:

4-A: Detailed Categories for Reporting Functional Expenditures and Employment, by Functional Grouping

4-B: Detailed Categories for Reporting Functional Expenditures and Employment, by Function Code

Expenditure Code Definition Pages

Viewed as a group, governments are multi-functional organizations, providing a wide range of services to a broad group of people.

In recognition of this diversity, the Census Bureau has created a detailed classification scheme for reporting government activities

according to their purpose.

To illustrate the functional interrelationship among different types of data, Table 4-1 provides a cross-classification of revenue,

expenditure, and debt codes by function. Note that not every finance code is shown in this table; some codes are not functional per se

(e.g., taxes and insurance trust data) while others are too broad to list (e.g., "all other" codes).

Also included in this chapter are two charts providing listings of all current function codes. Chart 4-A arranges these codes

according to the functional groupings used for publication purposes ("Education," "Social Insurance and Income Maintenance,"

etc.) while Chart 4-B lists them in numerical order (01, 02, 03,etc.).

Completing this chapter are the Expenditure Code Definition Pages that provide detailed, one-page definitions of each function,

including coverage of data collection information.

4.1 Background

Currently, the Census Bureau has identified nearly 70 major functions of government, several of which are used solely for the

Federal Government. Others apply solely to state government data while a few pertain only to local government activities. Each of

these functions falls into one of the four sectors of government described in Chapter 3: General Government, Liquor Stores, Utilities,

and Insurance Trust. No function, however, spans more than one sector of government.

This classification schema is so pervasive that virtually all data on governments collected by the Bureau is categorized in part along

functional lines. The few activities not classified by function are:

Interest on general debt is excluded from functional expenditures (but not interest on utility debt, which is included in utility

expenditures). Retirement of debt is excluded also because it is reported in debt statistics rather than expenditure data.

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Contributions to insurance trust systems administered by the same government are excluded from functional expenditures (and

reported as insurance trust expenditures when disbursed to beneficiaries). Payments to systems administered by another

government, on the other hand, are reported in functional categories.

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Many administrative activities that support others are reported either in one of the government administration functions (e.g.,

Financial Administration) or in the Other and Unallocable category.

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Some activities are too broad or multi-purpose to be included in a single-purpose function, such as lump sum contributions for

employee fringe benefits, economic development, government-wide insurance policies, etc. These generally are classed in

Other and Unallocable.

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● Some items defy being categorized by function, such as taxes and most cash and securities data.

4.2 Primary vs Secondary Function

Government agencies often provide services that encompass more than one function. For instance, airports may have their own police

force, schools their own libraries, and large correctional institutions their own water supply or sewerage systems.

In these instances, the Census Bureau categorizes the entire activity according to its primary function rather than breaking it down

into its smaller component or secondary parts. Using the examples cited above, the secondary activities would be classified along

with their primary function--i.e., air transportation, education, and corrections, respectively.

4.21 Public Institutions

Public institutions comprise such facilities as hospitals, colleges and universities, adult and juvenile correctional facilities, welfare

homes, and special schools for the handicapped.

The functional classification of these institutions for Census Bureau purposes is not done on an ad hoc basis, however. Rather, a

separate unit within Governments Division identifies and categorizes them. For state and large local governments, these findings are

reported in "Checklists of Institutions for Governments Division Surveys." Compilers of finance and employment data use these

checklists to assign institutions to their proper function.

4.3 Data Crossing Functional Lines

The boundaries created by this classification system are not so rigid that they prevent activities from crossing functional lines. To

illustrate, the receipt of Federal aid for medical care assistance to the needy (Medicaid) is classified as a public welfare

intergovernmental revenue. These money often are spent, however, by public hospitals. By definition, all outlays of a public hospital

are classified at a hospital function, so the transaction necessarily crosses over into the hospital category on the expenditure side.

Payments to private vendors for medical care, in contrast, remain within the public welfare function.

4.4 Relation to Federal and State Government Programs

These functions, created for general statistical purposes, cannot be equated with any specific Federal or state government program.

They are generally broader than even the most widely-based Federal or state programs. Major Federal and state programs may even

cross over into more than one Census Bureau function, as illustrated above with the Medicaid program.

Instead, these functions represent broad activities of govern- ments that have remained virtually unchanged for years, thereby

preserving their usefulness for analytical purposes even while specific Federal and state programs expand or contract.

4.5 Unique Special District Function Codes

Some, but not all, of the functional categories described in this chapter are used to classify not only government finances and

employment, but also government organization. In conjunction with the regular function codes, the organization phase employs a set

of function codes expressly for special district governments. These codes are limited to the organization area because, even though

numerous special districts may exist for them (e.g., the 1,655 cemetery districts classified during the 1997 Census of Governments),

their finances or employment are too small, they are concentrated in just a few states, or their activities are too narrow.

Finance and employment data for special district organization codes are converted into the regular functions for reporting purposes,

as shown by the table below.

Special Districts - Standard Function Code

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Organization Function Code Function Name Regular Code*

Single-Function Districts:

01 Air Transportation (Airports) 01

02# Cemeteries 89

09# Education (School Building Authorities) 12

24 Fire Protection 24

32 Health 32

40# Hospitals 36

41# Industrial Development 89

42# Mortgage Credit 89

44 Highways (Regular or Toll) 44

50 Housing and Community Development 50

51# Drainage 59

52 Libraries 52

59 Other Natural Resources 59

60 Parking Facilities 60

61 Parks and Recreation 61

63# Flood Control 59

64# Irrigation 59

79 Public Welfare Institutions 79

80 Sewerage 80

81 Solid Waste Management 81

86# Reclamation 59

87 Water Transport and Terminals 87

88# Soil and Water Conservation 59

89 Other Single-Function Districts 89

91 Water Supply Utility 91

92 Electric Power Utility 92

93 Gas Supply Utility 93

94 Mass Transit System Utility 94

Multi-Function Districts:

96# Fire Protection and Water Supply 24/91

97# Natural Resources and Water Supply 59/91

98# Sewerage and Water Supply 80/91

99# Other Multi-Function Districts Various

* Applies mainly to employment and expenditure data. Revenue and debt data may use different classification. Multiple-function

special districts are sent questionnaires to report finance and employment data by major function.

# Code unique to organization survey; finance and employment data subsumed into regular function code as shown in table above.

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Table 4-1 - Cross-Classification of Revenue, Expenditure, and Debt Codes by Function

This table shows the various revenue, expenditure, and debt codes that correspond to each function, including exhibit codes. Not

every code is listed here; some codes are not functional per se (e.g., taxes) while others are broadly functional (e.g., public debt for

private purposes and "all other" codes). See description sheets for details.

Function Revenue Codes Expenditure Codes Debt Codes

01 A01, B01 E01, I01, F01, G01, K01, L01, M01, N01, R01

02 E02, I02, F02, G02, K02, L02, M02

03 A03 E03, F03, G03, K03

04 E04, I04, F04, G04, K04

05 E05, F05, G05, K05, L05, M05, N05

06 A06 E06, I06, F06, G06, K06, L06, M06

12 A09, A10, A12, B21*,

C21*, D11, D21* E12, F12, G12, K12, L12, M12, N12, Q12, R12 21F, 24F, 29F, 31F, 34F, 39F,41F, 44F

14 A14 E14, I14, F14, G14, K14

16 A16 E16, F16, G16, K16 See function code 21.

18 A18, B21*, C21*, D21* E18, F18, G18, K18, L18, M18, N18, Q18, R18 See function code 21.

19 E19

20 E20, I20, F20, G20, K20, L20, M20

21 A21, B21*, C21*, D21* E21, I21, F21, G21, K21, L21, M21, N21 19G, 21G, 24G, 29G, 31G, 34G,

39G, 41G, 44G

22 B22 E22, I22, F22, G22, K22, L22, M22

23 E23, I23, F23, G23, K23, L23, M23, N23

24 E24, F24, G24, K24, L24, M24

25 E25, I25, F25, G25, K25, L25, M25, N25

26 E26, F26, G26, K26

28 E28, I28, F28, G28, K28, L28, M28

29 E29, I29, F29, G29, K29, L29, M29, N29

30 C30 M30, N30, R30

31 E31, F31, G31, K31

32 B42*, C42*, D42* E32, I32, F32, G32, K32, L32, M32, N32, R32

36 A36*, B42*, C42*, D42* E36, F36, G36, K36

37 A36* E37, I37, F37, G37, K37, L37, M37

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38 B42*, C42*, D42* E38, I38, F38, G38, K38, L38, M38, N38, R38

39 E39, I39, F39, G39, K39, L39, M39

44 A44*, B46*, C46*, D46* E44, I44, F44, G44, K44, L44, M44, N44, R44

45 A45*, B46*, C46*, D46* E45, F45, G45, K45

47 E47, Z61^

50 A50, B50, C50, D50 E50, I50, F50, G50, K50, L50, M50, N50, R50

51 E51, I51, L51, M51

52 E52, I52, F52, G52, K52, L52, M52, N52, R52

53 A50, B50, C50, D50 E53, I53, F53, G53, K53, L53, M53

54 B54,A54 E54, I54, F54, G54, K54, L54, M54, N54, R54

55 A59*, B59* E55, F55, G55, K55, M55, N55, R55

56 A56, B59* E56, I56, F56, G56, K56, L56, M56, N56, R56

57 A59* E57, I57, F57, G57, K57, L57, M57

58 A59* E58, I58, F58, G58, K58, L58, M58

59 A59*,B59* E59, I59, F59, G59, K59, L59, M59, N59, R59

60 A60 E60, F60, G60, K60, L60, M60

61 A61 E61, I61, F61, G61, K61, L61, M61, N61, R61

62 E62, I62, F62, G62, K62, L62, M62, N62, R62

66 E66, F66, G66, K66, L66, M66, N66, R66

67 B79*, C79* E67, I67, L67, M67, N67, S67

68 C79*, D79* E68, M68, N68

74 B79*, C79*, D79* E74

75 B79*, C79*, D79* E75

77 B79*, C79*, D79* E77, F77, G77, K77

79 B79*, C79*, D79* E79, I79, F79, G79, K79, L79, M79, N79, R79

80 A80, B80, C80, D80 E80, F80, G80, K80, L80, M80, N80, R80

81 A81 E81, F81, G81, K81, L81, M81, N81, R81

84 E84

85 E85, I85, F85, G85, K85

87 A87 E87, I87, F87, G87, K87, L87, M87, N87, R87

89 E89, I89, J89, F89, G89, K89, L89, M89, N89,

R89, S89

90 A90 E90, F90, G90, K90, Z41^, Z42^, Z43^, Z44^,

Z45^, Z46^, Z47^, Z48^

91 A91, B91, C91, D91 E91, I91, F91, G91, K91, L91, M91, N91, R91 19A, 21A, 24A, 29A, 31A, 34A,

39A, 41A, 44A

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92 A92,B92,C92,D92 E92, I92, F92, G92, K92, L92, M92, N92, R92 19B, 21B, 24B, 29B, 31B, 34B,

39B, 41B, 44B

93 A93, B93, C93, D93 E93, I93, F93, G93, K93, L93, M93, N93, R93 19C, 21C, 24C, 29C, 31C, 34C,

39C, 41C, 44C

94 A94, B94, C94, D94 E94, I94, F94, G94, K94, L94, M94, N94, R94 19D, 21D, 24D, 29D, 31D, 34D,

39D, 41D, 44D

X1- X01, X02, X03, X04^, X05,

X06^, X08, X99^ X11, X12, X14^

Y0- Y01, Y02, Y04, Y99^ Y05, Y06

Y1- Y10^, Y11, Y12 Y14, Y15^

Y2- Y20, Y22^ Y25

Y3- Y31, Y32^ Y34

Y4- Y41, Y42^ Y45

Y5- Y50^, Y51, Y52 Y53, Y54^

* Multi-Functional Code ^Exhibit Code

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Chart 4A - Detailed Categories for Reporting Functional Expenditures and Employment, by Functional Grouping

This chart lists all the various function codes for classifying finance and employment data, arranged by the functional grouping used

for their publication. See Chart 4-B for a numerical listing of function codes. The "latest control code" column shows the latest

version number of the description sheet for each function (0 being the original).

Code Item Applies to Finance

Data? Applies to Employment Data? Latest ControlCode

General Government

Selected Federal Programs:

06 National Defense and International Relations Y Y 0

14 Postal Service Y Y 0

02 Space Research and Technology Y Y 0

Education Services:

Education:

16 Institutions of Higher Education - Auxiliary

Enterprises Y N 0

18 Institutions of Higher Education - Other

Higher Education Y Y 0

12 Elementary and Secondary Education Y Y 0

19 Assistance and Subsidies Y N 0

20 Veterans' Education Benefits (Federal) Y N 0

21 Other Education Y Y 0

52 Libraries Y Y 0

Social Services and Income Maintenance:

Public Welfare

Cash Assistance Payments

67 Federal Categorical Assistance Programs Y N 0

68 Other Cash Assistance Programs Y N 0

Vendor Payments:

74 For Medical Care Y N 0

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75 For Other Purposes Y N 0

77 Welfare Institutions Y N 0

79 Other Public Welfare Y Y 0

Hospitals

Own (Public) Hospitals:

37 Federal Veterans Y Y 0

36 Other Public Hospitals Y N 0

Other Hospitals:

39 Federal Veterans Y Y 0

38 Other Hospitals Y N 0

Health

28 Veterans Health (Federal) Y N 0

32 Other Health Y Y 0

22 Social Insurance Administration Y Y 0

Veterans' Services, NEC

84 Veterans' Bonuses Y N 0

85 Other Veterans Services Y N 0

Transportation:

Highways

44 Regular Highways Y Y 0

45 Toll Highways Y N 0

01 Air Transportation (Airports) Y Y 0

60 Parking Facilities Y N 0

87 Water Transport and Terminals Y Y 0

47 Private Transit Subsidies Y N 0

Public Safety:

62 Police Protection Y Y 0

24 Fire Protection Y Y 0

Corrections

04 Correctional Institutions Y N 0

05 Other Corrections Y Y 0

66 Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC Y N 0

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Natural Resources

Agriculture

51 Farm Credit Programs (Federal) Y N 0

53 Farm Income Stabilization (Federal) Y N 0

54 Other Agriculture Y N 0

55 Fish and Game Y N 0

56 Forestry Y N 0

57 Soil, Water, and Electric Energy Resources

(Federal) Y N 0

58 Mineral Resources (Federal) Y N 0

59 Other Natural Resources Y Y 0

61 Parks and Recreation Y Y 0

50 Housing and Community Development Y Y 0

Sanitation

80 Sewerage Y Y 0

81 Solid Waste Management Y Y 0

Governmental Administration:

23 Financial Administration Y Y 0

25 Judicial and Legal Y Y 0

26 Legislative Y N 0

31 General Public Buildings Y N 0

29 Central Staff Services Y Y 0

I89 Interest on General Debt Y N 0

General Government, NEC:

30 General Local Government Support Y N 0

03 Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC Y N 0

89 Other and Unallocable Y Y 0

Liquor Stores:

90 Liquor Stores Y Y 0

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Utilities:

91 Water Supply Y Y 0

92 Electric Power Y Y 0

93 Gas Supply Y Y 0

94 Public Mass Transit Systems Y Y 0

Insurance Trusts:

>X1- Public Employee Retirement Systems Y N 0

Y0- Unemployment Compensation Systems Y N 0

Y1- Workers' Compensation Systems Y N 0

Y2- Social Security and Medicare Insurances

(Federal) Y N 0

Y3- Veterans' Life Insurance (Federal) Y N 0

Y4- Railroad Retirement (Federal) Y N 0

Y5- Other State Insurance Trust Systems Y N 0

*Items with no code represent functional groupings or subgroups.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Chart 4-B - Detailed Categories for Reporting Functional Expenditures and Employment, by Function Code

This chart provides a listing of functions in order of their function codes. Note that similar functions do not share codes that are close

numerically; see Chart 4-A for a listing of functions grouped into related categories.

Code Item General Liquor Stores Utilities Insurance Trust

01 Air Transportation (Airports) Y N N N

02 Space Research and Technology* Y N N N

03 Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC Y N N N

04 Correctional Institutions Y N N N

05 Other Corrections Y N N N

06 National Defense and International Relations* Y N N N

12 Elementary and Secondary Education Y N N N

14 Postal Service* Y N N N

16 Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises Y N N N

18 Other Higher Education Y N N N

19 Assistance and Subsidies (Education) Y N N N

20 Veterans' Education Benefits* Y N N N

21 Other Education Y N N N

22 Social Insurance Administration Y N N N

23 Financial Administration Y N N N

24 Fire Protection Y N N N

25 Judicial and Legal Y N N N

26 Legislative Y N N N

28 Veterans' Health* Y N N N

29 Central Staff Services Y N N N

30 General Local Government Support Y N N N

31 General Public Buildings Y N N N

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32 Other Health Y N N N

36 Own Hospitals Y N N N

37 Own Hospitals-Veterans* Y N N N

38 Other Hospitals Y N N N

39 Other Hospitals-Veterans* Y N N N

44 Regular Highways Y N N N

45 Toll Highways Y N N N

47 Private Transit Subsidies Y N N N

50 Housing and Community Development Y N N N

51 Farm Credit Programs* Y N N N

52 Libraries Y N N N

53 Farm Income Stabilization* Y N N N

54 Other Agriculture Y N N N

55 Fish and Game Y N N N

56 Forestry Y N N N

57 Soil, Water, and Electric Energy Resources* Y N N N

58 Mineral Resources* Y N N N

59 Other Natural Resources Y N N N

60 Parking Facilities Y N N N

61 Parks and Recreation Y N N N

62 Police Protection Y N N N

66 Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC Y N N N

67 Federal Categorical Assistance Programs Y N N N

68 Other Cash Assistance Programs Y N N N

74 Vendor Payments for Medical Care Y N N N

75 Vendor Payments for Other Purposes Y N N N

77 Welfare Institutions Y N N N

79 Other Public Welfare Y N N N

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80 Sewerage Y N N N

81 Solid Waste Management Y N N N

84 Veterans' Bonuses Y N N N

85 Other Veterans' Services Y N N N

87 Water Transport and Terminals Y N N N

89 Other and Unallocable Y N N N

I89 Interest on General Debt Y N N N

90 Liquor Stores N Y N N

91 Water Supply N N Y N

92 Electric Power N N Y N

93 Gas Supply N N Y N

94 Public Mass Transit Systems N N Y N

X1- Public Employee Retirement Systems N N N Y

Y0- Unemployment Compensation Systems N N N Y

Y1- Workers' Compensation Systems N N N Y

Y2- Social Security and Medicare Insurances* N N N Y

Y3- Veterans' Life Insurance* N N N Y

Y4- Railroad Retirement* N N N Y

Y5- Other State Insurance Trust Systems N N N Y

* Federal Government-only code

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 01 NAME: Air Transportation (Airports)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Transportation

DEFINITION: Provision, operation, construction, and support of airport facilities serving the public-at-large on a scheduled or

unscheduled basis; and the regulation of the airline industry.

EXAMPLES: Publicly-operated airfields and related facilities (runways, terminals, control towers, maintenance facilities, and the

like); intergovernmental payments for construction, operation, or support of publicly-owned airports; support of private airports;

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); airport police if either an integral part of the airport authority or a payment to regular police

agency (see Other Notes below).

EXCLUSIONS: Purchase and operation of government-owned aircraft--e.g., police helicopters (report at function involved); state

civil air patrol or militia (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Includes publicly-owned airports even if no scheduled airlines service it or if its clientele consists of private

pilots and aircraft. (2) For leased facilities include government's expenditures and employees and exclude the lessees' expenditures

and contractual employment. (3) Report payments by an airport authority to a regular police department of the same government at

L01 and deduct an equal amount from Police Protection, code E62. The rationale for this procedure is that the primary function

involved is air transportation.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E01 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I01 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F01 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G01 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K01 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L01 State Y N N Y Y Y

M01 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N01 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R01 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 02 NAME: Space Research and Technology (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Selected Federal Programs

DEFINITION: Federal Government activities for research, development, applications, and support in the areas of aeronautics and

space transportation, sciences, and technology.

EXAMPLES: Comprises activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) except payments to public and

private universities for scientific research.

EXCLUSIONS: Department of Defense research and other activities related to missiles, satellites, space weapons, etc. (report at

National Defense and International Relations, code 06); NASA payments to public and private universities for scientific research

(report at Other Education, code 21).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E02 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I02 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F02 Construction Y N N N N N

G02 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K02 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L02 State Y N N N N N

M02 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 03 NAME: Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: General Government, NEC

DEFINITION: Provision and operation of publicly-owned commercial facilities not classified under particular functions or

utilities.

EXAMPLES: Markets; cemeteries; New Orleans public belt railroad and passenger terminal; the Bank of North Dakota; North

Dakota Mill and Elevator Association; cement plants; hail and disaster insurance systems; the Alaska Railroad; and the like.

EXCLUSIONS: Public utilities (use Utilities codes 91, 92, 93, and 94); sewerage systems (report at Sewerage, code 80); public

hospitals (report at Own Hospitals, code 36); parks and recreational facilities (use code 61); dormitories, cafeterias, bookstores, and

other auxiliary enterprises connected with institutions of higher education (for state governments, use code 16 and for local

governments, use code 18); nursing homes (report at Public Welfare, codes 77/79); public airports (use code 01); and other

commercial-type activities classifiable in particular functions.

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function includes direct expenditures only--report any intergovernmental outlays and all employment

data at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) Effective with 1977 data, state government utility expenditures were removed from this

category and reclassified at the Utility functions.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E03 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

F03 Construction N Y Y Y Y N

G03 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y N

K03 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 04 NAME: Correctional Institutions

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Public Safety; Corrections

DEFINITION: Residential institutions or facilities for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of convicted adults or

juveniles adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision, and for the detention of adults and juveniles charged with a crime and

awaiting trial.

EXAMPLES: Prisons; reformatories; jails; houses of corrections; penitentiaries; correctional farms; workhouses; reception

centers; diagnostic centers; industrial schools; training schools; detention centers; multi-institutional programs and administration;

education, training, and health care programs devoted to inmates even if recorded under an administrative unit of a corrections

agency; hospitals for the criminally insane IF operated by a corrections agency; and these types of facilities IF residential: work

release units, halfway houses, and community corrections centers. For prison industries include only amounts involved in the

manufacture, sale, and distribution of articles or services for resale or use outside the government involved.

EXCLUSIONS: Payments to other governments for care of prisoners (report at Other Corrections, code 05); police "lockups" or

jails holding people awaiting arraignment (report at Police Protection, code 62); nonresidential facilities (use code 05); any

identifiable costs of products or allocable value of prison labor used by other agencies of same government (report at function

involved); hospitals for criminally insane operated by mental health or hospital agency (report at Own Hospital, code 36).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: 1) This function applies solely to Federal and state government expenditures; report any related local

expenditures and all employment data at Other Corrections, code 05. (2) Include only facilities operated by the government

concerned. (3) Previous definitions said to exclude jails holding persons awaiting trial or serving short-term sentences and to report

them as a police protection activity. The definition stated here is not a revision but recognition that those very types of facilities are

the primary function of local jails and have always been classified as a correctional activity. (4) Refer to dependent agency

checklists for state government institutions included in this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E04 Current Operations Y Y N N N N

I04 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F04 Construction Y Y N N N N

G04 Land & Existing Structures Y Y N N N N

K04 Equipment Y Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 05 NAME: Other Corrections

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Public Safety; Corrections

DEFINITION: Correctional activities other than Federal and state residential institutions or facilities described under

Correctional Institutions, local government correctional activities (residential or other), and intergovernmental expenditure for

corrections.

EXAMPLES: Probation offices, whether operated by courts or correctional agencies, boards of parole, boards of pardon, and the

like; noninstitutional activities such as administration of a correctional agency, training of correctional employees, and

nonresidential halfway houses and community corrections centers. For local governments includes residential facilities described

under Correctional Institutions, code 04.

EXCLUSIONS: Supervision of individual Federal or state correctional institutions (use code 04); Federal and state programs

strictly devoted to inmates of its institutions (training, education, rehabilitation, health care, etc.) even if recorded under an

administrative unit of a corrections agency--e.g., Director's Office (use code 04).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report all employment data for both institutional and other corrections here. (2) Exercise care when

recording Federal or state construction expenditures for corrections reported under an administrative unit (e.g., Director's Office,

Division of Planning). Construction outlays for noninstitutional activities are generally quite small; thus, such amounts should often

be classified at Correctional Institutions, code 04, instead of Other Corrections. (3) Refer to dependent agency checklists for large

city and county government institutions included in this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E05 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y N

F05 Construction Y Y Y Y Y N

G05 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y N

K05 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L05 State Y N N Y Y N

M05 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y N

N05 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

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FUNCTION CODE: 06 NAME: National Defense and International Relations

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Selected Federal Programs

DEFINITION: Federal Government activities to protect the United States and its allies from foreign aggression, to maintain

military capabilities for deterring war, to protect and advance its interests in international affairs, and to provide military, economic,

and humanitarian aid to other nations.

EXAMPLES: Comprises primarily the Departments of Defense, Energy (part), and State as well as such agencies as U.S.

Information Agency, Agency for International Development (AID), Peace Corps, Export-Import Bank, and International Monetary

Fund. Activities covered include the military services, National Guard and Reserves forces, intelligence agencies, military

procurement, defense research and evaluation, military housing, and selective service system; outlays of the Military Retirement

Fund; conduct of diplomatic and consular relations, payments to international organizations like the United Nations, and

international communication, education, and cultural activities; military assistance; foreign aid for economic support, functional

development, and humanitarian assistance; Food for Peace (PL 480 Food Aid) and Foreign Agriculture Service; atomic energy

defense research, development, and production.

EXCLUSIONS: Military and economic loans to other countries (except "forgiven loans"); Soldiers' and Airmen's Home (report at

Other Public Welfare, code 79); payments to states for defense activities (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); tuition

payments for training (report at Other Education, code 21); Army Corps of Engineers (allocate among codes 57, 87, and 89);

Department of Energy other than atomic defense activities (report balance at Soil, Water, and Electric Energy Resources, code 57);

state-local militia, civil air patrol, civil defense, and other defense-related activities (use code 89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to the Federal Government; report any related state or local government

activities at code 89. (2) Report military service academies, such as West Point, here rather than at Education.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E06 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I06 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F06 Construction Y N N N N N

G06 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K06 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L06 State Y N N N N N

M06 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y N N N N N

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 12 NAME: Elementary and Secondary Education

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services; Education

DEFINITION: Operation, maintenance, and construction of public schools and facilities for elementary and secondary education

(kindergarten through high school), vocational-technical education, and other educational institutions except those for higher

education, whether operated by independent governments (school districts) or as integral agencies of state, county, municipal, or

township governments; and financial support of public elementary and secondary schools.

EXAMPLES: Instructional, support, and auxiliary services operated through school systems (school lunch, student activities,

community services, pupil transportation, health services, guidance counseling, and the like); administration and supervision of

school systems; special education, classes for the handicapped, and vocational education provided through school systems; libraries

operated by public schools; and plant maintenance and operation. For state governments, includes payments in support of local

school systems as well as direct expenditures on their behalf (e.g., for construction of school buildings, purchase of textbooks and

other instructional materials, acquisition and operation of school buses, and other local school activities).

EXCLUSIONS: Institutions of higher education (use codes 16 and 18); schools for the blind, deaf, or handicapped (if primarily for

training and education, report at Other Education, code 21; if primarily for physical rehabilitation and care, report at Hospitals, codes

36/38); state aid to private schools (report at Educational Assistance and Subsidies, code 19); state adult, vocational, and special

education programs operated outside school systems (use code 21). For state governments also exclude administrative expenses of

school building agencies and supervision of local public and private elementary-secondary education (use code 21).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E12 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

F12 Construction N Y Y Y Y Y

G12 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y Y

K12 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L12 State N N N Y Y N

M12 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y Y

N12 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

Q12 School Districts N Y N N N N

R12 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y Y Y Y Y

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 14 NAME: Postal Service (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Selected Federal Programs

DEFINITION: Activities of the U.S. Postal Services (USPS).

EXAMPLES: Includes all postal activities on a gross reported basis (i.e., without deducting postal fees and charges).

EXCLUSIONS: Subsidies to airlines (report at Air Transportation, code 01).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: The former cabinet-level Post Office Department became an independent Federal corporation and renamed the

U.S. Postal Service on July 1, 1971 as a result of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-375).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E14 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I14 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F14 Construction Y N N N N N

G14 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K14 Equipment Y N N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 16 NAME: Higher Education Auxiliary Enterprises

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services; Education; Institutions of Higher Education

DEFINITION: Activities and facilities connected with a state institution of higher education providing supplementary services to

students, faculty or staff, and which are self-supported (wholly or largely through charges for services) and operated on a

commercial basis.

EXAMPLES: Dormitories; cafeterias; bookstores; athletic facilities, contests, or events; student activities; lunch rooms; student

health services; college unions; college stores, barber shops, and the like.

EXCLUSIONS: Hospitals operated by medical schools (report at Own Hospitals, code 36); agricultural extension services (report

at Other Agriculture, code 54).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report expenditures on a gross basis without deduction for related revenue from charges. (2) Report any

employment data related to these activities at Other Higher Education, code 18. (3) This function applies solely to state

governments; report auxiliary enterprises associated with local institutions of higher education at code 18. (4) Refer to dependent

agency checklists for state government institutions included in function codes 16 and 18.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E16 Current Operations N Y N N N N

F16 Construction N Y N N N N

G16 Land & Existing Structures N Y N N N N

K16 Equipment N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 18 NAME: Other Higher Education

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services; Education; Institutions of Higher Education

DEFINITION: Degree-granting institutions (associate, bachelor, master, or doctorate) operated by state or local governments

which provide academic training beyond the high school (grade 12) level, other than for state-operated auxiliary enterprises.

EXAMPLES: Junior colleges; community colleges; universities; law schools; medical and nursing schools; agricultural colleges;

land grant institutions; engineering schools; and other institutions granting postsecondary degrees. Includes all related activities for

instruction, research, public service (except agricultural extension services), academic support, libraries, student services (other than

state self-supporting enterprises), administration, and plant maintenance.

EXCLUSIONS: Dormitories, bookstores, cafeterias, and other commercial-type services of state institutions (report at Auxiliary

Enterprises, code 16); training academies or programs which do not confer college-level degrees (e.g., police academies); state

vocational-technical schools which award certificates equal to less than 2-years of college (report at Other Education, code 21);

hospitals for general public operated by universities (report at Own Hospitals, code 36); agricultural experiment stations, farms, and

extension services (report at Natural Resources, codes 54/59); state scholarships and fellowships awarded to students (report at

Educational Assistance and Subsidies, code 19); state aid to or in support of private colleges (use code 19); state administration of

school building authorities (use code 21); Federal military academies such as West Point (report at National Defense and

International Relations, code 06).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Finance data for both codes 16 and 18 are obtained largely through the Integrated Postsecondary Education

Data Survey (IPEDS) conducted by the US Department of Education in agreement with the Census Bureau. (2) Report employment

data for the instructional staff only of university hospitals and agricultural experiment stations here. (3) Refer to dependent agency

checklists for state and large city and county government institutions included in function codes 16 and 18.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E18 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

F18 Construction N Y Y Y Y N

G18 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y N

K18 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L18 State N N N Y Y N

M18 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y N

N18 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

Q18 School Districts N Y N N N N

R18 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y Y Y Y N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 19 NAME: Assistance and Subsidies (Education)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services; Education

DEFINITION: State government direct cash payments to individuals for tuition, scholarships, and other financial aid to meet

educational expenses (other than loans), whether based on academic merit, financial need, athletic ability, or educational

disadvantage; and direct cash subsidies to private schools and colleges.

EXAMPLES: Scholarships (including those for specific areas of study, such as medicine or dentistry); fellowships; tuition or fee

aid, credits, waivers, remissions, etc.; payments under Federal aid programs, such as State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG), and

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG); outright grants; trainee stipends; student prizes; state veterans educational

opportunity grants; financial aid to private or parochial schools and colleges.

EXCLUSIONS: Pell Grants passed through state institutions (treat as direct Federal aid to student--i.e., as an agency transaction);

student loan programs; college work-study awards or other payments under programs where recipient must provide services to the

educational institution, such as teaching undergraduate students (report at Other Higher Education, code 18); Federal Government

education benefits to veterans, former military personnel, or eligible dependents (report at Veterans' Education Benefits, code 20).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to state governments; report any Federal cash assistance payments at either

Veterans' Education Benefits, code I20, or Other Education, code I21, and any related local cash assistance payments at Other

Higher Education, code E18. (2) Data on direct cash payments made by institutions themselves are collected through the Integrated

Postsecondary Education Data Survey (IPEDS); data on direct cash payments made by other agencies (e.g., state scholarship

commissions or boards of higher education) are obtained from other sources. (3) Report any employment data related to these

payments at code 21.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E19 Assistance and Subsidies N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 20 NAME: Veterans' Education Benefits (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services; Education

DEFINITION: Federal Government direct payments to or on behalf of veterans, former military personnel, and their eligible

dependents for education and training purposes and intergovernmental aid in support of state and local government veterans

educational benefits programs.

EXAMPLES: Veterans readjustment benefits for education and training; educational assistance under various "GI Bills"; All

Volunteer Force Education Assistance; Post-Vietnam Era Education Program payments.

EXCLUSIONS: Loans to veterans for education and training (nonexpenditures); distribution of funds from the Post-Vietnam Era

Veterans Education Trust Fund which represents repayments of voluntary contributions by eligible military personnel during their

service (report at Other Education, code 21); tuition payments for training by Department of Defense for active personnel (use code

21).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: 1) The benefit programs cited above are administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs although

some are funded by the Department of Defense. (2) This function applies solely to the Federal Government; report any state

government direct cash payments to veterans for tuition, scholarships, or other educational assistance at Educational Assistance and

Subsidies, code 19, and any such local government assistance at Other Higher Education, code 18.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E20 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I20 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F20 Construction Y N N N N N

G20 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K20 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L20 State Y N N N N N

M20 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 21 NAME: Other Education

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services; Education

DEFINITION: State government special programs and institutions primarily for training and education (rather than care) of the

blind, deaf, or other handicapped; programs for adult, vocational, or special education that operate outside school systems; and

educational activities not assignable to other education functions.

EXAMPLES: State schools for the blind, visually impaired, deaf, or other handicapped; adult education and vocational

rehabilitation and education not provided by school systems; technical or vocational-technical schools which award certificates

equal to less than two years of college; overall supervision of and general services to local elementary and secondary schools, public

or private; administration of state education activities; costs not allocable between elementary-secondary and higher education, such

as paying fringe benefit costs of employees of local schools and state colleges; administration of state school building authorities.

EXCLUSIONS: Institutions for blind, deaf, or other handicapped that are primarily for physical rehabilitation and care (report at

Hospitals, code 36/38); direct payments on behalf of local schools, such as for textbooks, purchase of buses, and construction of

school buildings (report at Elementary and Secondary Education, code 12); state intergovernmental aid to support local school

districts or dependent public school systems (use code 12); administration of state institutions of higher education (report at Other

Higher Education, code 18).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies only to Federal and state governments and to special district government employment.

For the Federal Government, it represents all education expenditures except veterans' benefits (code 20). (2) Report any related local

data at either code 12 or 18. (3) Refer to dependent agency checklists for state government institutions included in this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E21 Current Operations Y Y N N N N

I21 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F21 Construction Y Y N N N N

G21 Land & Existing Structures Y Y N N N N

K21 Equipment Y Y N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L21 State Y N N N N N

M21 Locals, NEC Y Y Y N N N

N21 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y N N N Y

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 22 NAME: Social Insurance Administration

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance

DEFINITION: Administration of unemployment compensation systems, public employment services, and the Federal Social

Security, Medicare, and Railroad Retirement trusts.

EXAMPLES: Unemployment compensation, unemployment insurance, and equivalent agencies involved in administering the

cooperative Federal-state unemployment compensation system; associated public employment, job services, employment services,

and other agencies providing job placement, counseling, veterans readjustment allowances, or related services; and determination of

eligibility for disability benefits under Federal Social Security (Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance) and

Medicare (Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance). For the Federal Government also includes administration of

Social Security, Medicare, and Railroad Unemployment and Retirement programs; and payments to state governments for

administering unemployment compensation, job services, and disability determination programs.

EXCLUSIONS: Benefits paid under these programs (report at appropriate insurance trust code); administration of public

employee retirement, workers' compensation, or miscellaneous insurance trusts (report at Financial Administration, code 23);

administration of Federal Supplemental Security program, or SSI (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79); activities funded by

Federal Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) monies channeled through public employment offices (report at function involved).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report intergovernmental expenditures here only for the Federal Government; report any state government

intergovernmental payments at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) Because of its unique position as a city-cum-state, Washington

DC is the. only local government to report data at this function. (3) This function is titled Employment Security Administration

when applied just to state and local governments.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E22 Current Operations Y Y Y N N N

I22 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F22 Construction Y Y Y N N N

G22 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y N N N

K22 Equipment Y Y Y N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L22 State Y N N N N N

M22 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y N N N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 23 NAME: Financial Administration

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Governmental Administration

DEFINITION: Officials and central staff agencies concerned with tax assessment and collection, accounting, auditing, budgeting,

purchasing, custody of funds, and other finance activities.

EXAMPLES: Auditor, comptroller, treasurer, office of the finance director, and other central accounting, budgeting, and

purchasing offices; tax administration, assessment, billing, and collection; custody and disbursement of funds; revenue collection

activities like tax sales, tax litigation, and charges of depositories; state supervision of local finances; management of debt and of

investments (including that of own utilities); cost of insurance for issuing debt; administration of employee-retirement, workers'

compensation, and state other insurance trust funds; lottery administrative costs (equal to amount coded Z53); licensing and tax

collection activities of motor vehicle departments; distinctive tax collection activities of regulatory agencies; central data processing

centers; and other finance activities not recorded elsewhere. For Federal Government also includes Federal Reserve System and

Bureau of Engraving and Printing and U.S. Mint (Department of the Treasury).

EXCLUSIONS: Internal financial management activities of functional agencies (report at function of agency involved);

administration of unemployment compensation systems and of Federal Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds (report

at Social Insurance Administration, code 22); benefits paid from employee retirement, workers' compensation, and state other

insurance trusts (report at appropriate insurance trust code); activities of motor vehicle departments other than licensing (report at

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC, code 66); installation and maintenance of local government parking meters (report at

Parking Facilities, code 60); purchase and maintenance of real property held for investment (report at Other and Unallocable, code

89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E23 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y N

I23 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F23 Construction Y Y Y Y Y N

G23 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y N

K23 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L23 State Y N N Y Y N

M23 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y N

N23 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 24 NAME: Fire Protection

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Public Safety

DEFINITION: Prevention, avoidance, and suppression of fires and provision of ambulance, medical, rescue, or auxiliary services

provided by fire protection agencies.

EXAMPLES: Regular fire departments; financial, technical, and operational support of volunteer fire forces; fire hydrant charges;

rescue squads; fire inspection, investigation, and regulation; fire marshals; fire prevention education; fire suppression training;

auxiliary services; fire stations, buildings, and other facilities used exclusively for fire protection purposes; and these activities IF

handled by a fire department: ambulances, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedic squads, and arson investigation. Also

include any identifiable amounts for services rendered by other agencies of the same government for fire protection or suppression,

such as provision of water by water supply utility.

EXCLUSIONS: Forest-fire protection and suppression (report Federal and state expenditure at Forestry, code 56, and local

amounts at Other Natural Resources, code 59); ambulances, emergency medical technicians, and paramedic squads handled by

non-fire departments (report at Health, code 32).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Effective with 1988 data, the treatment of ambulance and emergency medical services was clarified to

include it here only if handled by a fire protection agency. (2) This function applies solely to local governments; report any related

Federal and state government data at Other and Unallocable, code 89, except forest fire protection and suppression as described

under the Exclusions section. (3) For employment, treat volunteer fire fighters remunerated on a "per fire" or other such basis as

part-time employees.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E24 Current Operations N N Y Y Y Y

F24 Construction N N Y Y Y Y

G24 Land & Existing Structures N N Y Y Y Y

K24 Equipment N N Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L24 State N N N Y Y Y

M24 Locals, NEC N N Y Y Y Y

EMPLOYMENT DATA N N Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 25 NAME: Judicial and Legal

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Governmental Administration

DEFINITION: Courts (criminal and civil) and activities associated with courts, legal services, and legal counseling of indigent or

other needy persons.

EXAMPLES: Criminal and civil courts of limited and general jurisdiction; appellate courts; juries, court reporters, witness fees,

and law libraries; medical and social service activities of courts (except probation); court activities of sheriff offices (bailiffs or

"civil" functions); registers of wills and other probate activities; legal departments, general counsels, solicitors, prosecuting and

district attorneys; attorneys providing government-wide services; public defenders; payments for court-appointed lawyers; indigent

defense; and contributions to legal aid societies.

EXCLUSIONS: Probation (report at Other Corrections, code 05); judgments and claims and crime victim compensation or

reparation (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); boards of appeal for zoning, tax assessment, workers' compensation, or other

nonjudicial areas adjudication related strictly to administrative rule-making; "judges" which are administrative or executive positions

(report at Central Staff Services, code 29).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Effective with 1982 data, this category was expanded (a) from court activities only to also encompass legal

services and public defense, formerly classed under Central Staff Services, code 29, and Other Public Welfare, code 79, respectively,

and (b) to cover all general purpose governments instead of states and large cities and counties. (2) Exclude from employment data

private attorneys on retainer and court-appointed private counsel.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E25 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y N

I25 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F25 Construction Y Y Y Y Y N

G25 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y N

K25 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L25 State Y N N Y Y N

M25 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y N

N25 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y N

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 26 NAME: Legislative

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Governmental Administration

DEFINITION: Legislative bodies and related activities involved in the making, enacting, and repeal of laws.

EXAMPLES: U.S. Congress; state legislatures; research and investigative agencies and committees directly responsible to the

legislature.

EXCLUSIONS: Major agencies within the legislative branch operating autonomously and having a specific function (e.g., report

U.S. Library of Congress at Libraries, code 52, and the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) at Financial Administrative, code

23).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to Federal and state government expenditures; report any related local

expenditure and all employment data at Central Staff Services, code 29. (2) This function includes direct expenditures only--report

any intergovernmental outlays at code 29.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E26 Current Operations Y Y N N N N

F26 Construction Y Y N N N N

G26 Land & Existing Structures Y Y N N N N

K26 Equipment Y Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 28 NAME: Veterans' Health (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance Health

DEFINITION: Federal Government provision of health care services to veterans other than for hospital care.

EXAMPLES: Comprises health care activities of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: veterans outpatient medical

and dental care; veterans medical, rehabilitation, and prosthetic research; payments to private physicians and dentists for medical

care provided to veterans.

EXCLUSIONS: Inpatient health care services at VA hospitals (report at Own Hospitals-Veterans, code 37); payments for health

care for veterans in other public or private hospitals (report at Other Hospitals-Veterans, code 39); Department of Defense health

care services for active or retired military personnel (report at National Defense and International Relations, code 06).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to the Federal Government; report any related state or local government

expenditure and employment data at Other Health, code 32.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E28 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I28 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F28 Construction Y N N N N N

G28 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K28 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L28 State Y N N N N N

M28 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 29 NAME: Finance - Central Staff Services ;

Employment - Central Administration

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Governmental Administration

DEFINITION: Government-wide executive, administrative, and staff service agencies other than financial, judicial, legal, and

Federal or state legislative activities.

EXAMPLES: Office of the chief executive, mayor, city manager, county administrator; central personnel administration; overall

planning and zoning; clerk's office, recorder, and general public reporting; central staff executive and administrative agencies. For

local governments also includes legislative activities such as city or county council, board of supervisors, commissioners, etc.

EXCLUSIONS: Planning activities limited to a specific function and internal control or administrative activities of functional

agencies (report at function of agency involved); conduct of elections (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); central finance

agencies and data processing centers (report at Financial Administration, code 23); multi-purpose public buildings and related

services (report at General Public Buildings, code 31); clerk of court and other judicial recording activities (report at Judicial and

Legal, code 25).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: Effective with 1982 data, legal activities formerly included here were reclassified at Judicial and Legal, code

25.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E29 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y N

I29 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F29 Construction Y Y Y Y Y N

G29 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y N

K29 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L29 State Y N N Y Y N

M29 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y N

N29 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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FUNCTION CODE: 30 NAME: General Local Government Support

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: General Government, NEC

DEFINITION: State government intergovernmental payments to local governments that are unrestricted as to the function or

purpose for which they may be spent.

EXAMPLES: State-collected taxes shared with localities, usually on a formula basis (e.g., taxes on general sales, cigarettes,

income, etc.); distribution of profits from alcoholic beverage monopolies; payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; per capita aid; revenue sharing

programs; general municipal or county aid unrestricted in its uses (e.g., distributed on basis of population); amounts to reimburse

local units for property tax relief, homestead exemptions, and other tax losses; and state redistribution of Federal grazing fees.

EXCLUSIONS: Aid or grant programs that apply distinctively either to school districts (report at the appropriate Education

function, codes 12-21) or to single-purpose special districts--e.g., drainage districts, road districts, etc. (report at function involved);

state taxes collected by local governments and retained as a fee or for other purposes (treat as tax revenue of local government).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to state intergovernmental expenditures; report any related direct costs and all

employment data for the administration of these programs according to the function of the distributing agency. (2) Report any

comparable Federal or local intergovernmental expenditure data at Other and Unallocable, code 89.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

M30 Locals, NEC N Y N N N N

N30 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R30 Special Districts N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 31 NAME: General Public Buildings

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Governmental Administration

DEFINITION: Construction, equipping, maintenance, and operation of general public buildings not related to specific functions

or agencies.

EXAMPLES: Courthouses (i.e., general county offices buildings), city halls, multi-purpose office buildings and annexes; and

lighting, janitorial, custodial, and other services furnished for general public buildings.

EXCLUSIONS: School buildings, police stations, firehouses, libraries, institutional buildings, jails, hospitals, courthouses that

hold only courts and related judicial agencies, etc. (report at function involved to the extent practicable).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to state and local government expenditures; report any related Federal

expenditure and all employment data at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) This function includes direct expenditures only--report

any intergovernmental outlays at code 89.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E31 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

F31 Construction N Y Y Y Y N

G31 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y N

K31 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 32 NAME: Other Health

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Health

DEFINITION: Provision of services for the conservation and improvement of public health, other than hospital care, and

financial support of other governments' health programs.

EXAMPLES: Public health administration, laboratories, public education, vital statistics, research, and other general health

activities; categorical health programs (e.g., control of cancer, TB, socially transmitted diseases, mental illness, etc. and maternal

and child health care); health-related inspection and regulation (e.g., inspection of restaurants, water supplies, food handlers, nursing

homes, etc.); community and visiting nurses; immunization programs; out-patient health clinics; regulation of air and water quality,

sanitary engineering, and other environmental health activities; rabies and animal control; abatement of mosquitoes, rodents, and

other vermin; ambulance and emergency medical services ONLY IF handled separately from fire department; alcohol and drug

abuse prevention and rehabilitation; school health services provided by a health agency; activities funded by Federal W.I.C.

funds--Women, Infants, and Children. For Federal Government also includes Food and Drug Administration and Environmental

Protection Agency (except sewerage construction grants).

EXCLUSIONS: Vendor payments for medical appliances, supplies, or services under public assistance programs (use code E74);

examination and licensing of health-related professions--e.g., doctors, nurses, and barbers (report at Protective Inspection and

Regulation, NEC, code 66); activities related to agricultural standards or protection of agricultural products from disease (report at

Other Agriculture, code 54); operation or construction of nursing homes (report at Public Welfare, codes 77/79); vocational

rehabilitation (report at Education, codes 18/21); coroners and crime labs (report at Police Protection, code 62). For Federal

Government exclude veterans' medical care (report at Veterans' Health, code 28).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: Effective with 1988 data, the classification of the following items was clarified: report nursing homes (except

inspection of) at Public Welfare and ambulance services at Health only if latter are not organized under a fire department.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E32 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I32 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F32 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G32 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K32 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L32 State Y N N Y Y Y

M32 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N32 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

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R32 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 36 NAME: Own Hospitals (except Federal Veterans)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Hospitals other than Federal Veterans

DEFINITION: Hospital facilities providing in-patient medical care and institutions primarily for care and treatment of

handicapped (rather than education) which are directly administered by a government, including those operated by public

universities. Also covers direct payments for acquisition or construction of hospitals whether or not the government will operate the

completed facility.

EXAMPLES: Government-operated general hospitals; institutions for the custody, treatment, or general care of the mentally

insane or defective, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, or emotionally disturbed; TB sanatoria, maternity and children hospitals,

orthopedic hospitals, and hospitals for chronic diseases; institutions for care and treatment of blind, deaf, developmentally disabled,

or other special classes of handicap; hospitals associated with university medical schools (including paid student help).

EXCLUSIONS: Nursing homes (or other welfare institutions) not directly associated with a public hospital (report at Public

Welfare, codes 77/79); state schools for blind, deaf, or other handicapped primarily for education and training (report at Other

Education, code 21); hospitalization of persons in other public or private hospitals (report at Other Hospitals, codes 38/39);

payments to private vendors for medical care under welfare programs (use code E74); support of other public or private hospitals

(use code 38); infirmaries serving particular institutions, like college infirmaries and prison hospitals (report at function involved);

hospitals for criminally insane operated by corrections agency (report at Correctional Institutions, code 04); payments to or

employment of private corporations which lease and operate government-owned hospitals (for payments, use code 38); instructional

staff of medical school hospitals (report at Other Higher Education, code 18); veterans hospitals operated by U.S. Veterans

Administration (report at Own Hospitals-Veterans, code 37).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report public hospital expenditures from Federal Medicaid funds here. (2) Effective with 1985 data, the

following four state-only categories were consolidated into this single function due to the growing difficulty of distinguishing them:

Regular Mental Hospitals, Other Mental Hospitals, General Hospitals, and Own Hospitals, NEC. (3) Refer to dependent agency

checklists for state and large city and county government institutions included in this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E36 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

F36 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G36 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K36 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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FUNCTION CODE: 37 NAME: Own Hospitals-Veterans (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Hospitals Federal Veterans

DEFINITION: Hospital facilities providing medical care to veterans and institutions primarily for the care and treatment of

service-connected disabilities and which are directly administered by the Federal Government.

EXAMPLES: Comprises hospitals and related medical facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

EXCLUSIONS: Payments to other hospital facilities (public or private) for medical care of veterans (report at Other

Hospitals-Veterans, code 39); VA outpatient medical care (report at Veterans Health, code 28); veterans medical and prosthetic

research (use code 28); domiciliary medical care and contract nursing home care (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79); health

training and education (report at Other Education, code 21); hospitals operated by the Department of Defense (report at National

Defense and International Relations, code 06).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to the Federal Government; report any state-operated veterans hospitals at Own

Hospitals, code 36.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E37 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I37 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F37 Construction Y N N N N N

G37 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K37 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L37 State Y N N N N N

M37 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 38 NAME: Other Hospitals (except Federal Veterans)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Hospitals Other than Federal Veterans

DEFINITION: Provision of hospital care in other hospitals (public or private) and support of other public and private hospitals.

EXAMPLES: Hospitalization of persons in other public or private hospitals, except payments made under public welfare

programs; financial support of other public or private hospitals, including construction; payments to private corporations who lease

and operate government-owned hospitals; construction of hospitals to be leased or turned over to others to operate IF government

actually supervises of controls their construction.

EXCLUSIONS: Payments to private vendors for hospital care administered as part of public medical assistance programs (report

at Vendor Payments for Medical Care, code E74); payments to public hospitals by other agencies of same government (internal

transfers); payments for medical care in nursing homes or other welfare institutions unless facility is associated with a hospital

(report at Public Welfare,codes 77/79); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs payments for contractual hospital care (report at Other

Veterans' Hospitals, code 39).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: No employment data are associated with this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E38 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y N

I38 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F38 Construction Y Y Y Y Y N

G38 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y N

K38 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L38 State Y N N Y Y Y

M38 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N38 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R38 Special Districts N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 39 NAME: Other Hospitals - Veterans (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Hospitals Federal Veterans

DEFINITION: Federal Government provision of hospital care to eligible veterans in hospitals (public or private) other than those

operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

EXAMPLES: Contract hospitalization of veterans; grants to state governments for hospitalizing veterans in state hospitals and for

constructing or improving extended medical care facilities furnishing care to veterans; other payments for care and treatment of

veterans in hospital facilities not under the jurisdiction of the VA.

EXCLUSIONS: Contract care or grants for nursing home care and domiciliary medical care (report at Other Public Welfare, code

79); hospitals operated by the Department of Defense (report at National Defense and International Relations, code 06).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to the Federal Government; report any related state or local government

payments for care of veterans in other public or private hospitals at Other Hospitals, code 38. (2) No employment data are associated

with this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E39 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I39 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F39 Construction Y N N N N N

G39 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K39 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L39 State Y N N N N N

M39 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 40 NAME: Own Hospitals

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance | | Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Hospitals

DEFINITION: Hospital facilities providing in-patient medical care and institutions primarily for care and treatment of

handicapped (rather than education) which are directly administered by a government, including those operated by public

universities. Also covers direct payments for acquisition or construction of hospitals whether or not the government will operate the

completed facility.

EXAMPLES: Government-operated general hospitals; institutions for the custody, treatment, or general care of the mentally

insane or defective, feeble-minded, mentally retarded, or emotionally disturbed; TB sanatoria, maternity and children hospitals,

orthopedic hospitals, and hospitals for chronic diseases; institutions for care and treatment of blind, deaf, developmentally disabled,

or other special classes of handicap; hospitals associated with university medical schools (including paid student help).

EXCLUSIONS: Nursing homes (or other welfare institutions) not directly associated with a public hospital (report at Public

Welfare, code 79); state schools for blind, deaf, or other handicapped primarily for education and training (report at Other

Education, code 21); infirmaries serving particular institutions, like college infirmaries and prison hospitals (report at function

involved); hospitals for criminally insane operated by corrections agency (report at Correctional Institutions, code 05); instructional

staff of medical school hospitals (report at Other Higher Education, code 18).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Refer to dependent agency checklists for state and large city and county government institutions included in

this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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DESCRIPTIONS OF FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES

FUNCTION CODE: 44 NAME: Regular Highways

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Transportation; Highways

DEFINITION: Maintenance, operation, repair, and construction of nontoll highways, streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, bridges,

tunnels, ferry boats, viaducts, and related structures.

EXAMPLES: Snow and ice removal and application of salt and sand (including that by sanitation or street cleaning agencies, if

identifiable); street or highway lighting and related fixtures; traffic signals; highway and traffic design, planning, and engineering IF

handled by public works or highways agency; highway safety; nontoll ferries; operation of drawspans; garages, administrative

buildings, and other facilities of highway agencies; construction and maintenance of such highway-related items as curbs, gutters,

crosswalks, grade separations, trestles, railroad crossings, and storm drains that are integral to highway projects; value of prison

labor provided by corrections agencies; intergovernmental payments for highways (toll or free), including state aid for debt service

on local highway debt.

EXCLUSIONS: Patrol or policing of streets and highways and traffic control activities of police or public safety agencies (report

at Police Protection, code 62); street cleaning activities (report at Solid Waste Management, code 81); local public parking facilities

or meters (report at Parking Facilities, code 60); operation of water transport and terminal facilities (use code 87); roads and

walkways within parks and maintained by a park agency (report at Parks and Recreation, code 61); drainage unrelated to highway

projects (report at Other Natural Resources, code 59).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report cost of street lighting furnished by an electric utility operated by same government here and deduct

an equal amount from Electric Power utility, code E92. (2) Effective with 1988 data, the treatment of traffic engineering was

clarified to include it here unless expressly handled by a police agency. (3) Report employment data for toll highways here.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E44 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I44 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F44 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G44 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K44 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L44 State Y N N Y Y Y

M44 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N44 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R44 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 45 NAME: Toll Highways

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Transportation; Highways

DEFINITION: Maintenance, operation, repair, and construction of highways, roads, bridges, ferries, and tunnels operated on a

fee or toll basis.

EXAMPLES: Turnpikes, toll roads, toll bridges, toll ferries (including docks and related terminals), toll tunnels, and all related

activities and facilities such as snow and ice removal, highway police and fire protection units IF administered by the toll authority,

lighting and light fixtures, design and engineering, garages and administrative buildings of toll authorities, operation of toll booths,

drawspans, rest stops, and service areas by the toll authority itself.

EXCLUSIONS: Debt service on toll facility debt (report interest payments at code I89 and repayment of principal at appropriate

debt retirement code, 3-X); intergovernmental aid for toll facilities, including state aid for debt service on local highway debt (report

at Regular Highways, code 44); police and fire protection services not provided by toll authority itself (report at Police Protection,

code 62, or Fire Protection, code 24); free ferries (use code 44).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function includes direct expenditures only--report any intergovernmental outlays at Regular Highways,

code 44. (2) Report expenditures without deducting any related tolls or charges. (3) For leased facilities include government's

expenditures and exclude those of the lessees'. (4) Report any related special district expenditures and all employment data at

Regular Highways, code 44.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E45 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

F45 Construction N Y Y Y Y N

G45 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y N

K45 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 47 NAME: Private Transit Subsidies

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Transportation

DEFINITION: Payments in support of privately-owned and operated transit utility operations, including railroads.

EXAMPLES: Payments or subsidies to private bus companies, railways, light rail, or other private passenger transportation

systems for construction, purchase of equipment, and operations; subsidies to railroads for continued service to rural or outlying

areas.

EXCLUSIONS: Payments in support of highway-related activities (report at Regular Highways, code 44); subsidies to transit

utilities operated by other governments (report at Transit Systems, code 94); payments to private firms to provide transportation for

government employees--e.g., shuttle bus service between public buildings (report at function of paying agency or at Other and

Unallocable, code 89); payments to private firms for transporting pupils (report at Elementary and Secondary Education, code 12);

subsidies or contributions to own transit system (use exhibit-only code Z61).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Effective with 1988 data, payments to other governments for support of their transit operations are

classified at Transit Systems, code 94, rather than here. Created as an aid to users, these intergovernmental expenditures codes for

transit utilities will continue to be reported as general government activities in Census Bureau publications. (2) No employment data

are associated with this function. (3) Report Federal Government mass transit grants at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (4) This

function was added to the classification manual beginning with fiscal year 1976-77 data.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E47 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

EXHIBIT-ONLY CODE:

Z61 Contribution to Own Transit System N Y N Y Y N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 50 NAME: Housing and Community Development

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing

DEFINITION: Construction, operation, and support of housing and redevelopment projects and other activities to promote or aid

public and private housing and community development.

EXAMPLES: Housing: Planning, construction, furnishing, and operation of public housing projects (generally for persons not

adequately served by private sector); rent subsidies (e.g., "Section 8" assistance); housing and mortgage finance agencies; promotion

of home ownership; assistance for repair and renovation of existing homes; and programs to encourage private sector housing

production. Community development: Urban renewal and slum clearance; redevelopment and rehabilitation of substandard or

deteriorated facilities and areas; rural redevelopment; and revitalization of commercial areas.

EXCLUSIONS: Building inspection and enforcement of housing codes or standards (report at Protective Inspection and

Regulation, NEC, code 66); direct loans to individuals, builders, landlords, or others (nonexpenditures); distribution of proceeds

from mortgage revenue bonds (see Chapter 9 on debt); temporary shelters or housing for the homeless (report at Public Welfare,

codes 77/79); and construction and maintenance of military housing by the U.S. Department of Defense (report at National Defense

and International Relations, code 06).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) The emphasis of this function is on physical plant--its construction, provision, improvement, financing, and

the operation of public housing facilities. Activities that directly aid homeowners or renters themselves (e.g., housing expense relief)

generally fall under Public Welfare functions. (2) Report community development block grants clearly identified as being for other

functions, such as sewers, streets, parks, etc., with those functions UNLESS an integral part of a housing project.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E50 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I50 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F50 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G50 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K50 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L50 State Y N N Y Y Y

M50 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N50 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R50 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 51 NAME: Farm Credit Programs (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources; Agriculture

DEFINITION: Federal Government programs for providing direct loans and loan guarantees to farmers, for the construction and

operation of rural electric power and telephone systems, and for the regulation and examination of financial institutions constituting

the Farm Credit System.

EXAMPLES: Comprises the activities of: U.S. Farmers Home Administration (agricultural credit insurance, rural housing

insurance, and related administration); Rural Electrification Administration (rural electrification and telephone loans and guaranteed

loans, Rural Telephone Bank, and related administration); and the Farm Credit Administration.

EXCLUSIONS: Extensions of loans themselves and the value of guaranteed loans (nonexpenditures); rural water and wastewater

disposal grants (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); rural economic development loan programs (use code 89); Federal crop

insurance and other farm income or price support programs (report at Farm Income Stabilization, code 53).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to the Federal Government expenditures--report any related Federal employment

data at Other Natural Resources, code 59.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E51 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I51 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L51 State Y N N N N N

M51 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 52 NAME: Libraries

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Education Services

DEFINITION: Establishment and provision of libraries for use by the general public and the technical and financial support of

privately-operated libraries.

EXAMPLES: Public libraries, community libraries, consolidated libraries, regional libraries, and their variously-named

equivalents; library extension services including bookmobiles; public library (special) districts; U.S. Library of Congress (including

Copyright Office); state library commissions and boards; aid for the construction or operation of other libraries, governmental or

private; programs to promote, develop, and coordinate library services and facilities.

EXCLUSIONS: Law libraries (report at Judicial and Legal, code 25); libraries operated by school systems--elementary,

secondary, or higher education--primarily for the benefit of students and teachers (report at Education, codes 12/18); specialized

libraries which do not serve the general public, such as a medical library of a university hospital (report at function involved).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E52 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I52 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F52 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G52 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K52 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L52 State Y N N Y Y Y

M52 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N52 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R52 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y N(1) Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

(1) Except State of Hawaii

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 53 NAME: Farm Income Stabilization (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources; Agriculture

DEFINITION: Federal Government programs to stabilize, support, and protect farm income and prices through commodity loans,

purchases, and payments, production limits, and crop insurance.

EXAMPLES: Comprises these activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC);

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (which administers much of the CCC's commodities program as well as related

land use programs designed for voluntary production adjustment, resource protection, and price and farm income stabilization); the

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (which seeks to improve agricultural economic stability through a system of crop insurance

covering losses from natural hazards); and purchase of commodities for child nutrition programs.

EXCLUSIONS: Extensions of loans themselves (nonexpenditures); sale or provision of agricultural commodities to other

countries, such as Food for Progress (PL 480) and Food for Peace programs (report at National Defense and International Relations,

code 06); transfer of funds from the CCC to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (an intragovernmental transfer);

conservation programs unrelated to price or income support; agricultural credit programs unrelated to farm income stabilization

(report at Farm Credit Programs, code 51).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to Federal Government expenditures; report any related Federal employment data at

Other Natural Resources, code 59).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E53 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I53 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F53 Construction Y N N N N N

G53 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K53 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L53 State Y N N N N N

M53 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

(1) Except State of Hawaii

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FUNCTION CODE: 54 NAME: Other Agriculture

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources; Agriculture

DEFINITION: Development, improvement, promotion, and conservation of natural resources for agricultural purposes; and the

regulation and inspection of agricultural products and establishments.

EXAMPLES: Support and promotion of agricultural associations, fairs, livestock and poultry shows, and the like; agricultural

boards and advisory commissions; provision of agricultural extension services; agricultural experiment stations and other research

activities; promotion, improvement, and control of livestock production and dairy products; promotion of improved methods to

store, pack, label, and market farm products; promotion of the sale or consumption of agricultural goods; regulation of the quality,

safety, and handling of agricultural products, such as inspection, licensing, and standardization; protection of crops and stocks from

predatory animals and other natural hazards.

EXCLUSIONS: Agricultural schools and land grant colleges except for agricultural experiment stations and extension services

(report at Other Higher Education, code 18); distinctive activities for: conservation of soil or water resources including flood control

and drainage (report Federal activities at Soil, Water, and Electric Energy Resources, code 57, and state activities at Other Natural

Resources, code 59); Fish and Game (use code 55), or Forestry (use code 56); regulation of weights and measures (report at

Protective Regulation and Inspection, NEC, code 66). For Federal Government also exclude activities recordable under Farm Credit

Programs (code 51) or Farm Income Stabilization (code 53).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to Federal and state government expenditures; report any related local expenditure

and all employment data at Other Natural Resources, code 59.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E54 Current Operations Y Y N N N N

I54 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F54 Construction Y Y N N N N

G54 Land & Existing Structures Y Y N N N N

K54 Equipment Y Y N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L54 State Y N N N N N

M54 Locals, NEC Y Y N N N N

N54 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R54 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 55 NAME: Fish and Game

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources

DEFINITION: Conservation, improvement, development, and propagation of fish and game resources; and the regulation and

enforcement of fish and game laws and rules.

EXAMPLES: Fish and game commissions; operation of fish hatcheries; stocking of lakes and streams; "seeding" of waterways for

propagation; regulation and enforcement of laws relating to commercial or sport fishing and wildlife, including inspection of

processing facilities; fish and game wardens (including those with arrest powers); research studies and surveys to measure fish and

wildlife populations; development and maintenance of wildlife management or hunting and fishing areas; management and

protection of wildlife or fish species; and related public education programs.

EXCLUSIONS: Water or soil conservation activities not directly related to fish and game (report Federal activities at Soil, Water,

and Electric Energy Resources, code 57, and state activities at Other Natural Resources, code 59).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to state government expenditures; report any related Federal or local expenditures

and all employment data at Other Natural Resources, code 59.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E55 Current Operations N Y N N N N

F55 Construction N Y N N N N

G55 Land & Existing Structures N Y N N N N

K55 Equipment N Y N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

M55 Locals, NEC Y Y N N N N

N55 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R55 Special Districts N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 56 NAME: Forestry

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources

DEFINITION: Conservation, development, management, and protection of forests and forest resources; regulation and inspection

of forest products and industries; and provision of assistance to private or local government owners of woodlands.

EXAMPLES: Cooperative forest management; forest crop land administration; promotion of the use and marketing of forest

products; forest fire prevention, control, and suppression; state forest land management; detection and control of insects and tree

diseases; operation and support of tree seedling nurseries; regulation and inspection of timber producers, forest product industries,

and other wood processors; acquisition, development, and management of state forests; reforestation activities; and urban and

community forestry.

EXCLUSIONS: Forest-related activities of parks agencies (report at Parks and Recreation, code 61); wildlife management unless

an inseparable part of a forestry agency (report Federal and local activities at Other Natural Resources, code 59, and state activities

at Fish and Game, code 55).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies solely to Federal and state expenditures; report any related local expenditures and all

employment data at Other Natural Resources, code 59.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E56 Current Operations Y Y N N N N

I56 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F56 Construction Y Y N N N N

G56 Land & Existing Structures Y Y N N N N

K56 Equipment Y Y N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L56 State Y N N N N N

M56 Locals, NEC Y Y N N N N

N56 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R56 Special Districts N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 57 NAME: Soil, Water, and Electric Energy Resources

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources

DEFINITION: Federal Government programs for the conservation, management, and development of soil and water resources;

flood prevention and control; management of public lands; generation and distribution of electric power (including hydroelectric

energy); and development of new or improved energy sources and technologies.

EXAMPLES: Comprises the activities of: U.S. Department of Energy (energy supply, research, and development; uranium supply

and enrichment; strategic petroleum reserves; electric power marketing administrations; and Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission); Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program (flood control and prevention;

beach erosion control; dam safety; and hydro power stations); Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (management and

development of water for irrigation, public and industrial use, salinity control, dam safety, and flood prevention; and hydroelectric

generation) and Bureau of Land Management (management of public lands and their resources); Department of Agriculture's Soil

Conservation Service; and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

EXCLUSIONS: Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities (report at National Defense and International Relations,

code 06) and nuclear waste disposal (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); Army Corps of Engineers' navigation and harbors

activities (report at Water Transport and Terminals, code 87); Bureau of Land Management programs for managing minerals (report

at Mineral Resources, code 58) and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (use code 89); Rural Electrification Administration (report at Farm

Credit Programs, code 51).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to Federal Government expenditures; report any related Federal employment

data at Other Natural Resources, code 59. (2) Report state-local soil and water conservation activities at code 59.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E57 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I57 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F57 Construction Y N N N N N

G57 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K57 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L57 State Y N N N N N

M57 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 58 NAME: Mineral Resources (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources

DEFINITION: Federal Government programs related to the exploration and production of oil, gas, and other minerals;

reclamation of mines and abatement of the negative environmental effects of mining; minerals research, information, and analysis;

and enforcement of mine safety laws and regulations.

EXAMPLES: Comprises the activities of: U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (overseeing offshore

minerals development and distributing funds to states from receipts under the Mineral Leasing Act), Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement (including abandoned mine reclamation), and Bureau of Mines; and the Department of Labor's Mine

Safety and Health Administration.

EXCLUSIONS: Department of Energy strategic petroleum reserves program (report at Soil, Water, and Electric Energy

Resources, code 57); mineral resource development on public lands managed by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land

Management (use code 57).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to Federal Government expenditures; report any related Federal employment

data at Other Natural Resources, code 59. (2) Report state-local soil and water conservation activities at code 59.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E58 Current Operations Y N N N N N

I58 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F58 Construction Y N N N N N

G58 Land & Existing Structures Y N N N N N

K58 Equipment Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L58 State Y N N N N N

M58 Locals, NEC Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 59 NAME: Other Natural Resources

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Natural Resources

DEFINITION: Conservation, promotion, and development of natural resources (soil, water, energy, minerals, etc.) and the

regulation of industries which develop, utilize, or affect natural resources. For Federal and state governments, covers activities not

reported in other Natural Resources functions.

EXAMPLES: Irrigation; drainage; flood control; soil conservation and reclamation including prevention of soil erosion;

surveying, development, and regulation of water resources; regulation of mineral resources and related industries including land

reclamation; wetlands and watershed management and protection; geological surveying and mapping; regulation of gas and oil

drilling and production; dam and reservoir safety; public education programs related to the above; technical and fiscal assistance to

private or other governmental efforts in these areas. For Federal Government also includes National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (Department of Commerce) and Geological Survey (Department of the Interior).

EXCLUSIONS: Hydroelectric power facilities (report Federal activities at Soil, Water, and Electric Energy Resources, code 57,

and state-local activities at Electric Power utilities, code 92); improvement of waterways, construction and maintenance of canals,

and operation of public water transportation facilities (report at Water Transport and Terminals, code 87); inspection of public

drinking water and activities related to air and water quality or pollution control (report at Health, code 32); advertising of state

resources (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report all employment and any local government expenditure data related to Natural Resources function

codes 51-58 here. (2) Some of the above activities may be reported in other Natural Resources functions for states and especially for

the Federal Government (e.g., at Mineral Resources, code 58).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E59 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I59 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F59 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G59 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K59 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L59 State Y N N Y Y Y

M59 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N59 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R59 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 60 NAME: Parking Facilities

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Transportation

DEFINITION: Provision, construction, maintenance, and operation of local government public parking facilities operated on a

commercial basis.

EXAMPLES: Public parking lots and garages; purchase and maintenance of parking meters, on street and on parking lots, and

collection of monies from them.

EXCLUSIONS: Enforcement of parking regulations and laws--e.g. meter readers (report at Police Protection, code 62); parking

facilities for exclusive use of government employees (?) (report at General Public Buildings, code 30); parking areas connected to a

specific type of facility, such as those for a public sports stadium (report at function of facility involved, such as Parks and

Recreation, code 61).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to local government expenditures; report any related Federal or state

expenditures and all employment data at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) For leased facilities include local government

expenditures and exclude those of the lessees'.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E60 Current Operations N N Y Y Y Y

F60 Construction N N Y Y Y Y

G60 Land & Existing Structures N N Y Y Y Y

K60 Equipment N N Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L60 State N N N Y Y Y

M60 Locals, NEC N N Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 61 NAME: Parks and Recreation

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing

DEFINITION: Provision and support of recreational and cultural-scientific facilities maintained for the benefit of residents and

visitors.

EXAMPLES: Golf courses, playgrounds, tennis courts, public beaches, swimming pools, play fields, parks, camping areas,

recreational piers and marinas, etc., including support of private facilities; galleries, museums, zoos, and botanical gardens;

auditoriums, stadiums, recreational centers, convention centers, and exhibition halls; community music, drama, and celebrations

including public support of cultural activities. For Federal Government also includes Smithsonian Institution and National

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.

EXCLUSIONS: Recreational and cultural-scientific activities and facilities operated as part of school systems (report at

Education, codes 12/18); marinas operated for commerce rather than recreation (report at Water Transport and Terminals, code 87).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Prior to 1977 data, this function applied solely to local governments. Effective with 1977 data, it was

extended to cover both Federal and state governments, whose activities were reported previously at Forestry [and Parks], code 56.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E61 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I61 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F61 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G61 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K61 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L61 State Y N N Y Y Y

M61 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N61 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R61 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 62 NAME: Police Protection

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Public Safety

DEFINITION: Preservation of law and order, protection of persons and property from illegal acts, and the prevention, control,

investigation, and reduction of crime.

EXAMPLES: Regular police departments; law enforcement activities of sheriff and constable offices; state highway patrols;

criminal investigation and testifying in court; police training academies; coroners, medical examiners, forensic services, and crime

labs; temporary "lockups"; police communications and radios services; buildings or other facilities used exclusively for police

purposes (including rentals); criminal justice planning; payments for transporting criminals; and the following activities IF handled

by a police agency: motor vehicle inspection and regulation, liquor law enforcement, and traffic control (e.g., enforcing speed laws,

operating radar units, directing traffic). For Federal Government also includes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug

Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) of the Department of Justice, Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and U.S. Secret Service of the Department of the Treasury, and law enforcement activities of the

U.S. Customs Service, Internal Revenue Service, and Coast Guard.

EXCLUSIONS: Special police forces of nonpolice agencies such as park rangers and fish and game wardens (report at function of

agency involved); law enforcement units of legal offices (report at Judicial and Legal, code 25); traffic control and engineering

performed by non-police agencies (report at Highways, codes 44 / 45); police jails that hold people beyond arraignment (report at

Corrections, codes 04 / 05); civil or bailiff activities of sheriff offices (use code 25).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: Effective with 1988 data, the treatment of traffic control and engineering was clarified to include it here only if

handled by a police agency.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E62 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I62 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F62 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G62 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K62 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L62 State Y N N Y Y Y

M62 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N62 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R62 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 66 NAME: Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Public Safety

DEFINITION: Regulation and inspection of private establishments for the protection of the public or to prevent hazardous

conditions NOT classified under another major function.

EXAMPLES: Inspection of plans, permits, construction, or installations related to buildings, housing, plumbing, electrical

systems, gas, air conditioning, boilers, elevators, electric power plant sites, nuclear facilities, weights and measures, etc.; regulation

of financial institutions, taxicabs, public service corporations, insurance companies, private utilities (telephone, electric, etc.), and

other corporations; licensing, examination, and regulation of professional occupations, including health-related ones like doctors,

nurses, barbers, beauticians, etc.; inspection and regulation or working conditions and occupational hazards; motor vehicle

inspection and weighing unless handled by a police agency; regulation and enforcement of liquor laws and sale of alcoholic

beverages unless handled by a police department.

EXCLUSIONS: Distinctive license revenue collection activities (report at Financial Administration, code 23); regulatory or

inspection activities related to food establishments or to environmental health (report at Health, code 32); motor vehicle inspection,

liquor law enforcement, and other regulatory type activities of police agencies (report at Police Protection, code 62); regulatory and

inspection activities related to other major functions, such as fire inspections, health permits, water permits, and the like (report at

function involved);

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to state and local government expenditure; report any related Federal

expenditure and all employment data at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) This function is an "NEC" category; thus, report here

only those regulatory and inspection activities not recordable under another major function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E66 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

F66 Construction N Y Y Y Y N

G66 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y N

K66 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L66 State N N N Y Y N

M66 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y N

N66 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R66 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 67 NAME: Federal Categorical Assistance Programs

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Public Welfare; Cash Assistance Payments

DEFINITION: Direct payments to beneficiaries under the Federal categorical public assistance programs, Supplemental Security

Income (SSI) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); and intergovernmental aid under the Federal Medicaid

program.

EXAMPLES: Cash payments (including state supplements) by Federal Government to needy aged, blind, and disabled under the

SSI program; applicable cash benefits by states under SSI program in excess of, or supplemental to, those paid by Federal

Government; state government reimbursements to the Federal Government to supplement basic Federal SSI payment; cash payments

by states to families under TANF program, including related Emergency Assistance aid; Federal grants to states for reimbursement

of TANF and Medicaid benefits paid; intergovernmental payments to finance locally-administered TANF and Medicaid programs,

including any related amounts for administration and vendor payments under those programs; intergovernmental payments to public

hospitals for medical assistance (including Medicaid).

EXCLUSIONS: Cash payments to needy persons under programs other than SSI and TANF (report at Other Cash Assistance,

code E68); intergovernmental payments to finance state- or locally-administered assistance programs other than TANF and

Medicaid (use code 68); state-only programs unrelated to SSI providing cash grants to aged, blind, or disabled (use code 68);

payments directly to vendors of goods or services, including Medicaid reimbursements to private hospitals (report at Vendor

Payments, codes E74 / E75); direct administration of categorical assistance programs (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) In 1974, the U.S. Congress replaced the former Federally-funded, state-administered categorical assistance

programs (Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Disabled) with the Supplemental Security Income Program. The

Federal Government makes the direct cash benefits but states have the option of making supplemental payments directly to

individuals (code E67) or to the Federal Government for increasing its basic cash grant (code S67). (2) Report any employment data

related to these programs at Other Public Welfare, code 79.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E67 Assistance and Subsidies Y Y Y Y Y N

I67 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L67 State Y N N Y Y N

M67 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y N

N67 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

S67 Federal Government N Y Y Y N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 68 NAME: Other Cash Assistance Programs

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Public Welfare; Cash Assistance Payments

DEFINITION: Cash payments made directly to individuals contingent upon their need, other than those under Federal categorical

assistance programs.

EXAMPLES: Poor relief; general relief; home relief; emergency relief; general assistance; refugee assistance; medical assistance,

housing expense relief, energy assistance (e.g., Federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP), emergency

assistance, etc. paid directly to individuals and not to vendors; other direct assistance to needy persons not covered by or eligible for

Federal categorical assistance; payments to other governments in support of, or as reimbursement for costs of, these types of

assistance programs.

EXCLUSIONS: Administration of such programs (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79); cash payments made under Federal

categorical assistance programs (use code E67); payments made to vendors rather than the individuals benefited (report at Vendor

Payments, codes E74 / E75); bonus payments to veterans as a class and not contingent on their need (report at Veterans' Bonuses,

code E84); noncash or in-kind contributions--e.g., milk, cheese, clothing, etc. (report purchases of such items at function of

contributing agency).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: Report any employment data related to these payments at Other Public Welfare, code 79.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E68 Assistance and Subsidies N Y Y Y Y N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

M68 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y N

N68 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 74 NAME: Vendor Payments for Medical Care

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Public Welfare; Vendor Payments

DEFINITION: Payments under public welfare programs made directly to private vendors (i.e., individuals or nongovernmental

organizations furnishing goods and services) for medical assistance and hospital or health care, including Medicaid (Title XIX), on

behalf of low-income or other medically-needy persons unable to purchase such care.

EXAMPLES: Payments to private vendors for: physician and other professional medical services, private hospital care, drugs and

medicines, dental services, long-term health care (including hospices), home health care, dialysis treatment, medical appliances (e.g.,

prostheses), ambulatory care, laboratory services, eyeglasses and hearing aids, and so forth; premiums paid to insurers for future

medical costs of needy persons. Includes all direct payments to private hospitals or health care providers under Medicaid, general

relief, public assistance, and any other Federal or state welfare program.

EXCLUSIONS: Direct payments to benefited persons themselves (report at Other Cash Assistance Payments, code E68);

administrative activities, setting of provider fees and rates, establishing standards, etc. (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79);

intergovernmental payments to other public hospitals for medical assistance under public welfare programs (report payments from

Medicaid funds at Federal Categorical Assistance Programs, code 67, and payments from all other funds at code 79); medical

commodities, services, or other assistance provided through government's own hospitals or health agencies (report at Health, codes

28 / 32, or Own Hospitals, 36 / 37); state payments to finance locally-administered medical assistance (Medicaid) programs (report

at code 67 [sic]); premiums for health insurance coverage for government's employees (report at function of paying agency or, if a

government-wide payment, at Other and Unallocable, code 89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: Report any employment data related to these payments at Other Public Welfare, code 79.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E74 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 75 NAME: Vendor Payments for Other Purposes

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Public Welfare; Vendor Payments

DEFINITION: Payments under public welfare programs made directly to private vendors (i.e., individuals or nongovernmental

organizations furnishing goods and services) for services and commodities, other than medical, hospital, and health care, on behalf

of low-income or other needy persons unable to purchase such goods and services.

EXAMPLES: Payments to private vendors for : funeral or burial services, food, clothing, home heating fuel, weatherization of

homes, winter energy assistance, and the like.

EXCLUSIONS: Direct payments to the benefited persons themselves (report at Other Cash Assistance Payments, code E68);

administrative activities related to payments (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79); legal services and public defense including

stipends to court-appointed attorneys (report at Judicial and Legal, code 25); reimbursements effected through tax credits for the

benefited person (treat as a deduction to tax revenue); commodities or other services and assistance provided through a government's

own agencies (report at function involved); rent subsidies to landlords including "Section 8" lower income housing assistance (report

at Housing and Community Development, code 50).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: Report any employment data related to these payments at Other Public Welfare, code 79.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E75 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 77 NAME: Welfare Institutions

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Public Welfare

DEFINITION: Provision, construction, and maintenance of nursing homes and welfare institutions owned and operated by a

government for the benefit of veterans or needy persons (contingent upon their financial or medical need).

EXAMPLES: Public nursing homes; veterans' homes; soldiers' homes; orphanages; homes for the elderly or aged; indigent care

institutions (non-hospitals).

EXCLUSIONS: Hospitals and institutions for the handicapped, crippled, developmentally-disabled, veterans, etc. (report at Own

Hospitals, codes 36 / 37); institutions for the blind, deaf, or other impairments primarily for education or training (report at Other

Education, code 21); provision of care of needy persons in private institutions or homes (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79);

support of privately-operated welfare facilities (use code 79); nursing homes directly associated with a public hospital (use code 36);

distinctive educational services limited to needy persons--e.g., education of orphans in schools (report at appropriate Education

function, codes 12-21).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Effective with 1988 data, the classification of nursing homes was clarified: henceforth, they were classed as

a public welfare function (unless directly associated with a public hospital). Previously, they may have been reported at Health,

Hospitals, or Public Welfare. (2) This function includes direct expenditures only--report any intergovernmental outlays at code 79.

(3) Report any employment data related to these activities at Other Public Welfare, code 79. (4) Refer to dependent agency

checklists for state and large city and county government institutions included in this function.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E77 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y N

F77 Construction N Y Y Y Y N

G77 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y N

K77 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 79 NAME: Other Public Welfare

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Public Welfare

DEFINITION: Public employment for all public welfare activities and expenditures for welfare activities not classified

elsewhere.

EXAMPLES: Administration of: medical and cash assistance, general relief, vendor, and other welfare programs; regulation and

support of private welfare institutions and activities; all intergovernmental payments for welfare other than for cash assistance

programs; children services, such as foster care, adoption, day care, nonresidential shelters, and the like; activities supported by

Federal Social Services Block Grant (Title XX) funds; low-income energy assistance and weatherization (note - administrative

expenditure only - Code 68 for assistance payments); welfare-related community action programs; social services to the physically

disabled, such as transportation; temporary shelters and other services for the homeless; intergovernmental payments to public

hospitals for medical assistance other than under the Medicaid program.

EXCLUSIONS: Benefits not contingent upon need, such as bonuses or payments to veterans as a class (use code E84), pensions to

former employees (use code X11), and the like; public defenders and indigent legal defense (report at Judicial and Legal, code 25);

health and hospital care provided to needy or homeless through government's own hospitals or health agencies and payments to

other governments for such purposes (report at appropriate Health or Hospitals function); medical assistance paid directly to private

hospitals (use code E74) or to public hospitals under the Medicaid program (use code 67); activities funded by Federal WIC

funds--Women, Infants, and Children (report at Health, code 32).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Report all employment data for public welfare here. (2) Report all Federal Government public welfare

activities here (except for Federal Categorical Assistance Programs reported at code 67). (3) Report public hospital expenditures

from Medicaid funds at Own Hospitals, codes 36 / 37).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E79 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I79 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F79 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G79 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K79 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L79 State Y N N Y Y Y

M79 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N79 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

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R79 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 80 NAME: Sewerage

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Sanitation

DEFINITION: Provision, maintenance, and operation of sanitary and storm sewer systems and sewage disposal and treatment

facilities.

EXAMPLES: Construction and maintenance of sanitary sewer lines; sewer cleaning; lift or pump stations; sewage treatment

plants; water pollution control plants; storm drains that are not connected with highway projects; systems for the collection and

disposal of storm runoff; and any intergovernmental payments for such activities.

EXCLUSIONS: Storm drains that are an integral part of highway projects (report at either Regular Highways, code 44, or Toll

Highways, code 45); drainage for agricultural or other nonstreet purposes (report Federal activities at Soil, Water, and Electric

Energy Resources, code 57, and state-local activities at Other Natural Resources, code 59).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) For combined water supply and sewer systems, include segregable amounts related to sewage collection and

disposal here and Water Supply activities at code 91. (2) Prior to 1977 data, this function applied only to local governments;

effective with 1977 data, it was extended to cover state governments, whose activities were reported previously at Other and

Unallocable, code 89. (3) For Federal Government, report grants to state and local governments for wastewater treatment plant

construction at code 89.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E80 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

F80 Construction N Y Y Y Y Y

G80 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y Y

K80 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L80 State N N N Y Y Y

M80 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y Y

N80 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R80 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 81 NAME: Solid Waste Management

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Environment and Housing; Sanitation

DEFINITION: Collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, refuse, hazardous, and other solid wastes; and cleaning of streets,

alleys, and sidewalks.

EXAMPLES: Garbage collection; sanitary landfills; hazardous waste disposal sites; incinerators; pyrolysis facilities; cleanup of

toxic chemical spills and dumps; collection and disposal of abandoned vehicles; resource recovery authorities, including those which

cogenerate electricity or gas as a by-product; recycling centers; Federal "Superfund" activities; cleaning and washing of streets; and

collection and disposal of street debris and trash.

EXCLUSIONS: Distinctive amounts for snow and ice removal by a sanitation agency (report at Highways, codes 44 / 45).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Effective with 1988 data, this category was (a) expanded to include the activities of the Federal and state

governments, formerly classed at Other and Unallocable, and (b) renamed from "Sanitation other than Sewerage." (2) The rationale

for including at this function waste or resource recovery facilities that cogenerate gas or electricity is that their primary purpose is

disposing of wastes.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E81 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

F81 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G81 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K81 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L81 State Y N N Y Y Y

M81 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N81 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R81 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Classification Manual Function 81

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 84 NAME: Veterans' Bonuses

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Veterans' Services, NEC

DEFINITION: Cash bonus payments to veterans and their survivors awarded on the basis of military service rather than need.

EXAMPLES: Bonus payments to war veterans; war bonus awards; war veteran grants; cash bonuses to war vets and peacetime

crisis survivors.

EXCLUSIONS: Administration of bonus programs (report at Other Veterans Services, code 85); assistance-in-kind (report at

function of paying agency); grants for tuition, scholarships, job training, or other education (report at Education, codes 19 / 20);

grants for home improvements or acquisition (report at Housing and Community Development, code 50); loans for purchase or

renovation of farms and homes (nonexpenditures); interest on bonds issued to finance bonus payments (use code I89); pension

payments based on military or National Guard service rather than as a former employee of the government (report at Other and

Unallocable, code 89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to state governments; report any related Federal payments at code I85. (2) No

intergovernmental expenditure or employment data are associated with it.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E84 Assistance and Subsidies N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 85 NAME: Other Veterans Services

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Social Services and Income Maintenance; Veterans' Services, NEC

DEFINITION: Administration of veterans bonus payments and other veterans services NOT classifiable under Public Welfare,

Education, Health, Hospitals, Social Insurance Administration, or any other major function.

EXAMPLES: Veterans' information and guidance services; claims representation; assistance in obtaining Federal and state benefits

or rights to which they are entitled; general veterans outreach services; financial grants (other than bonuses) not contingent on need;

certification of training and education programs for participation in Federal "GI bills" programs; administration of VA home loans

program.

EXCLUSIONS: Services that can be classified under other major functions, such as: veterans hospitals (report at Own Hospitals,

codes 36 / 37), veterans or soldiers' retirement homes (report at Public Welfare, codes 77 / 79), tuition assistance and scholarships

(use codes 19 / 20), and veterans health care (report at Health, codes 28 / 32); cash bonuses for prior military service (use code E84);

grants for home improvements or acquisition (report at Housing and Community Development, code 50); loans for purchase or

improvement of farms and homes (nonexpenditures); state distribution of Federal aid for veterans' education to local governments

(report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); agency transactions to transmit Federal unemployment benefits to veterans or Federal

education funds to private schools and individual veterans (nonexpenditures); state-local defense activities like national guard, civil

air patrol, militia, etc. (use code 89).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies solely to Federal and state government expenditures; report any related local

expenditures and all employment data at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) Also, this function includes direct expenditure

only--report any intergovernmental outlays at code 89. (3) Report U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs payments for veterans'

compensation and pensions at code I85.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E85 Current Operations Y Y N N N N

I85 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F85 Construction Y Y N N N N

G85 Land & Existing Structures Y Y N N N N

K85 Equipment Y Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 87 NAME: Water Transport and Terminals

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Transportation

DEFINITION: Provision, construction, operation, maintenance, and support of public waterways and harbors, docks, wharves,

and related marine terminal facilities; and the regulation of the water transportation industry.

EXAMPLES: Commercial port facilities, canals, harbors, and other public waterways; dredging of same; public docks, piers,

wharves, warehouses, cranes, and associated terminal facilities; regulatory and inspection of the commercial water transportation

industry. For Federal Government also includes waterways navigation activities of the Army Corps of Engineers, most of the

Maritime Administration, and the Panama Canal Commission.

EXCLUSIONS: Recreational types of docks and marine facilities--e.g., public marinas devoted to pleasure boaters (report at Parks

and Recreation, code 61); terminals and dock facilities for public ferries (if toll, report expenditures at Toll Highways, code 45, else

report expenditures and any employment at Regular Highways, code 44).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This category is devoted to commercial water transportation and terminals rather than the provision of

water-related activities and facilities for pleasure or recreation. (2) For leased facilities include only government's expenditures and

employees and exclude the lessees' expenditures and contractual employment.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E87 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

I87 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F87 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G87 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K87 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L87 State Y N N Y Y Y

M87 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N87 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R87 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Classification Manual Function 87

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 89 NAME: Other and Unallocable

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: General Government, NEC

DEFINITION: Activities which are not applicable to other general functions, multifunctional, or unallocable by specific function.

EXAMPLES: TO THE EXTENT NOT ALLOCABLE TO OTHER FUNCTIONS: State-local military activities (militia, National

Guard, armories, civil defense, etc.); lump-sum contributions for employee benefits (retirement, unemployment and workers'

compensation, health and life insurances, etc.) other than transfers to own insurance trusts; premiums for government-wide fire,

auto, liability, and other such insurances; judgements and compensation for injury to persons or property; central service agencies

(e.g., public works, motor pools, communications) other than financial administration and government-wide executive services;

administration of multi-functional agencies; purchase of computer equipment for government-wide use; economic development;

voter registration and elections; job training and employment programs (e.g., JPTA); programs for senior citizens not based on need;

crime victim compensation; recorded losses on sale of investments (except insurance trusts); refund of receipts reported as revenue

in prior fiscal years (other than taxes); activities for which a specific function is not applicable to that type of government (e.g.,

expenditure for state parking facilities or local veterans offices and employment for protective inspection and regulation, NEC).

EXCLUSIONS: State aid payments unrestricted in use or purpose (report at General Local Government Support, code 30); refund

of taxes reported as revenue in prior fiscal years (deduct from this year's tax revenue); lump-sum contributions for employee benefits

to insurance trusts administered by same government (interfund transfers); comprehensive planning and zoning (report at Central

Staff Services, code 29).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: In publications, "Other and Unallocable" will vary in meaning depending on the level of functional detail in

table.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E89 Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

J89 Assistance and Subsidies Y N N N N N

F89 Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

G89 Land & Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

K89 Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L89 State Y N N Y Y Y

M89 Locals, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

N89 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

R89 Special Districts N Y N N N N

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S89 Federal Government N Y Y Y N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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FUNCTION CODE: 90 NAME: Liquor Stores

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Liquor Stores

DEFINITION: Establishment and operation of alcoholic beverage distribution facilities and retail outlets owned and operated by

17 states and by local governments in a few states.

EXAMPLES: Alcoholic beverage monopolies; ABC stores; liquor control boards; state liquor stores.

EXCLUSIONS: Law enforcement, licensing, and regulation of private liquor outlets carried out in conjunction with liquor store

operations (report licensing at Financial Administration, code 23, regulation and enforcement at Protective Inspection and

Regulation, NEC, code 66, and law enforcement handled by regular police forces at Police Protection, code 62); collection of liquor

taxes and licenses (use code 23); transfer of profits or surplus earnings to parent government (an internal transfer); state distribution

of earnings to local governments (if undesignated in purpose report at General Local Government Support, code 30, else report at

function involved).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Expenditures related only to amounts for purchase of goods for resale and for provision and operation of

stores, warehouses, and related facilities (including administration and capital improvements). (2) Report expenditures without

deducting cost of goods sold or operating expenses. (3) See Chapter 12 for discussion of special exhibit codes for liquor stores. (4)

Includes direct expenditures only--report any related intergovernmental outlays at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (5) For

employment data, applies only to state governments.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E90 Current Operations N Y N Y Y N

F90 Construction N Y N Y Y N

G90 Land & Existing Structures N Y N Y Y N

K90 Equipment N Y N Y N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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FUNCTION CODE: 91 NAME: Water Supply

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Utilities

DEFINITION: Operation, maintenance, and construction of public water supply systems, including production, acquisition, and

distribution of water to general public or to other public or private utilities, for residential, commercial, and industrial use.

EXAMPLES: Dams and reservoirs expressly for water supply; purification and filtration plants; pumping stations; aqueducts and

transmission systems; water storage tanks; purchase of water for resale; distribution lines and meters.

EXCLUSIONS: Contributions to parent government; purchase of water for other than resale and provision of water to parent

government (report, where identifiable, at function involved); facilities owned but leased to other governments or persons without

financial oversight (report at Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, code 03); depreciation of assets; activities not directly related to

utility operations, such as administration of utility debt or investments (report at Financial Administration, code 23) and

payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; benefits paid to utility employees by employee retirement systems (use code X11); acquisition and

distribution of water for irrigation (report at Other Natural Resources, code 59).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Relates only to systems owned and operated by a government or managed by private contractor when

government maintains day-to-day financial oversight (e.g., by directly paying utility employees). (2) Prior to 1977 data, this function

applied only to local governments. Effective with 1977 data, it was extended to cover state governments, whose activities were

reported previously at code 03. (3) For combined water-sewer systems, include segregable amounts related to water supply here

(report Sewerage activities at code 80). (4) Intergovernmental expenditure codes were added, effective with 1988 data, for users who

seek to identify certain utility transactions already classed as general intergovernmental expenditure, such as state grants for local

purification plants. In publications, however, these amounts will continue to be treated as general expenditures despite their utility

suffix; utility expenditures will continue to exclude them and to represent direct outlays only.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E91 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

I91 Assistance and Subsidies N Y Y Y Y Y

F91 Construction N Y Y Y Y Y

G91 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y Y

K91 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L91 State N N N Y Y Y

M91 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y Y

N91 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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FUNCTION CODE: 92 NAME: Electric Power

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Utilities

DEFINITION: Operation, maintenance, and construction of public electric power systems, including production, acquisition, and

distribution of electricity to general public or to other public or private utilities, for residential, commercial, and industrial use.

EXAMPLES: Generating stations; power plants; transmission lines; switching stations; pollution abatement equipment; purchase

of electricity for resale; distribution lines and meters.

EXCLUSIONS: Contributions to parent government; purchase of electricity for other than resale and provision of electricity to

parent government, such as for street lights (report, where identifiable, at function involved); facilities owned but leased to other

governments or persons without financial oversight (report at Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, code 03); depreciation of assets;

activities not directly related to utility operations, such as administration of utility debt or investments (report at Financial

Administration, code 23) and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; benefits paid to utility employees by employee retirement systems (use

code X11); waste or resource recovery facilities which cogenerate electricity as a by-product (report at Solid Waste Management,

code 81).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Relates only to systems owned and operated by a government or managed by private contractor when

government maintains day-to-day financial oversight (e.g., by directly paying utility employees). (2) Prior to 1977 data, this function

applied only to local governments. Effective with 1977 data, it was extended to cover state governments, whose activities were

reported previously at code 03. (3) Intergovernmental expenditure codes were added, effective with 1988 data, for users who seek to

identify certain utility transactions already classed as general intergovernmental expenditure, such as support of joint power projects

(a complex topic discussed in Chapters 6 and 8). In publications, however, these amounts will continue to be treated as general

expenditures despite their utility suffix; utility expenditures will continue to exclude them and to represent direct outlays only.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E92 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

I92 Assistance and Subsidies N Y Y Y Y Y

F92 Construction N Y Y Y Y Y

G92 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y Y

K92 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L92 State N N N Y Y Y

M92 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y Y

N92 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

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* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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FUNCTION CODE: 93 NAME: Gas Supply

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Utilities

DEFINITION: Operation, maintenance, and construction of public natural gas supply systems, including production, acquisition,

and distribution of gas to general public or to other public or private utilities, for residential, commercial, and industrial use.

EXAMPLES: Public gas works; liquefaction equipment; pumping stations; gas mains; service lines and meters; purchase of

natural gas for resale.

EXCLUSIONS: Contributions to parent government; purchase of gas for other than resale and provision of gas to parent

government, such as for incinerators (report, where identifiable, at function involved); facilities owned but leased to other

governments or persons without financial oversight (report at Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, code 03); depreciation of assets;

activities not directly related to utility operations, such as administration of utility debt or investments (report at Financial

Administration, code 23) and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; benefits paid to utility employees by employee retirement systems (use

code X11); waste or resource recovery facilities which cogenerate gas as a by-product (report at Solid Waste Management, code 81).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Relates only to systems owned and operated by a government or managed by private contractor when

government maintains day-to-day financial oversight (e.g., by directly paying utility employees). (2) Prior to 1977 data, this function

applied only to local governments. Effective with 1977 data, it was extended to cover state governments; however, no state gas

supply systems existed until 1987. (3) Intergovernmental expenditure codes were added, effective with 1988 data, for users who

seek to identify certain utility transactions already classed as general intergovernmental expenditure (examples being rare for gas

supply systems). In publications, however, these amounts will continue to be treated as general expenditures despite their utility

suffix; utility expenditures will continue to exclude them and to represent direct outlays only.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E93 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

I93 Assistance and Subsidies N Y Y Y Y Y

F93 Construction N Y Y Y Y Y

G93 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y Y

K93 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L93 State N N N Y Y Y

M93 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y Y

N93 General Purpose Locals N Y N N N N

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EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: 94 NAME: Public Mass Transit Systems

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment |X|

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Utilities

DEFINITION: Operation, maintenance, and construction of public mass transit systems, including subways, surface rails, and

buses.

EXAMPLES: Rapid transit; subways, surface rail, and street railroad systems; commuter rail lines; trolleys and light rail; related

stations, tracks, depots, and railyards; acquisition of right-of-ways; transit police employed directly by utility; subsidies to public

mass transit systems (but not private ones); buses.

EXCLUSIONS: Systems solely to transport students (report at Elementary and Secondary Education, code 12); ferries (if free,

report at Regular Highways, code 44, else report at Toll Highways, code 45); systems exclusively for handicapped or senior citizens

(report at Other Public Welfare, code 79); subsidies for private mass transit systems (report at Transit Subsidies, code E47);

contributions to own system (use exhibit code Z61); systems owned but operated under private contract without financial oversight

(report at Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, code 03); depreciation of assets; activities not directly related to utility operation,

such as administration of utility debt (report at Financial Administration, code 23) and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; benefits paid to

utility employees by employee retirement systems (use code X11).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Relates only to systems owned and operated by a government or managed by private contractor when

government maintains day-to-day financial oversight (e.g., by directly paying utility employees). (2) Prior to 1977 data, this function

applied only to local governments. Effective with 1977 data, it was extended to cover state governments, whose activities were

reported previously at code 03. (3) Intergovernmental expenditure codes were added, effective with 1988 data, for users who seek to

identify certain utility transactions already classed as general intergovernmental expenditure, such as subsidies to public transit

systems (previously reported at code 47). In publications, however, these amounts will continue to be treated as general expenditures

despite their utility suffix; utility expenditures will continue to exclude them and to represent direct outlays only.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

E94 Current Operations N Y Y Y Y Y

I94 Assistance and Subsidies N Y Y Y Y Y

F94 Construction N Y Y Y Y Y

G94 Land & Existing Structures N Y Y Y Y Y

K94 Equipment N Y Y Y N N

 INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

L94 State N N N Y Y Y

M94 Locals, NEC N Y Y Y Y Y

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R94 Special Districts N Y N N N N

EMPLOYMENT DATA N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: I89 NAME: Interest on General Debt

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: None

DEFINITION: Amounts paid for use of borrowed monies, except those on utility debt, paid by all funds of the government.

EXAMPLES: Interest on both short- and long-term debt for non-utility purposes, whether general obligation or nonguaranteed,

including public debt for private purposes and debt to cover deficits of unemployment compensation or other insurance trust funds.

EXCLUSIONS: Interest on debt for utilities (report at Utilities interest codes, I91-I94); premiums paid on debt retired (report at

Other and Unallocable, code E89, for general debt and at codes E91-E94 for Utilities debt); Federal Government interest payments

on own securities held by its insurance trusts (nonexpenditures).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Make no adjustment to interest expenditure for premiums or discounts on debt issued or retired. (2) Due to

the difficulty of tracing such payments, do not deduct from interest expenditure any state or local government interest payments on

own securities held by their employee retirement funds. (3) Deduct from interest expenditure for the year in which they were

received the following amounts: funds included in the proceeds from debt issues to cover interest accrued on debt prior to its sale.

(4) The distinction between general interest and utility interest is determined by the classification of the outstanding debt which

generated the interest payment. (5) No employment data are associated with this code.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

I89 Interest on General Debt Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: X1* NAME: Public Employee Retirement Systems

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash benefits or withdrawals to eligible persons under government-administered employee

retirement systems covering public employees.

EXAMPLES: Benefits: Cash payments to, or on behalf of, participants for retirement benefits and annuities, death and disability

benefits, life and disability insurance on behalf of retirees, pre-retirement death benefit premiums, benefits due on termination of

employment, survivors benefits, and other benefits as allowed. Withdrawals: Cash benefits to employees, former employees, or their

survivors as return of contributions made by employees and any interest on such amounts. Includes transfers of investment holdings

and reimbursements for benefits paid when another pension fund assumes responsibility for paying retirement benefits. Other

Payments: Exhibit-only code for administering retirement system or managing its assets (also report at Financial Administration,

code 23); recorded losses on investments (also deduct from Interest on Investments, code X08); other costs or payments not

representing benefits or withdrawals (except purchase of investments).

EXCLUSIONS: Payments to own retirement system (interfund transfer); payments to retirement plans administered by another

government, such as Federal Social Security and local payments to state-administered retirement systems; payments of premiums for

annuity policies from private insurance carriers; contributions to pension plans administered by private companies or by public

employee associations; "pay-as-you-go" pensions and other direct payments to retired employees from current appropriations (report

preceding items as current operations expenditure of function involved); pensions paid out of Federal Military Retirement Fund (use

code 06); purchase of investments, loans to members, unrealized, loss in market value of securities, and amortization of premiums

on purchase of investments (all of which are nonexpenditures).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) These data are collected by a separate mail canvass survey of state and local government-administered

public employee retirement systems. (2) For Federal Government includes Civil Service and Foreign Service Retirement and

Disability Funds and Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS). (3) Record state aid to local retirement systems which does

not represent employer contributions at Other and Unallocable, code E89. Since the local systems treat this aid as an insurance trust

revenue, recording the state payment as an intergovernmental expenditure would distort the intergovernmental flow for that state. (4)

Report employment data for administering these systems at code 23.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

X11 Benefits Y Y Y Y Y Y

X12 Withdrawals N Y Y Y Y Y

EXHIBIT-ONLY CODE:

X14 Other Payments N Y Y Y Y Y

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FUNCTION CODE: Y0* NAME: Unemployment Compensation Systems

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash benefits to eligible persons under the cooperative Federal-state unemployment compensation

insurance programs.

EXAMPLES: Regular Benefits: Covers basic payments to individuals temporarily out of work and seeking employment (funded

by state payroll taxes) and to former Federal civilian and military employees (funded by Federal agencies that employed them).

Extended and Special Benefits: Payments for extended unemployment benefits in states with high rates of unemployment (funded

equally by Federal and state payroll taxes); benefits under special programs, such as trade adjustment assistance and disaster

assistance (funded by Federal appropriations); and benefits to special groups of former workers, such as railroad employees (funded

by Federal tax on railroad payrolls).

EXCLUSIONS: Administration of unemployment insurance programs (report at Social Insurance Administration, code 22);

employment services provided to the unemployed, such as job training, placement, and guidance (use code 22); government

payments as employer contributions on behalf of its employees to unemployment insurance system of another government (report as

current operation of function involved) or to one it administers (interfund transfer); distinctive sickness or disability insurance

programs carried out in conjunction with unemployment programs (generally, report at Other Insurance Trusts, code Y5-).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) Data for this function are obtained from the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S.

Department of Labor. (2) Report employment data for administering these programs at code 22. (3) This function applies solely to

the Federal and state governments and to the District of Columbia. (3) For Federal Government includes only Railroad

Unemployment Insurance Program. (4) See Chapter 11 for a description of how the cooperative Federal-state unemployment

insurance system operates.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

Y05 Benefits Y Y Y N N N

Y06 Extended and Special Benefits N Y Y N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: Y1* NAME: Workers' Compensation Systems

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash benefits to eligible persons under state-administered plans for compulsory accident and injury

insurance of workers.

EXAMPLES: Benefits: Claims paid directly to, or on behalf of, injured beneficiaries for compensation of wages lost, medical

care, rehabilitation, funeral expenses, and other eligible benefits. Includes payments made from regular workers' compensation funds

as well as from subsequent injury funds, second injury funds, and the like. Other Payments: Exhibit-only code for administration of

workers' compensation systems including adjudication of claims (also report at Financial Administration, code 23); recorded losses

on investments (also deduct from Other Investment Earnings, code Y13); other costs or payments not representing benefits (except

purchase of investments).

EXCLUSIONS: Local government payments to state systems (report as local current operation expenditure of function involved);

state government payments to system on behalf of its employees (interfund transfer); crime victim compensation benefits

administered by a workers' compensation agency (report at Other and Unallocable, code 89); "pay-as-you-go" workers'

compensation programs and other direct payments from current appropriations (report at function of paying agency); purchase of

investments. Exclude administrative costs from benefits and report them at both codes Y15 and 23.

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) These data are collected by a separate mail canvass of state workers' compensation systems. (2) Report state

employment data for administering these systems at code 23. (3) This function applies solely to state governments. Both the Federal

Government and the District of Columbia have noninsurance, "pay-as-you-go" plans.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

Y14 Benefits and Withdrawals N Y N N N N

EXHIBIT-ONLY CODE:

Y15 Other Payments N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: Y25 NAME: Social Security and Medicare Insurances

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash benefits to eligible persons under Federal-administered retirement, disability, hospital, and

health social insurance programs.

EXAMPLES: Comprises cash benefits: to retirees or their dependents and survivors from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors

Insurance Trust Fund (OASI); to disabled workers or their dependents from the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (DI); to

elderly or disabled for hospital, nursing home, and other related care from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (HI); and to

such persons for physician services, outpatient care, renal dialysis, and other health care from the Federal Supplementary Medical

Insurance Trust Fund (SMI). The OASI and DI funds are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS)

Social Security Administration (SSA) wile the HI and SMI funds are operated by HHS' Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA).

EXCLUSIONS: Governmental contributions as employer for Social Security and Medicare on behalf of its employees (report as

current operation expenditure of function involved); Federal transfers to these Social Security or Health Care trust funds; transfers

from Social Security Trust Funds to the railroad retirement accounts; interest payments on inter-trust borrowings (the preceding

three are nonexpenditures); administration of these insurance trust funds (report at Social Insurance Administration, code 22);

payments of HCFA for Medicaid program (report at Federal Categorical Assistance Programs, code 67); payments of SSA other

than for the Social Security Trusts, such as SSI and AFDC (use code 67) and black lung benefits, child support enforcement, low

income energy assistance, etc. (report at Other Public Welfare, code 79).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies soles to Federal Government expenditure; report any related employment data at code

22. (2) The OASI and DI trusts comprise what is commonly referred to as Social Security. The HI and SMI trusts comprise what is

commonly referred to as Medicare, Parts A and Part B, respectively. (3) In contrast to public welfare programs funded by

appropriations and classed as general expenditure, these social insurance programs all have separate trust funds with dedicated

revenues (either payroll taxes or voluntary premiums). See definition of social insurance trust system in Chapter 11.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

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EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

Y25 Benefits Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: Y34 NAME: Veterans' Life Insurance (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash benefits and dividends to eligible veterans and their beneficiaries under Federal-administered

veterans' life insurance programs.

EXAMPLES: Death claims to beneficiaries; cash values of surrendered policies; distribution of excess earnings and related

interest (dividends); disability claims or income payments under veterans' life insurance policies; and matured endowments.

Comprises activities of National Service Life Insurance Fund as well as the Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund, Veterans

Reopened Insurance Fund, US Government Life Insurance Fund, and others administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans

Affairs.

EXCLUSIONS: Loans to policyholders borrowing against cash value of their policies; Federal Government contributions to these

funds; purchase of securities (the preceding are nonexpenditures); Federal payments as employer contributions for group life

insurance for its employees (report as current operation expenditure of function involved); administration of these life insurance

programs (report at Other Veterans Services, code 85); and burial benefits not paid out of veterans' life insurance funds (use code

85).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: This function applies soles to Federal Government expenditure; report any related employment data at Other

and Unallocable, code 89.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

Y34 Benefits Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: Y45 NAME: Railroad Retirement (Federal Only)

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash annuities and benefits to eligible retirees and their survivors under Federal-administered rail

industry pension programs.

EXAMPLES: Annuities for retirement, disability, survivor, occupational disability, and supplemental benefits; and social security

equivalent benefits. Comprises activities of the Rail Industry Pension Fund and Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit

Account, both administered by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.

EXCLUSIONS: Federal payments (transfers) to the railroad retirement accounts; Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust

Fund payments to the railroad retirement accounts; purchase of securities (the preceding are nonexpenditures); benefits from related

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Fund (report at Unemployment Compensation Benefits, code Y05); and administration of

railroad retirement program and railroad unemployment insurance fund (report at Social Insurance Administration, code 22).

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) This function applies soles to Federal Government expenditure; report any related employment data at

Social Insurance Administration, code 22). (2) Unlike public employee retirement systems, this category covers private sector

workers rather than public employees.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

Y45 Benefits Y N N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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FUNCTION CODE: Y5* NAME: Other State Insurance Trust Systems

SECTOR: General APPLIES TO: Finance |X| Employment | |

PUBLICATION CATEGORIES: Insurance Trusts

DEFINITION: Distribution of cash benefits to eligible persons under state-administered plans for compulsory or voluntary social

insurance programs not elsewhere classified.

EXAMPLES: Benefits: Claims paid directly to, or on behalf of, beneficiaries for lost income, medical care, disaster

reimbursement, and other eligible expenses. Other Payments: Exhibit-only code for administration of insurance plans (also report at

Financial Administration, code 23); recorded losses on investments (also deduct from Other Investment Earnings, code Y55); other

costs or payments not representing benefits (except purchase of investments).

EXCLUSIONS: Local government payments to state systems (report as local current operation expenditure of function involved);

state government payments to own insurance trusts (interfund transfer); purchase of investments; self-insurance, risk management,

insurance against fire or other hazards, and other types of non-social insurance (generally, report at Other and Unallocable, code 89);

payments on group health, life, or other fringe benefit insurance plans for its employees (report at function involved or at code 89).

Exclude administrative costs from benefits and report them both at codes Y54 and 23.

REFERENCES: - To be added later -

OTHER NOTES: (1) At this writing, only seven states operate other insurance trust systems: four for disability insurance and one

each for medical disaster insurance, life insurance, and automobile liability insurance. (2) These data are collected by a separate mail

canvass survey of state insurance trust systems. (3) Report state employment data for administering these systems at code 23. (4) See

Chapter 11 for a definition of a social insurance trust system.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT: Federal State D.C. Large

City-County Other Local SpecialDistrict

Y53 Benefits and Withdrawals N Y N N N N

EXHIBIT-ONLY CODE:

Y54 Other Payments N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not (N) for that type.

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Chapter 5 - Public Employment and Payroll Statistics

Contents and Abstract:

5.1 Background

5.2 Basic Concepts and Definitions

5.21 Employees/Employment

5.22 Full-Time vs Part-Time Employees

5.23 Payrolls

5.24 Hours Worked by Part-Time Workers

5.3 Derived Employment Statistics

5.31 Full-Time Equivalent Employment

5.32 October 1986 Revision to Full-Time Equivalent Calculation Method

5.33 Average March Earnings

5.4 Functional Categories Unique to Employment Survey

5.5 Special Topics During Census of Governments

Chart:

5-A Functional Categories Applicable to Employment Data

Governments play an important part in the national economy, not the least of which is their role as employers. Federal, state and

local government employees accounted for 14.5 percent of the total civilian labor force in 1999.

The purpose of the employment survey is to measure the number of public employees and their payrolls at a point in time (i.e.,

March) according to a detailed cross-classification by function and type of employee (full- or part-time). During previous

employment survey cycles, the Bureau has collected some additional data on topics such as labor management relations and the

costs of employee benefits.

Note that beginning with the 1997 survey, the reference period was modified from October to March (See Note 1).

5.1 Background

As described in Chapter Two, the Census Bureau first collected data on state and local government employment and payrolls in

1940. The Department of Labor now conducts monthly surveys of public employment; the Bureau continues to compile detailed

statistics on an annual basis.

The employment survey shares many of the same concepts as the finance survey: the individual government as its focus; the broad

definition of a government to include dependent agencies; and the functional categories. Thus, many of the sections elsewhere in this

manual apply equally to employment data.

5.2 Basic Concepts and Definitions

Employment and payroll data pertain to the month of March. At present, data are collected for the one pay period that includes

March 12 (regardless of the period's length). As described in Section 5.23, payroll data are converted to a monthly figure for

publication purposes.

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5.21 Employees/Employment

Employment refers to all persons gainfully employed by and performing services for a government. Employees include all persons

paid for personal services performed from all sources of funds, including persons paid from Federally-funded programs, paid elected

officials, persons in a paid leave status, and persons paid on a per meeting, annual, semiannual, or quarterly basis.

Excluded from employment statistics are employees on unpaid leave, unpaid officials, pensioners, persons whose work is performed

on a fee basis, and contractors and their employees.

5.22 Full-Time vs Part-Time Employees

The classification of an employee as full- or part-time is determined by the standard used by the reporting government itself; that is:

Full-time employees are defined to include those persons whose hours of work represent full-time

employment in their employer government. Included are full-time temporary or seasonal employees who

are working the number of hours that represent full-time employment.

Part-time employees are those persons who work less than the standard number of hours for full-time

work in their employer government. Excluded are full-time temporary or seasonal employees who are

working the number of hours that represent full-time employment.

5.23 Payrolls

Payroll amounts are gross payrolls for the pay period that includes March 12. Gross payrolls includes all salaries, wages, fees,

overtime, premium and night differentials, commissions, bonuses, or awards paid to employees before withholdings for

taxes,insurance, etc. It excludes employer share of fringe benefits like retirement, Social Security, health and life insurance, and the

value of living quarters and subsistence allowances furnished to employees.

Data collected for the one pay period that includes March 12 are converted to monthly figures using the following conversion

factors:

Frequency of Pay Period Conversion Factor

Weekly 4.429

Biweekly 2.214

Twice a month 2.000

Monthly 1.000

5.24 Hours Worked by Part-Time Workers

First collected during the October 1986 survey, these data represent the number of hours worked by part-time employees during the

pay period. Note that these data are not collected for publication but rather are used to calculate full-time equivalent employment

data (see section 5.31).

5.3 Derived Employment Statistics

From the employment data collected from state and local governments, the Census Bureau computes certain derived statistics, as

follows:

5.31 Full-Time Equivalent Employment

Full-time equivalent employment is a derived statistic that provides an estimate of a government's total full-time employment by

converting part-time employees to a full-time amount. To the actual number of full-time employees reported is added the number of

employees that could have been employed if the reported number of hours worked by part-time employees had been worked by fulltime employees instead.

These statistics are computed for each functional category of a government using the following formula:

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Part-Time Hours Paid

Full-Time Employees + ------------------------------

Standard Number of Hours for Full-Time Employees in

that Government

5.32 October 1986 Revision to Full-Time Equivalent Calculation Method

The method for calculating full-time equivalent employment based on part-time hours worked has been in use since the 1986

employment survey. Prior to the 1985 survey, the Bureau used a different method, one based on payrolls. (For the October 1985

employment survey no full-time equivalent employment data were calculated.)

This payroll method computed full-time equivalent employment for each functional category of a government using the following

formula:

Full-Time Payrolls

Full-Time Employees + ------------------------------

Full-Time Payrolls + Part-Time Payrolls

This payroll-based method was discontinued when "hours of work" data became more generally available as a result of changes to

the Fair Labor Standards Act.

5.33 Average March Earnings

Average March earnings is a derived statistic representing the average monthly payroll per full-time employee. This statistic is

computed for each functional category of a government using the following formula:

Full-Time Employee March Payrolls

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Number of Full-Time Employees

Average earnings data may not convert to accurate annual earning rates because of overtime, unusual situations (e.g., special events,

natural disasters), and such factors as employees who are paid only during 9 or 10 months of the year (especially in education and

natural resources).

Other factors affecting average March earnings rates include (1) the proportion of highly trained or skilled personnel, (2) the

concentration of employees in metropolitan or urban areas where the cost-of-living is higher, and (3) the exclusion of housing,

meals, or other "in kind" compensation which may be provided to employees (especially for hospitals).

5.4 Functional Categories Unique to Employment Survey

The employment survey uses certain functional categories, or more accurately sub-categories, that are not found in the finance

survey. They are defined below:

Higher Education,

Instructional Employees--Includes personnel engaged in teaching and related academic research as well as teachers at

hospitals and agricultural experiment stations and farms.

● 

Other Higher Education Employees--Includes all noninstructional employees. Noninstructional employees at hospitals and

outpatient clinics operated by higher education institutions and serving the general public are excluded from Higher

Education and reported under the Hospitals (code 36) or Health (code 32) function, respectively. Likewise, agricultural

extension services employees and noninstructional employees at agricultural experiment stations and farms are excluded from

Higher Education and reported under the Other Natural Resources (code 59) function.

● 

Elementary and Secondary Education,

School Instructional Employees--Includes not only classroom teachers, but also principals, supervisors of instruction, teacher

aides, substitute teachers, school librarians, library aides, and guidance personnel.

● 

All Other School System Employees,

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Includes administrative and clerical personnel; plant operation, maintenance, and custodial personnel; cafeteria, bus

transportation, health, recreation, student, and all other employees. Exclude contractors and employees of contractors. Report

as part-time all student employees and other employees whose hours of work are less than standard full-time work hours.

● 

Police Protection,

● Police Officers--Includes personnel with the power of arrest ("sworn" officers).

● Other Police Protection Employees

Fire Protection,

● Firefighters--Includes personnel trained and/or engaged in fire suppression and prevention.

● Other Fire Protection Employees

5.5 Special Topics During Census of Governments

During the quinquennial census of governments, the Bureau frequently collects additional information about public employment.

Data on Labor Management Relations provide statistics on state and local employees who belong to employee organizations,

governments with a labor relations policy, contractual agreements between governments and employee bargaining units, employees

covered by contractual agreements, and employee bargaining units.

Data on Government Costs for Employee Benefits provide statistics on state and local government costs for providing selected

benefits for their employees, such as Federal Social Security, retirement, unemployment compensation insurance, disability

insurance, life insurance, hospital/medical insurance, uniform and equipment allowances, bonuses and cash awards, and other

benefits. This report also contains information on the number of current state and local government employees covered by Federal

Social Security.

The reference period for measuring government employment was October from 1946-1956. In 1957, the reference period was

changed to April. However from 1958-1995, the reference period returned to October. Effective with the 1997 Census of

Governments, the reference period was changed from October of the calendar year to March of the calendar year. As a result,

there was no annual survey of government employment covering the October 1996 period.

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Chart 5A - Functional Categories Applicable to Employment Data

This chart lists all the various functions for classifying public employment data, arranged by the groups used for their publication.

Most functions that apply to finance statistics are used also for employment (see Chapter Four for descriptions). Other functions

apply only to employment data: these are delimited by an "Y" in Column D (and no function code); see this chapter for descriptions.

Finally, some employment functions are consolidations of regular functions

Function Code

(A)

Item

(B)

Finance and

Employment Data

(C)

Employment Data

Only

(D)

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Selected Federal Programs:

06 National Defense and International Relations N Y

14 Postal Service N Y

02 Space Research and Technology N Y

Education Services:

Education -

16/18 Institutions of Higher Education Y N

 Instructional N Y

 Other N Y

12 Elementary and Secondary Education Y N

 School Instructional N Y

 Other School Employees:

 Administrative and Clerical N Y

 Operations and Maintenance N Y

 Cafeteria N Y

 Bus Transportation N Y

 Health and Recreation N Y

 Student Employees N Y

 Unallocable N Y

21 Other Education Y N

52 Libraries Y N

Social Services and Income Maintenance:

77/79 Public Welfare Y N

36 / 37 / 40 Other (Public) Hospitals Y N

28/32 Health Y N

22 Social Insurance Administration Y N

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Transportation:

44/45 Highways Y N

01 Air Transportation (Airports) Y N

87 Water Transport and Terminals Y N

Public Safety:

62 Police Protection Y N

 Police with Arrest Powers N Y

 Other Police N Y

24 Fire Protection Y N

 Firefighters N Y

 Other N Y

04/05 Corrections Y N

Environment and Housing:

54-59 Natural Resources Y N

61 Parks and Recreation Y N

50 Housing and Community Development Y N

Sanitation80 Sewerage Y N

81 Solid Waste Management Y N

Governmental Administration:

23 Financial Administration Y N

25 Judicial and Legal Y N

26/29 Central Staff Services (including Legislative) Y N

General Government, NEC:

Var. Other and Unallocable (functions not listed elsewhere) Y N

LIQUOR STORES (State Governments Only)

90 Liquor Stores Y N

UTILITIES

91 Water Supply Y N

92 Electric Power Y N

93 Gas Supply Y N

94 Public Mass Transit Systems Y N

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Chapter 6 - Overview of Government Finance Statistics

Contents and Abstract:

6.1 Primary Basis of Government Finance Statistics

6.11 Four Sectors of Government from a Finance Viewpoint

6.2 Accounting Basis

6.21 Accounting Funds (or Entities)

6.22 Cash vs Accrual Basis of Accounting

6.23 Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP)

6.3 Major Finance Concepts

6.31 Statistical Nature of Data

6.32 Current Dollars

6.33 Noncash Transactions

6.4 Intergovernmental Transactions

6.41 Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations (Type 1)

6.42 Fiscal Agents for Other Governments (Type 2)

6.43 Purchases from Other Governments (Type 3)

6.44 Netting Out Duplicative Intergovernmental Transactions

6.45 Payments to Other Government Insurance Trust Systems

6.5 Agency, Private Trust, Investment, and Other Transactions

6.51 Agency Transactions

6.52 Private Trust Transactions

6.53 Investment Transactions

6.54 Adjustment and Correction Transactions

6.6 Internal Transfers

6.61 Interfund Transactions

6.62 Intragovernmental Service Funds (Revolving Funds)

6.63 Interdepartmental Charges

6.7 Miscellaneous Topics

6.71 Suspense Transactions

6.72 Capital and Operating Leases

6.73 Anomalies of Government Finance Statistics

6.74 Exhibit Statistics

Chart:

6-A Examples of Accounting Funds and Their Treatment in Census Bureau Statistics on Government Finances

The Census Bureau collects four types of finance data about state and local governments: revenues, expenditures, indebtedness, and

cash and securities . Each type is described in detail in the next four chapters. This chapter provides a general overview of

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systems from which they originate.

6.1 Primary Basis of Government Finance Statistics

The primary basis of the finance statistics reported by the Census Bureau relates to all external transactions of a government

exclusive of agency, private trust, and investment transactions. The income concept of "revenue," the outgo concept of

"expenditure," and the concept of government indebtedness pertain to nearly all accounting funds and accounts and to all boards,

commissions, and other agencies of a government, as established using the criteria discussed in Chapter 3. Moreover, these figures

are net of any duplicating amounts resulting from transactions between funds or agencies of the same government.

6.11 Four Sectors of Government from a Finance Viewpoint

As described in Section 3.2, the activities of governments are divided into four sectors for Census Bureau purposes. This section

provides additional information about these sectors in terms of how they apply to finance statistics.

General Government Sector: General government is comprised of all external transactions except those defined as being in the

sectors for Liquor Stores, Utilities, and Insurance Trust. Within the totals of government revenue and expenditure, internal transfers

(e.g., interfund transactions) are "netted out." Therefore, "general revenue" and "general expenditure" represent only revenue from

external sources and expenditures to individuals or agencies outside the government, and do not directly reflect any "transfer" or

"contributions" to or from the utilities, liquor stores, or insurance trust sectors. See Section 6.6 for more information on internal

transactions.

Utilities Sector: In the primary classification of government revenue and expenditure, the term "utility" is used to identify certain

types of revenue, expenditure, and debt categories. Utility revenue relates only to the revenue from sales of goods or services and

by-products to consumers outside the government. Revenue arising from outside other aspects of utility operations is classified as

general revenue (e.g., interest earnings). Utility expenditure applies to all expenditures for financing utility facilities, for interest on

utility debt, and for operation, maintenance, and other costs involved in producing and selling utility commodities and services to the

public (other than noncash transactions like depreciation of assets). Utility revenue and expenditure are reported on a "gross"

basis--i.e., without offsetting revenue with its related expenditure or expenditure with its related revenue.

Liquor Stores Sector: Liquor stores revenue relates only to amounts received from sale of goods and associated services or products.

Liquor store expenditure relates only to amounts for purchase of goods for resale and for provision, operation, and maintenance of

the stores. Any associated government activity, such as licensing and enforcement of liquor laws or collection of liquor taxes, are

classified under the general government sector.

Insurance Trust Sector: Insurance trust revenue comprises only (1) retirement and social insurance contributions, including

unemployment compensation "taxes" received from employees and other government or private employers, and (2) net earnings on

investments set aside to provide income for insurance trusts (see Note 1). Transfers or contributions from other funds of the same

government are not classified as insurance trust revenue but rather are reported under special exhibit categories (see Chapter 11).

Insurance trust expenditure comprises only benefit payments and withdrawals of contributions made from retirement and social

insurance trust funds. Costs for administering insurance trust systems are classified under the general government sector.

6.2 Accounting Basis

The major source of these finance statistics is the governments' own accounting systems, either directly or through intermediate

reporting systems like central state collections.

6.21 Accounting Funds (or Entities)

Governments administer their finances through accounting devices called "funds" (not to be confused with the use of the term

"funds" for monies). Funds are established to support specific activities or to attain certain objectives, the most important of which is

accountability of public monies. The focus of the government's own reporting system, therefore, is on the transactions and condition

of these funds.

In contrast, the Census Bureau public finance statistics are organized to show a government's finances in their entirety, with

emphasis on the general government sector and without distinguishing the various accounting funds. In other words, the fund

accounting nature of government reports disappears in Census Bureau statistics.

6.22 Cash vs Accrual Basis of Accounting

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State and local government accounting reports and records may provide data on a cash, accrual, or modified accrual basis. For a

particular government, the basis of reporting may differ among funds. Census Bureau statistics generally adopt whatever basis the

government itself uses so long as that basis (1) conforms to generally accepted accounting procedures and (2) is applied consistently

from year-to-year. Because of the growing standardization of accounting methods by governments (see below), this means that most

finance statistics pertaining to governmental fund types are based on the modified accrual basis; proprietary (enterprise) fund types

are based on the full accrual basis; and fiduciary fund types are recognized on the basis consistent with the fund's accounting

measurement objective. It should be noted that some governments may still use cash basis accounting because of constitutional

provisions or other state law (see Note 2).

6.23 Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP)

A major change in government accounting over the last decade or two has affected greatly the Census Bureau's public finance

statistics. This is the adoption of generally accepted accounting procedures (GAAP) under the aegis of the Government Accounting

Standards Board (GASB). Previously, the accounting rules for governments were broad enough that they could develop their own

unique form of accounting for their finances. Each financial report, for instance, looked different and reported varying degrees of

detail.

Now, more governments have adopted the GAAP for their reporting systems which has had a profound effect on the Bureau's data

collection efforts. On the one hand, finance data are being recorded by governments in a more consistent fashion. Yet, the products

of this system result in a lower level of detail than in the past, forcing the Bureau to rely less on published financial reports and more

on internal accounting records of governments (such as computer reports). This has both complicated the work involved and forced

the elimination of certain categories of data, especially in the debt and cash and securities area.

6.3 Major Finance Concepts

The collection and use of Census Bureau finance statistics requires an understanding of certain major concepts. Some of these may

have different meaning when used in other contexts.

6.31 Statistical Nature of Data

Although the original source of data for these finance statistics are accounting records of governments, the data derived from them

are purely statistical in nature and cannot be used as financial statements or to measure a government's fiscal condition. For instance,

the difference between a government's total revenue and expenditure cannot be construed to be a "surplus" or "deficit."

6.32 Current Dollars

Finance statistics published by the Bureau are in terms of current dollar amounts--i.e., they have not be adjusted for price and wage

changes that may have occurred.

6.33 Noncash Transactions

These finance statistics exclude noncash transactions, such as technical aid, depreciation of fixed assets, payments-in-kind, loan

guarantees, and the like.

6.4 Intergovernmental Transactions

A major category of both revenue and expenditure involves intergovernmental transactions. Governments have important fiscal

relations among themselves, generally of three types. First, they transfer monies to other governments to enable the receiving

government to perform specific public functions or to provide for its general financial support (Type 1). Second, they act as agents

for other governments in financial matters (Type 2). And, third, they purchase commodities, property, and services from other

governments much as they do from private suppliers (Type 3). Only the first type of transactions is classified by the Census

Bureau as intergovernmental revenue and expenditure. How each of these three types of intergovernmental transactions is

handled is described below.

6.41 Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations (Type 1)

The Census Bureau definition of intergovernmental transactions is limited to monies paid to or received from other governments for

performing specific governmental functions or for general financial support, whether the activity is undertaken on behalf of the

paying government or whether such funds are regarded as assistance for the support of activities of the receiving government. They

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are classified in the general government sector no matter their purpose (including utilities). Examples of Type 1 intergovernmental

transactions include the reimbursement of one government by another for tuition costs, hospital care, boarding prisoners,

construction of public improvements, etc.; grants in aid; payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, and the like.

Another form of intergovernmental transaction involves the sharing of tax proceeds with other governments, typically by the state

government. A portion of the sales taxes, for instance, collected by the state often may be redistributed to the local governments

where they were collected. Whenever a government distributes some share of a tax it imposes and collects, its payments are reported

as intergovernmental expenditure and the receiving governments' receipts are reported as intergovernmental revenue. As described

in Section 6.42, the retention of taxes collected by a government acting as an agent for another is not reported as an

intergovernmental transfer.

Generally, loans and advances to other governments are not treated as intergovernmental transactions except for one unique type:

"contingent" loans or advances. Similar to grants-in-aid, contingent loans are made by a government to another without any fixed

provisions about its repayment. Designed to assist governments in financing public projects, they are used for such purposes as

public works, planning advances, housing development, etc. In all these cases, repayment of money advanced depends on certain

contingencies or conditions at a later date. Thus, to ensure that these transactions are reported somewhere in the Bureau's

classification system, they are reported as intergovernmental revenue and expenditure rather than as a debt transaction (see Note 3).

Finally, the Census Bureau definition of intergovernmental transactions excludes the sale of marketable securities to other

governments (interest bearing or noninterest bearing if the latter have fixed repayment conditions). Instead, they are treated as

investment or debt transactions--i.e., as neither revenue nor expenditure.

6.42 Fiscal Agents for Other Governments (Type 2)

Type 2 intergovernmental transactions rarely are classified as intergovernmental revenue or expenditure for Census Bureau

purposes.

Governments sometimes act as fiscal agents for other governments. Such relations are excluded from the Bureau's definition of

intergovernmental transactions. One common example is the collection and retention of withholdings from employee pay for taxes

owed to other governments (such as Federal social security "taxes"). These are treated as an agency transaction and are excluded

entirely from the Bureau's statistics (see Section 6.51 below).

Governments also act as fiscal agents to collect taxes that are imposed or authorized by another government. These are reported as

taxes by the authorizing government; for the collecting agent they are excluded except for the following: If the collecting

government is allowed to retain part of the tax proceeds (e.g., as reimbursement), then that amount is reported as tax revenue by the

collecting government. In neither case is the money treated as an intergovernmental transaction.

Thus, if a state government imposes, authorizes, or requires local governments to collect a specific tax and permits the local

government to retain all or part of its collections, then this local share is classified as tax revenue of the local government, not as

intergovernmental revenue.

This same treatment applies where a state government retains part of a locally-imposed tax or where a local government retains a

portion of tax proceeds collected for another local government.

6.43 Purchases from Other Governments (Type 3)

Type 3 intergovernmental services are not classified as intergovernmental revenue or expenditure unless they involve government

services (other than utilities).

Governments may purchase property, commodities, and utility services from other governments much as they do from private

vendors. Similarly, governments may levy taxes on facilities of other governments in the same manner as on privately-owned

facilities. Because a government's records ordinarily do not distinguish between private and governmental purchasers or taxpayers,

these types of transactions are not reported as intergovernmental revenue and expenditure in Census Bureau statistics. Instead, they

are treated in the same manner as those involving the private sector--e.g., as tax or charge revenue by the receiving government and

as direct expenditure by the paying one.

On the other hand, purchases of governmental services (e.g., police and fire protection) from other governments usually are

identified as such in a government's records. Thus, reimbursement of one government by another for such services (other than

utilities) is reported as an intergovernmental transaction, to the extent such items are identifiable in the governmental records used

by the Bureau.

6.44 Netting Out Duplicative Intergovernmental Transactions

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Intergovernmental transactions receive special treatment whenever data for individual governments are grouped, or aggregated, for

publication purposes. Transactions among governments within the same group are "netted out." For instance, data for all local

governments within a state are net of revenue and expenditure between them (i.e., only amounts to and from the Federal and state

governments are included). This procedure avoids the duplication that would result if the published data included both the

intergovernmental payment made by the one government and the direct expenditure from that money by the receiving government.

6.45 Payments to Other Government Insurance Trust Systems

An important exception to the above involves payment by one government to an insurance trust system administered by another,

most commonly public employee-retirement systems. The payment by one government, either on behalf of its employees who are

members of the plan or for general financial support, to another government's insurance trust is treated as a current operation

expenditure of the paying government (for the function involved) and as an insurance trust revenue of the receiving government, not

as intergovernmental transactions.

The purpose of this treatment is to avoid an imbalance between intergovernmental revenue and expenditure. Since

intergovernmental revenue and expenditure are "two sides of the same coin," in theory (or a perfect data collection system) the two

should always equal. Also, contributions for an insurance trust system are insurance trust revenue so long as they come from outside

the administering government. To avoid the imbalance between intergovernmental revenue and expenditure that would result if the

payment of the contribution were treated as an intergovernmental expenditure and the receipt were treated as an insurance trust

revenue, neither of these transactions is treated as intergovernmental.

6.5 Agency, Private Trust, Investment, and Other Transactions

Government accounting records from which the Census Bureau derives statistics contain a wide variety of fiscal transactions, not all

of which fall within the scope of the finance survey. This section discusses those types of transactions that are excluded.

6.51 Agency Transactions

Agency transactions are excluded from financial statistics produced by the Census Bureau.

Agency transactions represent financial activities involving the receipt, holding, and disbursement of monies which a government

undertakes for other governments in the capacity of an agent--e.g., transactions undertaken without discretion on the part of the

agent government. Generally, monies received from other governments or individuals for transmittal to other governments or

individuals are classified as agency receipts, and the corresponding payments as agency disbursements, if the intermediate

government has no discretion in determining either the amounts of such payments or the recipients (see Note 4).

The most common agency transaction involves the collection of taxes for other governments. Often, for example, a county

government will collect general property taxes on behalf of all governments levying such taxes within its area. These collections are

classified as tax revenue of the final recipient governments (i.e., the ones levying the tax) and are omitted from the finance statistics

of the county government (i.e., the collecting agent). Another typical example is the withholding of Federal Social Security taxes

from public employees salaries and their disbursement to the Federal Government. Still another type is where the county

government acts as an agent of the state government in distributing aid to other local governments within its boundaries.

Census Bureau finance statistics also exclude transactions arising from agreements between the Federal Government and state or

local governments whereby the latter agree to serve as agents in transmitting Federal payments to individuals (e.g., various Federal

benefit payments to veterans). These are reported as Federal Government direct expenditure and as agency transactions of the state

or local government.

6.52 Private Trust Transactions

Private trust transactions are excluded from financial statistics produced by the Census Bureau.

Private trust transactions comprise accounting funds that receive and disburse assets held in trust for a particular individual or

corporation, such as when a government assumes the obligation of applying money to a specified use benefitting the private party

for whom the fund was established, or when the government holds deposit or other monies pending fulfillment of certain conditions

or pending determination of ownership. Essentially, they are funds through which the government acts as a trustee or agent on behalf

of private individuals or corporations.

6.53 Investment Transactions

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The receipts and payments arising from investment transactions are excluded from Census finance statistics except for any recorded

profit or loss when they are sold.

Investment transactions involve the purchase and sale of securities for investment purposes, extension of loans to individuals, and

receipts resulting from repayment of such loans. Their exclusion does not apply to purchase and sale of realty or tangible personal

property not for investment nor to the extension and repayment of contingent loans and advances to another government.

6.54 Adjustment and Correction Transactions

Census Bureau finance statistics represent transactions that are net of refunds or other correcting adjustments. Adjustment

transactions are not reported separately in Census statistics; instead, they reduce or increase amounts reported as revenue and

expenditure. The exact treatment of such transactions depends on when the refund or correction occurred--i.e., whether it was in the

same fiscal year or a prior fiscal year.

Same fiscal year adjustments: Revenue amounts represent gross collections less any refunds paid out during the same fiscal year.

Expenditure amounts represent gross disbursements less any amounts refunded for payments made in the same fiscal year. Also,

interest earnings on investments and interest payments on debt are adjusted for accrued interest on securities purchased and on debt

obligations issued, respectively.

Prior fiscal year adjustments: The refund of an expenditure made in a prior fiscal year is treated as Miscellaneous General Revenue

(code U99). The refund of a revenue other than taxes is treated as miscellaneous general expenditure (code E89). Refunds of prior

year tax collections are treated as offsets to current year tax collections.

The chart below summarizes the rules for reporting refund and correction adjustments:

Refund or Correction for Prior Fiscal Year

Type of data Refund or Correction In Same Fiscal

Year Taxes Other

Revenue Deduct from gross receipts. Deduct from gross

taxes. Report as expenditure (E89).

Expenditure Deduct from gross disbursements. (X) Report as revenue (U99).

(X) means not applicable.

6.6 Internal Transfers

In general, the Census Bureau reports revenue and expenditure that originate from or are directed outside the government. Internal

transactions within the government are excluded. There are so many variations to this general rule, however, that the topic warrants

special consideration.

6.61 Interfund Transactions

As noted above, governments record their financial transactions through accounting devices called "funds." The different funds that

account for a government's finances have fiscal transactions with each other as well. These are reported in accounting reports just

like those made outside the government. Take, for instance, funds established to record the provision of services or commodities to

other agencies of the same government, such as motor pools, central computer centers, central stores, garages, asphalt plants, and the

like. In other cases, the general fund may transfer money to a construction (bond) fund or loan money to special revenue fund. The

first type of interfund transactions, commonly called intragovernmental service funds, are included in Bureau statistics (see Section

6.62); the second type are excluded from Census Bureau statistics.

Transfers to Own Utility: A government utility often provides services or commodities to other agencies of the same government. To

the extent they are identifiable, these transactions are reported as an expenditure of the activity consuming the utility services (rather

than as a utility expenditure) and any corresponding revenue is excluded from utility revenue.

Other Interfund Transactions: Accounting procedures focus on the activities of funds as self-contained entities. Since Census

Bureau treats the entire government as a financial entity, its statistics represent a consolidation of accounting funds. To avoid

duplicating revenues and expenditures among these funds, the Bureau "nets out" such interfund transactions. Thus, revenues are

reported when they "enter" the government for the first time and expenditures are reported when they "leave" the government.

6.62 Intragovernmental Service Funds (Revolving Funds)

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Interfund transfers also arise when one department or agency furnishes services or commodities to others on a reimbursable basis.

Such services often are reported through intragovernmental service (aka, revolving) funds. These types of internal transfers are

included in Census Bureau finance statistics by reporting the payments to intragovernmental service funds as an expenditure of the

activity benefitted--i.e., of the agency using the service or commodity. Since the finances of the intragovernmental service funds

themselves are not compiled (with the exceptions cited in the next paragraph), then there is no duplication of data. Rather, the

financial transactions of the intragovernmental service funds are "functionalized" according to the activities using its services or

commodities. Unallocable amounts are reported as expenditures "not elsewhere classified."

As a general rule, the financial activities of intragovernmental service funds themselves are excluded from Census Bureau statistics

since they are, in effect, reported with the activity paying for the service or commodity. However, certain financial transactions of

such funds, primarily those that occur with those outside the government, are included in Census Bureau data on revenue and

expenditure. These consist of:

● The sale of surplus vehicles or other items to outsiders are reported as revenues.

Intergovernmental grants directly from another government--i.e., those not passing through another fund of the

government--also are reported as revenue.

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Major capital outlays of intragovernmental service funds should be double-coded as a capital outlay expenditure and as an

offset to current operations expenditure. If known, they are recorded under the applicable function. (For instance, major

purchase of police cars by a motor pool fund should be double-coded as K62 and as a deduction to E62). If the function is

unknown, they are reported under Other and Unallocable, code 89. The purpose of this practice is to avoid understating a

government's capital outlays.

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● Total salaries and wages paid during the fiscal year are included in the exhibit code, ZOO.

6.63 Interdepartmental Charges

As government financial management systems have become more sophisticated so have they grown more complicated. Certain

internal transfers involving services provided to other departments no longer occur in special funds but are built into the regular

accounts through a method of additions and subtractions.

Agencies often provide services to other departments on a reimbursable basis. Traditional ones, like motor pools or computer

services, generally operate though intragovernmental service funds. Less obvious are legal offices, personnel and administrative

departments, or even staff in functional agencies like highways.

Some governments' accounting systems report the finances for these services as expenditure of the activity receiving the service and

as deductions to expenditures of the agency providing the service. The Bureau reports expenditures as shown in these reports

without modification. It should be noted that such systems may understate activities, such as government administration, that are

service providers to other departments.

6.7 Miscellaneous Topics

This section covers miscellaneous financial transactions and how they are reported in Bureau statistics:

6.71 Suspense Transactions

Suspended receipts and expenditures are not classified as either revenue or expenditure. Their treatment depends on the resolution of

the dispute creating the suspense transaction.

Suspense transactions arise when a government's receipts or expenditures are held in "suspense" until the resolution of the condition

or event that halted the transaction. For instance, taxes paid under protest are a common type of suspense transaction. If the situation

is resolved in the government's favor, then the receipt or expenditure is recorded in that period. If the situation is not resolved in the

government's favor, then the transaction is never reported for Census Bureau purposes.

6.72 Capital and Operating Leases

An increasingly popular finance mechanism, especially for capital outlays, is the use of operating and capital leases. The latter often

replace the more traditional method of funding capital projects by issuing bonded debt.

Leases are treated in the Census Bureau classification system as follows:

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purchase of land and existing structures ("G" code) or for purchase of equipment ("K" code) depending on the situation. These

include payments representing both principal and interest, which may be separate in a government's fiscal report. Examples

include lease-purchase agreements, installment purchase contracts, and capitalized leases. Prior to fiscal year 1987-88, these

payments were classed as current operations. The present treatment recognizes capital leases as a type of "pay-as-you-go"

funding technique.

Payments on operating leases are treated as current operations expenditure ("E" code). This represents no change in

classification.

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Capital and operating leases are not treated as debt for Census Bureau purposes even if shown as liabilities in a government's

fiscal report or debt schedule.

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6.73 Anomalies of Government Finance Statistics

The financial classification system described above has resulted in a few anomalies which deserve mentioning.

All intergovernmental revenue is, by definition, included in the general government sector, including the utility

intergovernmental codes first used in the fiscal year 1987-88 finance survey. Utility disbursements from these monies,

however, are reported in the utilities sector.

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Insurance trust systems often hold for investment purposes securities issued by their own government. Since these types of

transactions are generally not identified in a government's records, the interest paid by the government for such securities is

reported as interest expenditure (e.g., at I89) and the interest received by the insurance trust system is reported as earnings on

investments. (The exception is the interest earnings of Federal Government insurance trusts since all their investments are in

U.S. securities.)

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6.74 Exhibit Statistics

As described above, the primary focus of Census Bureau finance statistics is the government as a whole. The four sectors of

government--general government, utilities, liquor stores, and insurance trust--are additive pieces in arriving at a government's total

financial activity. By definition, transfers or contributions among these sectors are excluded from Census Bureau statistics.

Moreover, certain features of a government finances cannot be explained by the basic statistics because the data do not "fit" into the

regular classification system.

To provide additional data that fall outside the scope of the regular classification schema, the Bureau collects "exhibit statistics."

These concern total salaries and wages for the fiscal year; transactions of state liquor control systems and lottery operations; more

complete data on insurance trusts, especially public employee retirement systems, including transactions with the other sectors; and

special education-only data. These exhibit statistics treat the liquor store and insurance trust sectors as distinct entities, including

financial transactions conducted with the parent government.

For more information on exhibit statistics, see Chapter 11 (insurance trust systems) and Chapter 12 (liquor store and lottery

exhibits).

The substantial amount of interest paid by the U.S. Treasury to Federal insurance trust systems (which have all their reserves

invested in Federal securities) is excluded from Federal insurance trust revenue since it is an intragovernmental transfer. The

principle of eliminating these interfund transactions, however, is not followed in the case of interest paid by a state or local

government on any of its own securities held as investments by insurance trust funds it administers--mainly because of the

difficulty of identifying such transactions. citation.

1. 

The "cash" basis of accounting, now rare in its pure form, reflects actual cash receipts and outlays during the year. The

"accrual" basis reports revenue when it is first earned and measurable (e.g., tax bills are sent) and expenditures when they

are incurred. The "modified accrual" basis, on the other hand, recognizes revenues when they become available and

measurable while expenditures are recognized when their fund liability is incurred. citation.

2. 

Unlike "regular" loans to other governments, contingent loans are not reported as debt transactions for Census Bureau

purposes. citation.

3. 

The "pass-through" of Federal aid through the state governments to local governments, however, is treated as regular finance

activities since the state usually has discretionary authority over distribution of the funds. citation.

4. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Chart 6-A - Examples of Accounting Funds and Their Treatment in Census Bureau Statistics on Government Finances

This chart lists the most common types of accounting funds found in GASB financial reports and describes whether their finances are

reported for Census Bureau purposes.

Type of GASB Accounting Fund: Classify its finances for census statistics?

Agency Varies according to exact fund involved

Bond Yes

Capital Projects Yes

Debt service Yes

Enterprise Yes

Expendable Trust Yes

Fiduciary Varies according to exact fund involved

General Yes

General fixed assets accounts No*

General long-term debt accounts No*

Internal service No

Intragovernmental service No

Nonexpendable trust Varies according to exact fund involved

Pension trust Yes#

Self-insurance Yes

Sinking Yes

Special revenue Yes

Trust and agency Varies according to exact fund involved

* These are not true accounting funds; rather, they are special displays that may contain data that are useful for Census Bureau

purposes (especially the general long-term debt accounts).

# Cash and security holdings for these funds are obtained from a separate mail canvass survey.

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Chapter 7 - Revenue

CHAPTER 7. REVENUE

Contents and Abstract:

7.1 Revenue Definition

7.11 Refunds and Correcting Transactions

7.2 General Revenue

7.21 Taxes (and the Visibility Test)

7.22 Intergovernmental Revenue

7.23 Current Charges

7.24 Miscellaneous General Revenue

7.3 Liquor Store Revenue

7.4 Utility Revenue

7.41 Intergovernmental Revenue Codes for Utilities

7.5 Insurance Trust Revenue

Description Sheets:

Descriptions of Tax Categories

Descriptions of Intergovernmental Revenue Categories

Descriptions of Current Charges Categories

Descriptions of Miscellaneous General Revenue Categories

Descriptions of Liquor Store and Utility Revenue Categories

Descriptions of Insurance Trust Revenue Categories

This chapter explores the various types of revenue sources available to governments and how they are classified for Census Bureau

purposes.

7.1 Revenue Definition

Revenue includes all amounts of money received by a government from external sources during its fiscal year (i.e., those originating

"outside the government"), net of refunds and other correcting transactions, other than issuance of debt, sale of investments, and

agency or private trust transactions. Under this definition, revenue excludes amounts transferred from other funds or agencies of the

same government.

Revenue comprises amounts received by all agencies, boards, commissions, or other organizations categorized as dependent on the

government concerned (see Chapter 3). Stated in terms of the accounting procedures from which these data originate, revenue covers

receipts from all accounting funds of a government, other than intragovernmental service (revolving), agency, and private trust

funds.

Revenue of business-type activities of governments (utilities and other commercial or auxiliary enterprises) is reported on a gross

basis. That is, related expenditures are not deducted from their revenues to derive net revenue amounts (see Note 1).

The following types of receipts are excluded from revenue:

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Taxes and other amounts paid under protest and held in suspense accounts subject to possible refund. Such amounts are not

reported as revenue unless and until the protest is decided in the government's favor (see Section 6.71 on Suspense

Transactions).

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Proceeds from borrowing, whether short- or long-term, except contingent loans and advances which are reported as

intergovernmental revenues (see Section 6.41).

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● Recoveries or refunds of amounts spent in the same fiscal year, which are deducted from expenditures (see Section 6.54).

Proceeds from the sale of investments and the repayment of loans, except for contingent loans as mentioned above. Any

recorded profit or loss from the sale of investments, however, is reported as revenue or expenditure, based on the situation.

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● Transfers from agencies or funds of the same government (see Section 6.6).

● Agency or private trust transactions, where the government is acting on behalf of others (see Section 6.5).

Noncash transactions, such as receipt of technical services, commodities, property, noncash gifts or bequests, and other

"receipts-in-kind."

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Government revenues are categorized according to the nature of their source. All revenue falls into one of the four sectors of

government described in Chapter 3.

7.11 Refunds and Correcting Transactions

Revenue data are adjusted for refunds and other correcting transactions. The rules for refunds of taxes are different than those for

other revenues. See Section 6.54 for details.

7.2 General Revenue

General revenue comprises all revenue except that classified as liquor store, utility, or insurance trust revenue. Generally, the basis

for this distinction is not the fund or administrative unit established to account for and control a particular activity, but rather the

nature of the revenue source involved.

Within general revenue are four main categories: taxes, intergovernmental revenue, current charges, and miscellaneous general

revenue. Each is described in detail below.

7.21 Taxes (and the Visibility Test)

Taxes are compulsory contributions exacted by a government for public purposes, other than for employee and employer

assessments and contributions to finance retirement and social insurance trust systems and for special assessments to pay capital

improvements. Tax revenue comprises gross amounts collected (including interest and penalties) minus amounts paid under protest

and amounts refunded during the same period. It consists of all taxes imposed by a government whether the government collects the

taxes itself or relies on another government to act as its collection agent (see below).

The visibility test. One important feature of tax revenue is the need to pass a "visibility test." That is, the tax levy must be visible to

the taxpayer as being a tax and not buried under the guise of another revenue. Take, for instance, a tax on utility services provided

by the government levying the tax. If the utility bill does not itemize the tax but incorporates it into its user charge rate (therefore

being invisible to the customer as a tax), then that so-called "tax" is reported as a utility revenue for Census Bureau purposes.

Assignment of tax revenue. The classification of tax revenue sometimes gives rise to the issue of which government should be

credited with the tax. This situation occurs whenever one government collects taxes imposed by another.

In determining the assignment of taxes, the Bureau gives primary consideration to the government that actually imposes the tax and

usually credits that government with the tax collection. The government imposing a tax is the jurisdiction whose governing body

adopts the legislation or ordinance specifying the type of tax, scope, and rate and requiring its payment. Generally, if another

government collects a tax for the levying unit, then that government is considered to be acting as a collecting agent and is credited

only with any amount it retains as reimbursement for administration or other costs. These guidelines apply to all taxes, whether

levied under general municipal powers, charter powers, or specific state legislative authority.

A locally-imposed tax whose ordinance or statutory authorization specifies a distribution of funds to other jurisdictions (either

mandatory or optional) is credited to the imposing government; payments to the other units are treated as intergovernmental

transfers. Taxes adopted by a government in response to requests from other jurisdictions who may then share in the proceeds also

are credited to the imposing government, the distribution being treated as intergovernmental transfers.

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by a local government is credited to the local government imposing the tax. Similarly, that portion of a state-enacted tax which is

locally collected and retained is credited as a tax of the collecting agency; if there is a mandatory distribution to other local

governments of the taxes collected, each of the participating governments is credited with the amounts received as tax revenue. On

the other hand, if there is a voluntary sharing of funds, these transactions are classified as intergovernmental transfers. State or local

government legislation which provides that the imposing government waive credit for part or all of the amounts transferred to other

jurisdictions does not alter these guidelines.

The examples below illustrate the various types of arrangements and how they are handled in this classification scheme:

● For a state government, local collection of state-imposed taxes is classified as state tax revenue*.

State government distribution of its tax proceeds to local governments (e.g., on a formula basis) is treated as

intergovernmental expenditure of the state and as intergovernmental revenue of the local governments. This is true even for

amounts designated as the "local share" of state-imposed taxes so long as the tax proceeds are collected by the state or

transferred to the state by local government collection agents before their distribution.

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On the other hand, if the state collects a tax imposed by local governments, the collection and distribution to the imposing

local governments is treated as an agency transaction; that is, the receipts are reported entirely as tax revenue of the local

governments and not as either a state tax or state intergovernmental expenditure*.

● 

Proceeds from taxes imposed by one local government but collected for it by another are reported as tax revenue of the

imposing government, not the collecting one*.

● 

In some cases a state government mandates that a specific tax be imposed by local governments, sets a tax rate, and mandates

how the proceeds from the tax are to be redistributed locally. Such tax revenue is classified as a state tax with subsequent

intergovernmental payments to the local governments receiving the revenue. This type of situation occurs where a state

mandates countywide levies for local schools, for example. The proceeds are redistributed to local schools in a manner

designed to equalize educational spending, but without regard to the county wherein the tax is originally collected.

● 

* Monies retained as a collection fee, however, are reported as tax revenue of the collecting government.

Refunds of taxes. Refunds for taxes originally paid in either the current or prior fiscal years are deducted from gross collections in

the same year refunded. Discounts to taxpayers for prompt payment or for collecting consumer taxes also are deducted from gross

tax revenue. The cost of collecting and administering taxes, however, is reported as an expenditure (for Financial Administration,

code 23), not as an offset to taxes.

Taxes on government utilities. Taxes are often imposed on publicly-owned utilities as on private ones. These amounts are reported as

tax revenue for Census Bureau purposes. Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from a utility operated by another government, however, are

treated as intergovernmental revenue. (Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from a private utility are reported under Miscellaneous General

Revenue, NEC, code U99.) Both taxes and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes received by a government from a utility which it operates are

treated as an interfund transfer and are not reported as either revenue or utility expenditure.

Taxes are classified according to the type of tax imposed. Unlike most other finance statistics, they are not categorized along any

functional lines.

7.22 Intergovernmental Revenue

Intergovernmental revenue comprises monies from other governments, including grants, shared taxes, and contingent loans and

advances for support of particular functions or for general financial support; any significant and identifiable amounts received as

reimbursement for performance of governmental services for other governments; and any other form of revenue representing the

sharing by other governments in the financing of activities administered by the receiving government. All intergovernmental

revenue is reported in the general government sector, even if it is used to support activities in other sectors (such as utilities).

Intergovernmental revenue excludes amounts received from the sale of property, commodities, and utility services to other

governments (which are reported in different revenue categories). It also excludes amounts received from other governments as the

employer share or for support of public employee retirement or other insurance trust funds of the recipient government, which are

treated as insurance trust revenue (see Section 6.45).

Intergovernmental revenue is classified by function and by the level of government where it originated (i.e., Federal, state, or local).

The transfer of Federal aid through the state government is reported as intergovernmental revenue from the state at the local level.

7.23 Current Charges

This category comprises charges imposed for providing current services or for the sale of products in connection with general

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buy the commodities or services sold. Utility service charges are excluded here and reported under Utility Revenue.

For the Federal Government, this category included revenue from premiums related to non-social insurance programs such as crop

and farm mortgage insurance, home mortgage insurance, and the like.

7.24 Miscellaneous General Revenue

This category comprises all other general revenue of governments from their own sources (i.e., other than liquor store, utility, and

insurance trust revenue).

A classification change effective with 1987-88 data had a major effect on this category. Interest revenue necessary to pay the interest

expenditure on all public debt for private purposes is now reported under Interest Earnings, code U20. Previously, this treatment

was limited to mortgage revenue bonded debt and was classified under Rents, code U40.

7.3 Liquor Store Revenue

Liquor store revenue comprises only receipts from sales and associated services or products of liquor stores owned and operated by

state and local governments. It excludes any application of general revenue for liquor store operations as well as receipts from

licenses or other liquor taxes collected by liquor stores or systems (including general sales tax collections). All taxes collected

through liquor store operations are classified as tax revenue.

7.4 Utility Revenue

Utility revenue comprises receipts from sales and directly related services and by-products of the four types of state and local

government utilities recognized by the Census Bureau: water supply, electric power, gas supply, and public mass transit systems.

Utility revenue is reported on a gross amount without deducting its related expenditures.

Utility revenue excludes any identifiable amounts received from sales to the parent government. Assessments or contributions of

utility employees that are received by public employee retirement systems are classified as insurance trust revenue.

Utility revenue also does not reflect any application of general revenue to utility purposes nor does it include any of the following

receipts even when received by utility agencies or funds: interest on investments; rents from leases and other earnings from

nonoperating property; grants, shared taxes, or any other form of intergovernmental aid (not to be confused with sales to other

governments as customers); taxes imposed by public utilities; and special assessments for utility capital improvements. These are

classified in other revenue categories.

Utility revenue includes contributions from other governments for construction of a joint utility project ("payments-in-aid of

construction") or for debt service of a utility consortium IF the contributions are treated as part of the utility's basic rate structure.

(These situations generally arise when a government's electric power utility is a major provider of electricity to other utilities who

redistribute it to the ultimate consumers.) If not, then the revenue is reported under intergovernmental revenue.

Utility revenue is categorized according to the type of utility involved.

7.41 Intergovernmental Revenue Codes for Utilities

Effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data, the Bureau created intergovernmental revenue codes for utilities. Despite the fact that these

categories possess utility function codes (B91, C92, D93, etc.), they are classified as general revenues. Note that these categories are

used to record intergovernmental transactions that were being reported previously under other intergovernmental revenue codes (i.e.,

B47, B89, C47, C89, D47, or D89).

Sale of utility services or commodities to other governments continues to be recorded as a utility revenue (i.e., A91, A92, A93, or

A94).

7.5 Insurance Trust Revenue

Insurance trust revenue consists of contributions distinctively imposed for the support of public employee retirement and social

insurance systems plus net earnings on their investment assets. Insurance trust revenue excludes (as interfund transfers)

contributions from the government which administers the system, whether they are paid on behalf of its employees covered by the

plan or for supplemental support (see Note 2). Also excluded from insurance trust revenue and classified as general revenue are tax

receipts credited directly to insurance trust funds and intergovernmental aid, such as grants and shared taxes for support of insurance

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trust purposes.

Insurance trust revenue is classified according to the major types of insurance trust systems recognized by the Census Bureau and by

type of receipt (contribution or investment earnings).

Exception is Net Lottery Revenue (code U95), for which the costs of prizes are deducted from gross receipts. See Section 12.2

for details. citation.

1. 

Such contributions by the administering government, however, are recorded under special exhibit codes and included in

insurance trust revenue when data are published solely for insurance trust systems. See Chapter 11 for more information on

these exhibit codes. citation.

2. 

On the other hand, funds from other governments which represent the latter's employer share of contributions to an insurance

trust system to which their employees are members are classified as insurance trust revenue. citation.

3. 

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Description of Tax Categories

Compulsory contributions exacted by a government for public purposes, other than from special assessments for capital

improvements and from employee and employer contributions or "taxes" for retirement and social insurance systems.

Comprises amounts received (including interest and penalties) from taxes (1) imposed by a government and collected by that

government or (2) collected on its behalf by another government serving as its agent.

Excludes protested amounts and discounts; special assessments for property improvements (use code U01); compulsory

contributions to social insurance systems even if labeled a tax--e.g., Federal Social Security tax, unemployment insurance and

workers' compensation payroll taxes, etc. (report at appropriate Insurance Trust Revenue code); taxes collected by a government as

an agent for another government which actually imposed the tax (agency transaction) except amounts retained as a fee or shared

tax.

Refunds of taxes paid are deducted from gross tax receipts even if they were reported as tax revenue in a prior fiscal year.

See Section 7.21 for more detailed background information on tax revenue.

CATEGORY: Property Taxes

Taxes imposed on ownership of property and measured by its value.

Code: T01 ITEM: Property Taxes

Includes: General property taxes, relating to property as a whole, taxed at a single rate or at

classified rates according to the class of property. Property refers to real property (e.g.,

land and structures) as well as personal property; personal property can be either

tangible (e.g., automobiles and boats) or intangible (e.g., bank accounts and stocks and

bonds).

Special property taxes, levied on selected types of property (e.g., oil and gas properties,

house trailers, motor vehicles, and intangibles) and subject to rates not directly related

to general property tax rates.

Taxes based on income produced by property as a measure of its value on the

assessment date.

Penalties and interest on delinquent property taxes; proceeds of tax sales and tax

redemptions, up to the amount of taxes due plus penalties and interest (report any

excess receipts as follows: report amounts retained by the taxing government at

Miscellaneous General Revenue, NEC, code U99, and exclude any amounts held for or

returned to original property owner(s)).

For governments collecting taxes as agents for another, includes any commissions, fees,

or other items representing collection expenses retained from tax proceeds.

Excludes: Discounts to taxpayers for prompt payment of their tax bill.

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Taxes or other charges on property measured by any basis other than its value, such as

area, front frontage, and benefits from public improvements, or other "special

assessments" (use code U01) as well as such measures as corporate stock, bank

deposits, or "per head" taxes (see description under License Taxes).

Taxes measured by taxpayer's income from intangible property (report at Individual

Income Taxes, code T40).

Taxes paid in protest and held by government in a suspense fund (report as property tax

revenue if dispute is settled in government's favor; do not report as tax revenue any

amounts returned to taxpayer). See Section 6.71.

Taxes from utility owned by the taxing government (nonrevenues).

Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (if paid by another government, report at Intergovernmental

Revenue; if paid by a private organization, use code U99; and if paid by another agency

or utility of the same government, exclude entirely from revenue).

CATEGORY: Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes

Taxes on goods and services, measured on the basis of the volume or value of their transfer, upon gross receipts or gross income

therefrom, or as an amount per unit sold (gallon, package, etc.); and related taxes based upon use, storage, production, importation,

or consumption of goods and services. Includes licenses levied at more than minor rates.

Excludes dealer discounts or "commissions" allowed to merchants for collecting taxes; taxes on the severance of natural resources,

measured by value or quantity severed (report at Severance Taxes, code T53), except when imposed as a part of and at the same rate

as general sales or gross receipts taxes.

Code: T08 ITEM: Federal Customs Duties

Includes: Taxes levied on the importation or exportation of goods and services.

Code: T09 ITEM: General Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes

Includes: Taxes applicable with only specified exceptions (e.g., food and prescribed medicines) to

sales of all types of goods and services or to all gross receipts, whether at a single rate

or at classified rates; and sales use taxes.

Excludes: Taxes imposed distinctively on sales of or gross receipts from selected commodities,

services, or businesses (report at Selective Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes, codes

T10-T19).

SUB-CATEGORY: Selective Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes

Taxes imposed on the sale of particular commodities or services or on gross receipts of particular businesses separately and apart

from General Sales or Gross Receipts Taxes;and licenses measured by sales or gross receipts and producing more than minor

amounts of revenue.

Excludes license fees for commodity inspections at a rate per unit of commodity inspected that produces only minor revenue (report

at License Taxes, codes T20-T29).

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Code: T10 ITEM: Alcoholic Beverages

Includes: Taxes on sale of alcoholic beverages, whether collected through

government-operated liquor stores or through private outlets.

Code: T11 ITEM: Amusements

Includes: Taxes on admission tickets or admission charges and on gross receipts

of all or specified types of amusement businesses.

Code: T12 ITEM: Insurance Premiums

Includes: Taxes imposed distinctively on insurance companies and measured by

gross premiums or adjusted gross premiums.

Code: T13 ITEM: Motor Fuels

Includes: Taxes on gasoline, diesel oil, aviation fuel, "gasohol", and any other

fuels used in motor vehicles or aircraft.

Excludes: Taxes on sale of fuels other than motor fuels--e.g., for heating,

lighting, cooking, etc. (report at Other Selective Sales Taxes, code

T19); and refunds of fuel taxes (deduct from gross tax proceeds).

Code: T14 ITEM: Pari-mutuels

Includes: Taxes measured by amounts wagered or bet on horse-racing, dog

racing, jai-lai, etc., including "breakage" collected by the government.

Excludes: Race track licenses not based on amounts wagered (report at

Amusement License Taxes, code T21); sales taxes on race track

admissions (use code T11).

Code: T15 ITEM: Public Utilities

Includes: Taxes imposed distinctively on public utilities, both privately- and

publicly-owned, such as public passenger and freight transportation

companies, telephone, telegraph, and light and power, and others; and

measured by gross receipts, gross earnings, or units of service sold,

either as a direct tax on consumers or as a percentage of gross receipts

of utility.

Excludes: Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from utilities operated by other

governments (report at Intergovernmental Revenue); any tax or

payment-in-lieu-of-taxes imposed on a government's own utility gross

receipts (interfund transfer); taxes levied on such companies on any

other basis (report at appropriate tax related to the type of

measurement concerned).

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Notes: Report here taxes imposed by a government on its own utility if they

are billed directly to consumers on a percentage or flat rate base and

are clearly visible to the consumer as a tax separate from the utility

charges. Do not include taxes on the gross receipts of its own utilities.

Code: T16 ITEM: Tobacco Products

Includes: Taxes on tobacco products and synthetic cigars and cigarettes,

including related products like cigarette tubes and paper.

Code: T19 ITEM: Other Selective Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes

Includes: Taxes on specific commodities, businesses, or services not reported

separately above (e.g., on contractors, lodging, lubricating oil, fuels

other than motor fuel, motor vehicles, meals, soft drinks, margarine,

etc.).

CATEGORY: License Taxes

Taxes exacted (either for revenue raising or for regulation) as a condition to the exercise of a business or nonbusiness privilege. Can

be levied at a flat rate or by such bases as capital stock or surplus, number of business units, or capacity. Generally, includes taxes

on property levied on some basis other than assessed value (e.g., on corporate stock or bank deposits). Also includes "fees" related to

licensing activities as well as license taxes producing substantial revenues.

Excludes taxes measured directly by transactions, by gross or net income and receipts, or by value of property, except those with

only minor rates (report at appropriate tax code related to the type of measurement concerned).

Code: T20 ITEM: Alcoholic Beverages

Includes: Licenses for manufacturing, importing, wholesaling, and retailing of alcoholic

beverages.

Excludes: Taxes based on volume or value of transactions (report at Alcoholic Beverage Sales

Taxes, code T10) or on assessed value of property (report at Property Taxes, code T01);

and Federal customs duties on alcoholic beverage imports (use code T08).

Code: T21 ITEM: Amusements

Includes: Licenses on amusement businesses generally and on specific types of amusement

enterprises or devices (e.g., race tracks, movie theaters, athletic events, pinball and

video game machines, etc.).

Excludes: "Licenses" based on value or number of admissions (report at Amusements Sales Taxes,

code T11), on amount of wagers (report at Pari-mutuels Sales Taxes, code T14), or on

gross or net income and receipts (use code T11).

Code: T22 ITEM: Corporations in General

Includes: Franchise license taxes; organization, filing and entrance fees; taxes on property

measured by amount of corporate stock, debt, or other basis besides assessed value of

property; and other licenses applicable with few, specified exceptions to all

corporations.

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Excludes: Taxes on corporations based on value of property (use code T01), on net income (report

at Corporation Net Income Taxes, code T41), or on gross receipts from sales, other than

at minor rates (use code T09); and taxes distinctively imposed on particular kinds of

businesses, such as public utilities, insurance companies, etc. (report at appropriate

Selective Sales Tax, codes T10-T19).

Code: T23 ITEM: Hunting and Fishing

Includes: Licenses for commercial and noncommercial hunting and fishing; and shipping permits.

Code: T24 ITEM: Motor Vehicles

Includes: Licenses imposed on owners or operators of motor vehicles for the right to use public

highways, such as fees for title registration, license plates, vehicle inspection, vehicle

mileage and weight taxes on motor carriers, highway use taxes, and off-highway fees.

Excludes: Personal property taxes on motor vehicles (use code T01); sales or gross receipts taxes

on the sale of motor vehicles (use code T09); taxes on motor carriers based on assessed

value of property (use code T01), gross receipts (use code T09), net income (use code

T41); and other taxes on the business of motor transport (use code T28).

Code: T25 ITEM: Motor Vehicle Operators

Includes: Licenses for the privilege of driving motor vehicles, both commercial and private.

Code: T27 ITEM: Public Utilities

Includes: Licenses distinctively imposed on public utilities, whether privately- or publicly-owned,

such as passenger and freight transportation companies; telephone, telegraph, and light

and power companies; and others.

Excludes: Taxes measured by gross or net income, units of service sold, value of property (report

previous items at appropriate tax code related to the type of measurement concerned);

and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes received from other government-owned utilities (report

at Intergovernmental Revenue).

Code: T28 ITEM: Occupation and Businesses, NEC

Includes: Licenses (including examination and inspection fees) required of persons engaged in

particular professions, trades, or occupations; taxes on insurance companies based on

value of their policies; such taxes on businesses not elsewhere classified; and charges or

fees relating to the inspection and marketing of commodities (e.g., seed, feed, fertilizer,

gasoline, oil, citrus fruit, etc.).

Code: T29 ITEM: Other License Taxes

Includes: Licenses not listed separately above (e.g., animal licenses including "per head" levies

on livestock, health permits, marriage licenses, building and equipment permits,

individual permits to purchase liquor, registration fees on aircraft and pleasure boats,

and other nonbusiness privileges).

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CATEGORY: Income Taxes

Taxes levied on the gross income of individuals or on the net income of corporations and businesses (i.e., after allowable

deductions).

Deduct refunds of taxes from gross collections even if they were recorded as tax revenue in a previous fiscal year.

Code: T40 ITEM: Individual Income Taxes

Includes: Taxes on individuals measured by net income and taxes on special types of income

(e.g., interest, dividends, income from intangible property, etc.).

Excludes: Taxes using income from intangible property as a measure of its value as of assessment

date (report at Property Taxes, code T01); income taxes on unincorporated businesses

(report at Corporation Net Income, code T41); payroll taxes to finance insurance trusts

programs, such as Social Security taxes (report at appropriate Insurance Trust Revenue

code); and city gross earnings taxes (report at Taxes, NEC, code T99).

Notes: Includes combined individual and corporation income taxes where proceeds cannot be

separated.

Code: T41 ITEM: Corporation Net Income Taxes

Includes: Taxes on corporations and unincorporated businesses (when taxed separately from

individual income), measured by net income, whether on corporations in general or on

specific kinds of corporations, such as financial institutions.

Excludes: Income taxes on gross income or receipts of corporations (report at Sales and Gross

Receipts Taxes, codes T09-T19); and combined corporation and individual income

taxes not separable by type (use code T40).

Notes: Although such taxes may be called "license" or "franchise" taxes, they are classified

here if measured by net income.

CATEGORY: Other Taxes

Code: T50 ITEM: Death and Gift Taxes

Includes: Taxes imposed on the transfer of property at death, in contemplation of death, or as a

gift (e.g., inheritance and estate taxes).

Code: T51 ITEM: Documentary and Stock Transfer Taxes

Includes: Taxes on the recording, registration, and transfer of documents, such as mortgages,

deeds, and securities.

Excludes: Taxes on recording or transfer of motor vehicle titles (report at Motor Vehicle Licenses,

code T24).

Code: T53 ITEM: Severance Taxes

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Includes: Taxes imposed distinctively on removal (severance) of natural resources (e.g., oil, gas,

coal, other minerals, timber, fish, etc.) from land or water and measured by the value or

quantity of products removed or sold.

Code: T99 ITEM: Taxes, NEC

Includes: Taxes not listed separately or provided for in categories above, such as taxes on land at

a specified rate per acre (rather than on assessed value).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE TYPE OF TAX Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

T01 Property Taxes N Y Y Y Y Y

---Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes:

T08 Federal Customs Duties Y N N N N N

T09 General Sales and Gross Receipts Taxes N Y Y Y Y Y

---Selective Sales Taxes:

T10 Alcoholic Beverages Y Y Y Y Y Y

T11 Amusements N Y Y N N N

T12 Insurance Premiums N Y Y N N N

T13 Motor Fuels Y Y Y Y Y Y

T14 Pari-mutuels N Y N N N N

T15 Public Utilities Y Y Y Y Y Y

T16 Tobacco Products Y Y Y Y Y Y

T19 Other Y Y Y Y Y Y

---License Taxes:

T20 Alcoholic Beverages N Y Y N N N

T21 Amusements N Y Y N N N

T22 Corporations in General N Y Y N N N

T23 Hunting and Fishing N Y Y N N N

T24 Motor Vehicles N Y Y Y Y N

T25 Motor Vehicle Operators N Y Y N N N

T27 Public Utilities N Y Y N N N

T28 Occupation and Business, NEC N Y Y N N N

T29 Other N Y Y N N N

---Income Taxes:

T40 Individual Income Y Y Y Y Y N

T41 Corporation Net Income Y Y Y Y N N

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---Other Taxes:

T50 Death and Gift Y Y Y N N N

T51 Documentary & Stock Transfer N Y Y N N N

T53 Severance N Y N N N N

T99 Taxes, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

Last revised:

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Descriptions of Intergovernmental Revenue Categories

Amounts received from other governments for use in performing specific functions, for general financial assistance, or as share of

tax proceeds.

Comprises grants-in-aid; shared taxes; payments-in-lieu-of-taxes on public property exempt from taxation; contingent loans and

advances (see Section 6.41 for discussion of contingent transactions); significant and identifiable reimbursements from other

governments for performing governmental functions; and any aid from other governments representing their share of the costs to

finance activities administered by the receiving government.

Excludes amounts received from sale of buildings, property or commodities (report at appropriate Miscellaneous General Revenue

code); charges for utility services to other governments (report at appropriate Utility Revenue code); retention of taxes collected on

behalf of another government which actually imposed the tax (report at appropriate Tax code); and transactions between

governments involving marketable securities or debt instruments (nonrevenues except for earnings, reported at code U20).

Also excludes contributions from other governments for employee retirement and other insurance trust funds (report at appropriate

Insurance Trust Revenue code) and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from private organizations like private colleges (report at

Miscellaneous General Revenues, NEC, code U99).

All intergovernmental revenue, regardless of its uses, is classified as general revenue. Thus, the intergovernmental revenue codes

for utilities that were added to the classification system effective with fiscal year 1988 data are treated as general revenue.

Intergovernmental revenue is classified two ways: (1) by the type of government from which the money is received, and (2) by its

purpose or function (Table 4-1 in Chapter 4 shows the functional categories that relate to the codes below).

See Section 7.22 for more detailed information on intergovernmental revenue.

CATEGORY: Intergovernmental Revenue from the Federal Government

Amounts received directly from the Federal Government. For states includes Federal grants and aid, payments-in-lieu-of-taxes on

Federal property, reimbursements for state activities, and revenue received but later transmitted through the state to local

governments. For locals includes only direct aid from the Federal Government. (Report Federal grants channeled through the states

as Intergovernmental Revenue from State Governments at the local government level.)

Excludes amounts received by state governments which are distributed to individuals without discretion as to how they are

disbursed (e.g., certain veterans benefits); rental or sale of buildings, property, or commodities to the Federal Government (report

at appropriate General Charges or Miscellaneous General Revenue code); taxes on Federal property (report at Property Taxes,

code T01); and proceeds from sale, liquidation, or earnings of Federal securities (nonrevenues except for earnings, reported at

U20).

Also excludes charges for utility services to Federal Government (report at appropriate Utility Revenue code);

payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from independent special district housing authorities even though they may be designated locally as

"Federal" agencies (report at Intergovernmental Revenue from Local Governments); and value of noncash assistance (e.g., gifts of

food, property, land, etc.).

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Code: B01 ITEM: Air Transportation

Includes: Federal aid for construction, operation, and support of public airports; and other

distributions from the Federal Airport and Airway Trust Fund.

Code: B21 ITEM: Education

Includes: Federal aid for Federally-impacted areas (PL 815 and 874); migrant and bilingual

education; Indian education; Head Start program; and grants and contractual amounts

received by institutions of higher education for education or for research and

development programs.

Excludes: Grants for agricultural experiment stations and extensions (use code B54) and aid for

library services (use code B89).

Code: B22 ITEM: Employment Security Administration

Includes: Federal aid for administration of the cooperative Federal-state unemployment

compensation system, public employment offices and related services, and veterans'

readjustment allowances; and determination of eligibility for Social Security disability

benefits.

Excludes: Federal grants for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and occupational health and

safety (use code B89 for both).

Code: B30 ITEM: General Local Government Support

Includes: Federal aid which may be applied at the discretion of the receiving government to any

of its basic functions or purposes; payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; and aid received

distinctively as reimbursement for Federal programs or facilities which have resulted in

loss of state or local tax revenue.

Excludes: School aid in Federally-affected areas (use code B21) and shared revenues from

national forests, grazing lands, mineral leases, etc. (use code B89).

Notes: Effective with fiscal 1988 data, includes amounts for Federal tax relief programs

previously reported at code B28.

Code: B42 ITEM: Health and Hospitals

Includes: Federal aid for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health; communicable disease control;

maternal and child health; special supplemental food program (WIC); environmental

health; and care of veterans in state hospitals, including construction of facilities.

Excludes: Federal aid for medical care under public assistance programs such as Medicaid even if

received by a public hospital, for care in nursing homes not associated with hospitals, or

for payments to vendors for medical care in public assistance cases (use code B79); and

hospital charges received on behalf of individuals under Medicare or other Federal

insurance-type arrangements (report at Public Hospital Charges, code A36).

Code: B46 ITEM: Highways (including roads and streets)

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Includes: Federal aid distributed from the Federal Highway Trust or other funds for approved

projects and for highway safety.

Excludes: Federal grants for urban mass transit (use code B94).

Code: B50 ITEM: Housing and Community Development

Includes: Federal aid for construction or operation of public housing; rent subsidy programs (e.g.,

"Section 8" funds); and rural, urban, and community development.

SUB-CATEGORY: Natural Resources

Code: B54 ITEM: Agriculture

Includes: Federal aid for agricultural experiment stations and extension

services; inspection of meat, poultry, and other agricultural products;

and agricultural research.

Excludes: Federal grants for school nutrition and milk programs (use code C21);

special supplemental food program, or WIC (use code B42); food

stamp program (use code B79); and value of food commodities

distributed to states (nonrevenues).

Code: B59 ITEM: Other Natural Resources

Includes: Federal aid for forests and grasslands; soil, water, and energy

conservation; flood prevention and drainage; fish and wildlife

management; and mine reclamation and safety.

Excludes: Federal aid for parks and recreation and shared revenue from national

forests, grazing lands, mineral leasing, flood control lands, etc. (use

code B89 for both).

Code: B79 ITEM: Public Welfare

Includes: Federal aid for categorical programs (Aid to Families with Dependent

Children, or AFDC); medical assistance programs (Medicaid) even if

received by a public hospital; care in nursing homes not associated

with hospitals; food stamp administration; child welfare services;

low-income energy assistance; social and community services block

grants; refugee assistance; work incentives program (WIN); and

related administration.

Excludes: Federal aid for school nutrition and milk programs (use code C21)

and special supplemental food program, or WIC (use code B42).

Code: B80 ITEM: Sewerage

Includes: Federal aid for construction, operation, and maintenance plants, water

pollution control facilities, etc.

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SUB-CATEGORY: Utilities

Federal aid received in support of utility projects other than receipt of charges for utility services and commodities provided to the

Federal Government.

These codes were added to the Classification Manual, effective with fiscal year 1988 data, as a service to users who wanted to track

better the fiscal activities of utilities. They represent items previously classed at other codes under this same category (i.e., B47 and

B89). Despite their utility suffixes, however, these codes continue to be classified as general revenue.

Code: B91 ITEM: Water Supply Systems

Includes: Federal aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

water supply systems, water purification plants, etc.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of water to Federal Government as a regular

utility customer (use code A91) and grants related to water irrigation,

conservation, and management even if project is designed for future

water supply uses (use code B59).

Code: B92 ITEM: Electric Power Systems

Includes: Federal aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

electric power generating plants and related transmission systems.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of electric power to Federal Government as

a regular utility customer (use code A92) and grants for water

development projects which have an electricity generating component

(use code B59).

Code: B93 ITEM: Gas Supply Systems

Includes: Federal aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

natural gas supply and distribution systems.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of natural gas to Federal Government as a

regular utility customer (use code A93).

Code: B94 ITEM: Public Mass Transit Systems

Includes: Federal aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

mass transit systems (buses, subways, commuter railroads, urban

mass transit, and the like).

Excludes: Grants for other modes of transportation, such as airports (use code

B01) and highways (use code B46).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1988, these revenues were classified at code B47.

Code: B89 ITEM: All Other

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Includes: Federal aid for specified purposes other than categories shown above

(e.g., economic development, libraries, civil defense and militias,

disaster assistance, public broadcasting, parks and recreation, water

transportation) and for multipurpose activities (e.g., Job Training

Partnership Act, or JTPA, shared revenue from national forests,

grazing lands, mineral leasing, and flood control lands) even if they

must be spent on specified types of activities, such as schools and

roads.

CATEGORY: Intergovernmental Revenue from the State Government

Amounts received directly from the state government, including Federal aid passed through the state government and state aid

channeled through intermediate local governments (e.g., counties) which have no discretion as to its distribution.

Includes state grants-in-aid, regardless of basis of distribution; local share of state-collected taxes (see Section 7.21);

payments-in-lieu-of-taxes on state property; and reimbursement for services performed for state government (e.g., care of state

prisoners in local jails, construction or maintenance of state highway facilities, etc.).

Excludes proceeds from sale of buildings, property, or commodities (report at appropriate Miscellaneous General Revenue code);

charges for utility services to state government (report at appropriate Utility Revenue code); taxes on state government facilities

(use code T01); contributions from state for locally-administered employee retirement systems (use code X05); and retained share or

collection "fee" on state-imposed taxes collected by local governments (report at appropriate Tax code).

Also excludes proceeds from the sale, liquidation, or earnings of state government securities held by local governments (nonrevenues

except for earnings, reported at code U20); receipt of locally-imposed taxes collected by state acting as an agent for local

governments (report at appropriate Tax code); agency receipts (i.e., amounts received for transmittal to other governments or

individuals without discretion as to how they are disbursed by the agent government); and value of noncash assistance (e.g., gifts of

property, commodities, etc.).

This category relates only to Federal and local government finances since the Census Bureau does not recognize state-to-state

payments as intergovernmental transactions in its classification schema.

Code: C21 ITEM: Education

Includes: State aid for support of local schools; redistribution of Federal aid for education (e.g.,

Chapter 1, Children with Disabilities, Eisenhower Math and Science, Drug Free

Schools, Chapter 2 block grants, and child nutrition act); handicapped, special, and

vocational education and rehabilitation; student transportation; equalization aid; school

health; local community colleges; adult education; school buildings; and property tax

relief related strictly to school funding.

Excludes: State grants for libraries (use code C89); state expenditures on behalf of local schools

for textbooks, buses, school buildings, etc. (report as state direct expenditure for

education); and value of donated food commodities (nonrevenue).

Code: C30 ITEM: General Local Government Support

Includes: State aid which may be applied at the discretion of the receiving government to any of

its basic functions or purposes; local share of state-imposed taxes or of profits from

alcoholic beverage monopolies; per capita aid; state revenue sharing;

payments-in-lieu-of-taxes; and aid received distinctively as reimbursement for

state-mandated tax relief programs or for facilities which have resulted in loss of local

tax revenue (e.g., property tax relief, homestead exemptions, etc.).

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Excludes: Amounts received as reimbursement for services performed by local governments for

the state government (report at appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue from State

Government code); shared state taxes or property tax relief related strictly to school

funding (use code C21); shared state taxes with specific uses, such as gasoline taxes

designated for highway purposes (report those with single uses at appropriate

Intergovernmental Revenue from State code and those with multipurpose uses at code

C89); and share of state taxes expressly for local employee retirement systems even if

they are first passed through the parent government (report at Employee Retirement

Contributions from Other Governments, code X05).

Notes: Effective with fiscal 1988 data, includes amounts for state tax relief programs

previously reported at code C28.

Code: C42 ITEM: Health and Hospitals

Includes: State aid for local health programs; maternal and child health; alcohol, drug abuse, and

mental health; environmental health; nursing aid; hospital financing (including

construction); and hospitalization of patients in local government hospitals.

Excludes: State aid for medical care under public assistance programs such as Medicaid even if

received by a public hospital, for care in nursing homes not associated with hospitals,

and for payments to vendors for medical care in public assistance cases (use code C79);

and hospital charges received on behalf of individuals under state insurance-type

arrangements (use code A36).

Code: C46 ITEM: Highways

Includes: State aid for construction, improvement, or maintenance of streets, highways, bridges,

tunnels, etc.; distribution of state fuel taxes; and aid for debt service on local highway

debt.

Excludes: State grants for urban mass transit (use code C94).

Code: C50 ITEM: Housing and Community Development

Includes: State aid for construction or operation of public housing; rent subsidy programs; repair

and renovation of existing houses; and rural, urban, and community development.

Code: C79 ITEM: Public Welfare

Includes: State aid for public welfare purposes; medical care and related administration under

public assistance programs (including Medicaid) even if received by a public hospital;

care in nursing homes not associated with hospitals; Federal categorical assistance (e.g.,

pass through of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or AFDC); noncategorical

assistance (e.g., home relief, emergency assistance); and administration of local welfare

programs. For Federal Government includes revenue from state governments for

increased benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI).

Code: C80 ITEM: Sewerage

Includes: State aid for construction, operation, and maintenance of sewers, sewage disposal

facilities, wastewater treatment plants, water pollution control facilities, etc.

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SUB-CATEGORY: Utilities

State aid received in support of utility projects other than receipt of charges for utility services and commodities provided to the state

government.

Excludes contributions from parent government (interfund transfers) and contributions from other participating public utilities for

the construction of a joint utility project or for debt service on such a project IF the monies are treated as part of the recipient

utility's basic rate structure (report at Electric Power Utility revenue, code A92).

These codes were added to the Classification Manual, effective with fiscal year 1988 data, as a service to users who wanted to track

better the fiscal activities of utilities. They represent items previously classed at other codes under this same category (i.e., C47 and

C89). Despite their utility suffixes, however, these codes continue to be classified as general revenue.

Code: C91 ITEM: Water Supply Systems

Includes: State aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public water

supply systems, water purification plants, etc.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of water to state government as a regular

utility customer (use code A91) and water conservation unrelated to

utility operations (use code C89).

Code: C92 ITEM: Electric Power Systems

Includes: State aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

electric power generating plants and related transmission systems.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of electric power to state government as a

regular utility customer (use code A92).

Code: C93 ITEM: Gas Supply Systems

Includes: State aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

natural gas supply and distribution systems.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of natural gas to state government as a

regular utility customer (use code A93).

Code: C94 ITEM: Public Mass Transit Systems

Includes: State aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public mass

transit systems (buses, subways, commuter railroads, urban mass

transit, and the like).

Excludes: Grants for other modes of transportation, such as airports (use code

C89) or highways and ferries (use code C46); and for pupil

transportation (use code C21).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1988, these revenues were classified at code C47.

Code: C89 ITEM: All Other

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Includes: State aid for specific purposes other than categories shown above and

for multipurpose activities, such as public works in general.

Excludes: State aid (other than shared taxes reported at code C30) expressly for

local employee retirement systems even if they are first passed

through the parent government (report at Employee Retirement

Contributions from Other Governments, code X05).

CATEGORY: Intergovernmental Revenue for Local Governments

Amounts received from local governments for use in performing specific functions, for general financial assistance, or as share of tax

proceeds.

For state governments, includes local government share of state-administered programs requiring local financial participation;

reimbursements from locals for services provided to them by state, such as auditing local accounts; monies from localities to pay

debt service on state debt issued for the benefit of local governments; and repayments of contingent loans and advances previously

extended to local governments.

For local governments, includes financial support from other local governments for activities administered by recipient locality,

including its dependent agencies; state aid channeled through other local governments which have some discretion as to its

distribution; reimbursements for services provided to other local governments (other than for utility services); and

payments-in-lieu-of-taxes on other local governments' property.

For state governments, excludes monies received from local governments and held in an agency capacity on their behalf (e.g., to

repay interest and principal on local debt); receipt of state-imposed taxes or other state revenues collected by local governments

acting as agents for state; taxes on local government facilities (report last two exclusions at appropriate Tax code); proceeds from

the sale, liquidation, or earnings of local government securities held by the state (nonrevenues except for earnings, reported at code

U20); proceeds from sale of buildings, property, or commodities (report at appropriate Miscellaneous General Revenue code);

charges for utility services to local governments (report at appropriate Utility Revenue code); and contributions from local

governments for employee retirement or other insurance trust systems (report at appropriate Insurance Trust code).

For local governments, excludes state grants or shared taxes to be transmitted through government with no discretion as to their

distribution (report at Intergovernmental Revenue from State Governments for final recipient local government); receipt of taxes or

other charges collected by another local government acting as the receiving government's agent (report at appropriate Tax code);

proceeds from sale, liquidation, or earnings of local government securities held by other localities (nonrevenues except for earnings,

reported at code U20); taxes on facilities of other local governments (use code T01); proceeds from sale of buildings, property, or

commodities (report at appropriate Miscellaneous General Revenue code); charges for utility services to other local governments

(report at appropriate Utility Revenue code); and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from private organizations like private colleges (use

code U99).

Code: D11 ITEM: Interschool System Revenue

Includes: Local aid received by school system from other school systems (dependent or

independent).

Notes: Applies only to finances of school systems.

Code: D21 ITEM: Education

Includes: For state governments, rental on school buildings constructed by state school building

authorities and leased to local governments; and local share of school building

construction projects.

Excludes: Local aid received by a dependent or independent school system from other school

systems (use code D11) and contributions from parent government of a dependent

school system (nonrevenues).

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Code: D30 ITEM: General Local Government Support

Includes: Local aid which may be applied at the discretion of the receiving government to any of

its basic functions or purposes, including payments-in-lieu-of-taxes.

Code: D42 ITEM: Health and Hospitals

Includes: Local aid for hospitalization of patients in other government hospitals and local share of

state or other local government-administered programs.

Excludes: Care in nursing homes not associated with hospitals (use code D79) and payments from

parent government of a dependent hospital (nonrevenues).

Code: D46 ITEM: Highways

Includes: Local aid as reimbursement for signals and traffic lights maintenance and for share of

costs of joint highway projects.

Code: D50 ITEM: Housing and Community Development

Includes: Local aid as share of joint housing projects.

Code: D79 ITEM: Public Welfare

Includes: Local aid as share of state-administered welfare programs.

Code: D80 ITEM: Sewerage

Includes: Local aid as contributions or share of joint sewer projects; and charges for sewer

services from local governments.

SUB-CATEGORY: Utilities

Local aid received in support of utility projects other than receipt of charges for utility services and commodities provided to local

governments.

Excludes contributions from parent government (interfund transfers) and contributions from other participating public utilities for

the construction of a joint utility project or for debt service on such a project IF the monies are treated as part of the recipient

utility's basic rate structure (report at Electric Power Utility revenue, code A92).

These codes were added to the Classification Manual, effective with fiscal year 1988 data, as a service to users who wanted to track

better the fiscal activities of utilities. They represent items previously classed at other codes under this same category (i.e., D47 and

D89). Despite their utility suffixes, however, these codes continue to be classified as general revenue.

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Code: D91 ITEM: Water Supply Systems

Includes: Local aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public water

supply systems, water purification plants, etc.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of water to local governments as regular

utility customers (use code A91).

Code: D92 ITEM: Electric Power Systems

Includes: Local aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

electric power generating plants and related transmission systems.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of electric power to local governments as

regular utility customers (use code A92).

Code: D93 ITEM: Gas Supply Systems

Includes: Local aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public

natural gas supply and distribution systems.

Excludes: Reimbursements for sale of natural gas to local governments as

regular utility customers (use code A93).

Code: D94 ITEM: Public Mass Transit Systems

Includes: Local aid for maintenance, operation, and construction of public mass

transit systems (buses, subways, commuter railroads, urban mass

transit, and the like).

Excludes: Grants for other modes of transportation, such as airports (use code

D89) and highways (use code D46).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1988, these revenues were classified at code D47.

Code: D89 ITEM: All Other

Includes: Local aid received for specific purposes other than categories shown

above and for multipurpose activities, such as public works in general

and share of costs for courts, central computer services, etc.

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CODE TYPE OF REVENUE Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

---From Federal Government:

B01 Air Transportation N Y Y Y N Y

B21 Education N Y Y Y Y Y

B22 Employee Security Administration N Y Y N N N

B30 General Local Support N Y Y Y Y N

B42 Health and Hospitals N Y Y Y Y Y

B46 Highways N Y Y Y Y Y

B50 Housing and Community Development N Y Y Y Y Y

B54 Agriculture N Y N N N N

B59 Other Natural Resources N Y N N N Y

B79 Public Welfare N Y Y Y Y Y

B80 Sewerage N Y Y Y N Y

B91 Water Supply Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

B92 Electric Power Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

B93 Gas Supply Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

B94 Public Mass Transit Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

B89 All Other N Y Y Y Y Y

---From State Government:

C21 Education N N N Y Y Y

C30 General Local Support N N N Y Y N

C42 Health and Hospitals N N N Y Y Y

C46 Highways N N N Y Y Y

C50 Housing and Community Development N N N Y Y Y

C79 Public Welfare Y N N Y Y Y

C80 Sewerage N N N Y N Y

C91 Water Supply Utility N N N Y Y Y

C92 Electric Power Utility N N N Y Y Y

C93 Gas Supply Utility N N N Y Y Y

C94 Public Mass Transit Utility N N N Y Y Y

C89 All Other Y N N Y Y Y

---From Local Governments:

D11 Interschool Revenue N N N N N N

D21 Education N Y Y Y Y Y

D30 General Local Support N Y Y Y Y N

D42 Health and Hospitals N Y Y Y Y Y

D46 Highways N Y Y Y Y Y

D50 Housing and Community Development N N Y Y Y Y

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D79 Public Welfare N Y Y Y Y Y

D80 Sewerage N Y Y Y N Y

D91 Water Supply Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

D92 Electric Power Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

D93 Gas Supply Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

D94 Public Mass Transit Utility N Y Y Y Y Y

D89 All Other N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Descriptions of Current Charges Categories

Amounts received from the public for performance of specific services which benefit the person charged and from sale of

commodities or services other than utilities and liquor stores. Includes fees, maintenance assessments, and other reimbursements for

current services; rents and sales derived from commodities or services furnished incident to the performance of particular functions;

gross income of commercial enterprises; and the like. Charges are distinguished from license taxes, which are privileges granted by

a government or fees collected to finance regulatory activities.

Excludes special assessments (use code U01); amounts received from other governments in return for services provided (report at

appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue code); and interdepartmental charges and interfund transfers within the same government

(see Section 6.6).

Report current charges on a gross basis without deducting the cost of providing related services.

See Section 7.23 for more detailed information on current charges revenue.

CATEGORY: Federal-Only Charges

Code: A06 ITEM: National Defense and International Relations

Includes: Sale of defense materials and stocks to non-Federal sources.

Code: A14 ITEM: Postal Service

Includes: Sale of postage and commemorative stamps, postal insurance fees, fees for certified and

registered mail, and other charges by the U.S. Postal Service.

Code: A01 ITEM: Air Transportation (Airports)

Includes: Hangar rentals, landing fees, terminal and concession rents, sale of aircraft fuel and oil,

parking fees at airport lots, and other charges for use of airport facilities or for services

associated with their use.

Code: A03 ITEM: Miscellaneous Commercial Activities

Includes: Charges of publicly-owned commercial enterprises not classified elsewhere, such as

markets, cement plants, cemeteries, etc.

Excludes: Charge revenues from utilities (use codes A91 - A94); liquor stores (use code A90);

sewerage facilities (use code A80); and landfills, garbage collection, and other solid

waste management activities (use code A81).

CATEGORY: Education Charges

SUB-CATEGORY: Elementary and Secondary Education

Charges derived from the operation of public elementary and secondary school systems.

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Code: A09 ITEM: School Lunch

Includes: Gross receipts from sale of milk and school lunches.

Code: A10 ITEM: School Tuition

Includes: Amounts from pupils and parents for tuition and transportation.

Excludes: Tuition received from other governments (report at appropriate

education Intergovernmental Revenue code, B21, C21, or D21).

Code: A12 ITEM: Other Elementary-Secondary Education

Includes: Revenues from athletic contests, sale or rental of textbooks, student

activity funds, and the like.

SUB-CATEGORY: Higher Education

These data are obtained largely through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Survey (IPEDS).

Code: A16 ITEM: Auxiliary Enterprises

Includes: Gross receipts from sales and charges by dormitories, cafeterias,

athletic contests, lunchrooms, student activities, bookstores, and

similar commercial activities financed wholly or largely through these

charges.

Excludes: Receipts from sale of products incidental to operation of a higher

education program (use code A18).

Notes: This code applies only to state governments; report any similar

revenues by local government institutions of higher education at code

A18.

Code: A18 ITEM: Other Higher Education

Includes: Tuition, laboratory fees, and other charges of higher education

facilities other than auxiliary enterprises. For local governments

includes all charges related to institutions of higher education.

Excludes: Charges of hospitals for general public operated by universities (use

code A36).

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Code: A21 ITEM: Other Education Charges, NEC

Includes: Fees of state schools for blind, deaf, and handicapped; and tuition and fees of state

vocational-technical schools which award certificates equal to less than two years

of college.

Excludes: Library charges and fees (use code A89); payments from local governments for

state school building authorities (use code D21); and charges of

university-operated hospitals and of handicapped institutions primarily for

physical rehabilitation or care (use code A36).

Notes: This code applies only to state governments; allocate all local government

education charges among codes A09, A10, A12, and A18.

Code: A36 ITEM: Public Hospitals

Includes: Charges from patients, private insurance companies, and public insurance programs

(such as Medicare) of public hospitals and of institutions for care and treatment of the

handicapped; and receipts of hospital canteens, cafeterias, gift shops, etc.

Excludes: Revenues received from other governments for care of patients (report at health and

hospitals Intergovernmental Revenue, codes B42, C42, or D42); fees of state schools for

blind, deaf, or handicapped (use code A21); and health clinics operating on outpatient

basis only (use code A89).

Notes: As of fiscal year 1973-74 data, intergovernmental aid for hospital medical care under

public assistance programs (such as Medicaid) has been reported at code B79 or C79

rather than code A36; all other intergovernmental aid for hospital medical care should

be reported at code B42, C42, or D42. Other than insurance-type programs cited above,

do not report payments from other governments at this code.

CATEGORY: Highway Charges

Excludes special assessments levied on homeowners who benefit from specific street or sidewalk improvements and impact fees to

build public roads in new developments (use code U01).

Code: A44 ITEM: Regular Highways

Includes: Reimbursements for street construction and repairs; fees for street cuts and

special traffic signs; and maintenance assessments for street lighting, snow

plowing, and other highway or street services unrelated to toll facilities.

Code: A45 ITEM: Toll Highways

Includes: Fees from turnpikes, toll roads, bridges, ferries, and tunnels; rents and

other revenue from concessions (service stations, restaurants, etc.); and

other charges for use of toll facilities.

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Code: A50 ITEM: Housing and Community Development Charges

Includes: Gross rentals, tenant charges, and other revenue from operation of public housing

projects; and fees for housing mortgage insurance (e.g., FHA-insured loans).

Excludes: Receipts from sale of property (use code U10) and payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from

housing projects operated by other governments, whether independent housing

authorities (special districts) or dependent housing agencies of general purpose

governments (report at housing and community development Intergovernmental

Revenue, codes B50, C50, or D50).

CATEGORY: Natural Resource Charges

The codes under this category apply largely to the Federal and state governments. Report all natural resource charges of local

governments at code A89, except for special districts (use code A59).

Code: A54 ITEM: Agriculture

Includes: Receipts from sale of products from agricultural experiment station farms;

revenue from agricultural fairs and shows; agricultural laboratory charges

(such as milk testing fees); Federal Government sale of surplus crops and

commodities; and other related agricultural charges.

Excludes: Fees related to regulation or inspection activities (report at Occupation and

Businesses License Taxes, NEC, code T28); and special assessments for

capital outlay improvements benefiting specific land owners (use code

U01).

Code: A56 ITEM: Forestry

Includes: Sale of timber, nursery stock, and other products from Federal and state

forests; and reimbursements for forest fire suppression services.

Code: A59 ITEM: Other Natural Resources

Includes: Sale of minerals and other natural products (other than agricultural or

forestry products) from public lands. For Federal Government also

includes fees and rentals from public grazing and grasslands, fees for

uranium enrichment, and sale of electric power (e.g., by Bonneville Power

Administration and Tennessee Valley Authority).

Excludes: Royalties for privilege of developing public land (use code U41); and taxes

on the removal (severance) of natural resources measured by value or

quantity (use code T53).

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Code: A60 ITEM: Parking Facilities

Includes: Revenue from on-street and off-street parking meters and charges and rentals from

locally-owned parking lots or public garages.

Code: A61 ITEM: Parks and Recreation

Includes: Gross revenue of facilities operated by a government (swimming pools, recreational

marinas and piers, golf courses, skating rinks, museums, zoos, etc.); auxiliary facilities

in public recreation areas (camping areas, refreshment stands, gift shops, etc.); lease or

use fees from stadiums, auditoriums, and community and convention centers; and

rentals from concessions at such facilities.

CATEGORY: Sanitation Charges

Code: A80 ITEM: Sewerage

Includes: Charges for sewage collection and disposal, including sewer connection

fees.

Excludes: Impact fees to build sewers in new developments (use code U01).

Notes: For combined water-sewer system, include segregable amounts derived

from sewerage activities.

Code: A81 ITEM: Solid Waste Management

Includes: Fees for garbage collection and disposal; operation of landfills; sale of

recyclable materials; cleanup of hazardous wastes; and sale of electricity,

gas, steam, or other by-products of waste resource recovery or

cogeneration facilities.

Excludes: Fees related to regulation or inspection activities (report at Occupation and

Businesses License Taxes, NEC, code T28).

Notes: Effective with 1988 data, this category was (1) expanded to include the

Federal and state governments, formerly classed at code A89, and (2)

renamed from "Other Sanitation Charges."

Code: A87 ITEM: Water Transport and Terminals

Includes: Canal tolls (including Panama Canal), rents from leases, concession rents, and other

charges for use of commercial or industrial water transport and port terminal facilities

and related services.

Excludes: Fees and rents related to water facilities provided for recreational purposes, such as

marinas, public docks, etc. (use code 61); and toll ferries (use code A45).

Code: A89 ITEM: All Other General Current Charges

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Includes: Charges not covered by any of the above categories, such as those derived from court

and recording fees, police, fire, correction, defense, public welfare, public nursing

homes, public libraries, and health activities. For Federal Government also includes fees

on utilities for nuclear waste disposal and assessments on banks and savings and loans

institutions for insurance on savers' deposits.

Excludes: Reimbursements and special assessments for capital outlay improvements which benefit

specific property owners (use code U01) and sale of used vehicles, surplus equipment,

scrap materials, etc. which do not relate to any specific function or service (report at

Miscellaneous General Revenue code U11 or U99).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE TYPE OF CHARGE Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

---Federal-Only Charges:

A06 National Defense and International Relations Y N N N N N

A14 Postal Service Y N N N N N

---Other Charges:

A01 Air Transportation (Airports) Y Y Y Y Y Y

A03 Miscellaneous Commercial Airports N Y Y Y Y N

---Education:

--Elementary and Secondary

A09 School Lunch N Y Y Y Y N

A10 School Tuition N Y Y Y Y N

A12 Other N Y Y Y Y N

--Higher Education

A16 Auxiliary Enterprises N Y N N N N

A18 Other N Y Y Y Y N

A21 Other Education, NEC Y Y N N N N

A36 Public Hospitals Y Y Y Y Y Y

---Highways:

A44 Regular Highways N Y Y Y Y Y

A45 Toll Highways N Y Y Y Y N

A50 Housing and Community Development Y Y Y Y Y Y

---Natural Resources:

A54 Agriculture Y Y N N N N

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A56 Forestry Y Y N N N N

A59 Other Natural Resources Y Y N N N Y

A60 Parking Facilities N N Y Y Y Y

A61 Parks and Recreation Y Y Y Y Y Y

---Sanitation:

A80 Sewerage N Y Y Y Y Y

A81 Solid Waste Management Y Y Y Y Y Y

A87 Water Transport and Terminals Y Y Y Y Y Y

A89 All Other Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Descriptions of Miscellaneous General Revenue Categories

Miscellaneous general revenues which do not fall into one of the above Tax, Intergovernmental Revenue, or Current Charges

categories.

Code: U01 ITEM: Special Assessments

Includes: Compulsory contributions and reimbursements from owners of property who benefit

from specific public improvements; and impact fees to fund extension of water, sewer,

roads, and other infrastructure facilities in new developments. These contributions and

reimbursements are designed to defray all or part of the cost of such improvements,

either directly or through payment of principal and interest on debt issued to finance

them. Generally, special assessments are apportioned according to assumed benefits to

the property affected by the improvements. They cover not only general

improvements--such as street paving, sidewalks, highway construction, sewer lines,

drainage and irrigation projects--but also utility improvements, such as water lines.

Excludes: Proceeds from sale of special assessment bonds (report at appropriate Debt code);

maintenance assessments for recurrent services such as street lighting, leaf removal, and

weed control (report at appropriate Current Charges code); and reimbursements or

contributions for capital outlays incurred under voluntary agreements, such as

cooperative state government construction projects (use code U99) and joint state-local

or local-local construction projects (report at appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue

code).

Notes: Special assessments and property taxes are distinguished from each other by these

features: taxes are levied on all property owners on the basis of the property's assessed

value and are generally used to support a wide range of public activities. In contrast,

special assessments are levied on just certain property owners who have benefited from

specific public improvements and are used to fund or repay their costs.

Special assessments and current charges are distinguished from each other by these

features: special assessments are generally for one-time capital improvements, such as

paving a street, installing street lights or sidewalks, etc. Current charges, on the other

hand, are for ongoing, recurrent services such as street cleaning, street lighting, leaf

removal, etc., even though they may be labeled as "maintenance assessments" or even

just "assessments."

CATEGORY: Sale of Property

Amounts received from sale of real property, buildings, improvements to them, land easements, rights-of-way, and other capital

assets (buses, automobiles, etc.), including proceeds from sale of operating and nonoperating property of utilities. Includes sale of

property to other governments.

Excludes proceeds from sale of securities (nonrevenues); sale of property to meet delinquent taxes or tax liens (report at Property

Tax, code T01); and sale of commodities, unclaimed or confiscated property, and minor personal property (use U99).

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Code: U10 ITEM: Housing and Community Development

Includes: Proceeds from sale of land and improvements associated with housing and community

development programs.

Code: U11 ITEM: Other

Includes: Proceeds from sale of property other than in connection with housing and community

development programs.

Code: U20 ITEM: Interest Earnings

Includes: Amounts from interest on all interest-bearing deposits and accounts; accrued interest on

investment securities sold; interest on funds held for construction; and interest related to

public debt for private purposes.

Excludes: Interest on deposits and investments of employee retirement and other insurance trust

funds (report at appropriate Insurance Trust Revenue code); dividends from investments

(use code U99); accrued interest on bonds issued by the government (deduct from

Interest on Debt, codes I89 or I91-I94); recorded profits on sale of investments (use

code U99); and accrued interest on the purchase of investments (deduct from Interest

Earnings reported for those investments).

Notes: Effective with fiscal year 1988 data, the treatment of interest revenue related to public

debt for private purposes was changed. Now, report interest revenue in an amount equal

to the interest payments (I89) on this type of debt. Previously, this treatment was

limited to mortgage revenue bonds and was classified at code U40.

Code: U30 ITEM: Fines and Forfeits

Includes: Receipts from penalties imposed for violations of law; civil penalties (e.g., for violating

court orders); court fees if levied upon conviction of a crime or violation; court-ordered

restitutions to crime victims where government actually collects the monies; and forfeits

of deposits held for performance guarantees or against loss or damage (such as forfeited

bail and collateral).

Excludes: Penalties relating to tax delinquency (report at appropriate Tax code); library fines

(report at Other Charges, code A89); and sale of confiscated property (use code U99).

CATEGORY: Rents and Royalties

Compensation for temporary possession, use, or development of a building, land, other property, or a right. Unlike rental fees

classified under General Current Charges, rents reported here are revenues for which there are little or no related services provided

by the government.

Rents and royalties are distinguished from each other by these features: rents are compensation for the temporary possession of a

building, land, or some other fixed or immovable object, usually with specific payments over a specified period of time. Royalties are

compensation for the use or development of land and property or for operating under a right (such as a mineral right) and are often

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Code: U40 ITEM: Rents

Includes: Amounts received from temporary possession of a building, land, or other fixed

property, such as from grazing fees, timberland leases, rental of unused land or property

(including nonoperating property of a government utility), and revenue from leases (or

lease bonus payments) of land relating to natural resource exploration and production.

Excludes: Rental revenue from functionally classified facilities, such as rent of airport hangars, or

where the government provides services in return, such as public housing rents (report

as Current Charge for the function involved); and rental revenue from other

governments (report at appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue code).

Notes: Prior to FY 1988 data, this code included interest on mortgage revenue bonds equal to

the amount reported for interest payments on this type of debt. (See notes under Interest

Earnings, code U20.)

Code: U41 ITEM: Royalties

Includes: Compensation or portion of proceeds received by state government for granting the

privilege of using or developing property or operating under a right, primarily those

related to natural resources, such as oil, gas, and mineral rights.

Excludes: Sale of timber and other forestry products from state forests (report at Forestry

Charges, code A56).

Notes: This code applies only to state governments; report local government royalties at code

U40.

Code: U50 ITEM: Donations from Private Sources

Includes: Gifts of cash or securities from private individuals or corporations.

Excludes: Noncash gifts and donations, such as food, property, buildings, land, commodities, etc.

(nonrevenues).

Notes: Report the entire receipt of nonexpendable bequests even if only the interest income

from it can be spent at the government's discretion.

Code: U95 ITEM: Net Lottery Revenue

Includes: Proceeds from the operation of government-sponsored lotteries after deducting the cost

of prizes.

Notes: In terms of lottery exhibit codes, this item is computed by subtracting Z52 (lottery

prizes awarded) from Z51 (total ticket sales). Thus, it includes amounts used for

administration that are reported at exhibit code Z43 (see Section 12.2).

Code: U99 ITEM: Miscellaneous General Revenue, NEC

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Includes: Dividends on investments (other than insurance trusts funds); recovery of losses

charged off in a prior fiscal year; insurance adjustments; payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from

private sources; voluntary contributions or reimbursements to defray construction costs

of capital improvement projects such as in joint state construction projects; premiums

on bonds issued; unemployment compensation contributions from employers for

servicing debt issued to cover deficits in these trust funds; recoveries of expenditures

made in a prior fiscal year; receipts from escheats and other unclaimed monies;

recorded profits from sale of investments; and any other receipts within the definition of

general revenue but not classifiable as a Tax, Intergovernmental Revenue, or Current

Charge.

Excludes: Proceeds from borrowing (report at appropriate Debt code); sale of investment

securities; interfund transfers or loans; transfers from other agencies of same

government (latter three items are nonrevenues); and discounts on bonds issued

(noncash transaction).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE TYPE OF OTHER REVENUE Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

U01 Special Assessments N Y Y Y Y Y

---Sale of Property:

U10 Housing and Community Development N N Y Y N N

U11 Other Y Y Y Y Y Y

U20 Interest Earnings Y Y Y Y Y Y

U30 Fines and Forfeits Y Y Y Y N N

---Rents and Royalties:

U40 Rents N Y Y Y Y N

U41 Royalties N Y N N N N

U50 Private Donations N Y N N N N

U95 Net Lottery Revenue N Y Y N N N

U99 Miscellaneous General Revenue, NEC Y Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Descriptions of Liquor Store and Utility Revenue Categories

Amounts derived from sale of liquor or utility commodities and services to the public or other governments.

Code: A90 ITEM: Liquor Store Revenue

Includes: Gross receipts (less discounts and any sales taxes included in receipts) from sale of

alcoholic beverages and related operations revenue of publicly-owned and operated

liquor stores, ABC stores, and their variously-named equivalents.

Excludes: Sales and license taxes on alcoholic beverages collected through these stores (report at

Alcoholic Beverage Sales Tax, code T10, or at Alcoholic Beverage License Tax, code

T20); contributions from parent government (nonrevenues); receipt of state liquor store

profits distributed to local governments (if unrestricted in use, report at General Local

Government Support from State Government, code C30).

CATEGORY: Utility Revenue

Gross receipts from sale of utility commodities or services to the public or other governments by publicly-owned and controlled

utilities.

Includes receipts from direct sales of commodities and services; rentals from operating property; customers' forfeitures and

penalties; and charges for installing and servicing connections and meters.

Excludes identifiable amounts for commodities or services furnished to the parent government, its agencies, or other utilities of the

same government (intragovernmental transfers); revenue from investments or other capital transactions (report Interest Earnings at

code U20 and recorded profits on their sale at Miscellaneous General Revenue, NEC, code U99); and lease rentals or other

earnings from nonoperating utility property (use code U40).

Also excludes special assessments for utility improvements, including water impact fees (report at Special Assessments, code U01);

contributions from parent government (another intragovernmental transfer); financial aid from other governments not representing

sale of utility good or services (report at appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue code); taxes imposed on sale of utility commodities

and services (report at Public Utilities Tax, code T15); and contributions from utility employees for retirement system administered

by same government (report at Employee Contributions, code X01 or X02).

Effective with fiscal year 1988 data, intergovernmental revenue codes were added to the Classification Manual as a service to users

who wanted to track better the fiscal activities of utilities. These codes represent items already classed at Intergovernmental Revenue

codes (e.g., B47 and B89). Despite their utility suffixes, however, these codes continue to be classified as general revenues and are

described under the Intergovernmental Revenue section of this chapter.

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Code: A91 ITEM: Water Supply

Includes: Revenue from operations of public water supply systems, such as sale of water to

residential, industrial, and commercial customers (including bulk water for resale by

other private or public water utilities); connection and "tap" fees; sprinkler fees; meter

inspection fees; late payment penalties; and other operations revenues.

Excludes: Water impact fees, contributions-in-aid-of-construction, and other special assessments

(use code U01); sale of water to parent government or its agencies, including fire

hydrants (nonrevenues); and rent or other income from nonoperating property (use code

U40).

Notes: For combined water-sewer systems include here segregable amounts related to water

supply and report sewer portion at Sewerage Charges, code A80.

Code: A92 ITEM: Electric Power

Includes: Revenue from operations of public electric power supply systems, such as sale of

electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers (including electricity for

resale by other private or public electric utilities); and other operations revenues.

Excludes: Sale of electricity to parent government or its agencies, including street lights and

traffic signals (nonrevenues); rent or other income from nonoperating property (use

code U40); and sale of electricity produced as a by-product by resource recovery

facilities (report at Solid Waste Management Charges, code A81).

Notes: Contributions from other governmental electric utilities for construction of joint utility

projects or for debt service on them may be classified as either Intergovernmental

Revenue or Utility Revenue depending on the nature of the contributions. If they are

treated as part of the utility's basic rate structure, then report them as a utility revenue,

code A92. Otherwise, report them as Intergovernmental Revenue, codes B92, C92, or

D92.

Code: A93 ITEM: Gas Supply

Includes: Revenue from operations of public gas supply systems, such as sale of natural gas to

residential, commercial, and industrial customers (including natural gas for resale by

other private or public gas supply utilities); connection fees; and other operations

revenues.

Excludes: Sale of natural gas to parent government or its agencies (nonrevenues); rent or other

income from nonoperating property (use code U40); and sale of natural gas produced as

a by-product by resource recovery facilities (use code A81).

Code: A94 ITEM: Public Mass Transit Systems

Includes: Revenue from operations of public mass transportation systems (rapid transit, subway,

bus, street railway, and commuter rail services), such as fares, charter fees, advertising

income, and other operations revenues.

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Excludes: Toll ferries, turnpikes, toll roads and bridges, and other fees on personal highway

transportation (report at Toll Highways Charges, A45) and subsidies from other

governments to support either operations or capital projects (report at

Intergovernmental Revenue, codes B94, C94, or D94).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE TYPE OF REVENUE Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

A90 Liquor Stores N Y N Y Y N

---Utility Revenue:

A91 Water Supply N Y Y Y Y Y

A92 Electric Power N Y Y Y Y Y

A93 Gas Supply N Y Y Y Y Y

A94 Public Mass Transit Systems N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Descriptions of Insurance Trust Revenue Categories

Amounts derived from contributions, assessments, premiums, or payroll "taxes" required of employers, employees, and others to

finance compulsory or voluntary social insurance programs operated by the public sector; and any earnings on assets held or

invested by such funds.

Excludes general tax proceeds, donations, and other revenue except that enumerated below even if such amounts are levied

specifically for insurance trust purposes (report at appropriate general revenue code); grants and shared taxes for support of

insurance trusts other than employee retirement systems, whether received directly or through the parent government (report at

appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue code); borrowing of funds (non-revenues); transfers or contributions from parent

government which administers the social insurance system (either as employer contributions or for general financial support); and

rentals from real property leased to other agencies of the parent government (latter two are intragovernmental transfers).

Also excludes interest earnings on Federal securities held by the three Federal-only insurance trusts enumerated below since these

are intragovernmental transfers. In the case of state and local government insurance trusts, however, interest earnings on their own

or other governments' securities held for investment are included because of the difficulty in identifying such transactions.

Some of the contributions allocated to these categories generally are viewed as taxes (e.g., unemployment compensation payroll

taxes, Social Security taxes); for Census Bureau purposes, however, these are treated as insurance trust revenues, not tax revenues.

Moreover, not all revenues received by an insurance trust fund are classified as insurance trust revenues for Census Bureau

purposes. Such receipts as grants-in-aid, charges for miscellaneous services, fines and penalties, and other miscellaneous revenues

are treated as general revenues.

Insurance trusts are unique in having two sets of revenue codes for classification purposes. The first set, described below, pertains

to revenues that are included when reporting the overall finances of a government (e.g., to derive total revenue). The second set of

codes is for exhibit purposes only; items which are not included with revenues in the regular finances (e.g., transfers or

contributions from parent government) are reported under these exhibit codes for display in special tables or reports.

Chapter 11 provides a separate discussion of insurance trust systems, including a formal definition of a social insurance trust and

the various exhibit codes for these activities.

CATEGORY: Federal-Only Insurance Trust Systems

Contributions for social insurance programs administered solely by the Federal Government. At present, only three such systems

have been classified, which are described in more detail in Chapter 11.

Excludes earnings on investments since the assets of these trust funds are invested solely in Federal securities (thereby making them

intragovernmental transfers).

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Code: Y20 ITEM: Social Security and Medicare

Includes: Contributions (employee, employer, and self-employed payroll taxes) to provide for

benefits under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Health and Disability Insurance

Programs, commonly referred to as Social Security and Medicare.

Code: Y31 ITEM: Veterans' Life Insurance

Includes: Insurance premiums from veterans for purchase of annuities in life insurance programs

administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly, U.S. Veterans

Administration).

Excludes: Appropriations from general and special revenue funds (intragovernmental transfers).

Code: Y41 ITEM: Railroad Retirement

Includes: Contributions (employee and employer) to provide for benefits under the Federal

Railroad Retirement and Disability system.

Excludes: Contributions from Social Security trusts, tax subsidies, and any other Federal receipts

representing interfund transfers; and contributions for Federal railroad unemployment

compensation (use code Y01).

CATEGORY: Public Employee Retirement Systems

Contributions from employees and other governments (as employers or as grants-in-aid and shared taxes); and interest earnings on

investments of retirement systems administered by governments for public employees.

These data are collected by a separate mail canvass survey of state and local government-administered public employee retirement

systems.

See Chapter 11 for a discussion of exhibit codes for employee retirement systems.

SUB-CATEGORY: Employee Contributions

Amounts contributed or withheld from salaries and wages of employees and voluntary employee contributions to provide for

retirement or survivors' benefits. Includes reimbursements for disability payments, interest on employee loans, and interest on

buyback contributions.

Also includes contributions from general employees as well as those of public colleges and other institutions or dependent agencies.

Code: X01 ITEM: From Local Government Employees

Code: X02 ITEM: From State Government Employees

Code: X03 ITEM: From Federal Government Employees

Includes: Revenues from athletic contests, sale or rental of textbooks, student

activity funds, and the like.

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Code: X05 ITEM: Contributions from Other Governments

Includes: For local governments, amounts received either from the state or from other local

governments as employer contributions for their own employees. Contributions

from state governments to local retirement systems includes not only employer

contributions but also state aid (e.g., contributions on behalf of local teachers) and

shared taxes (e.g., portion of taxes imposed on insurance companies), even if such

amounts are received through the parent government. For state governments,

includes amounts received from local governments as employer contributions for

their own employees.

Excludes: Contributions from parent government which administers the employee retirement

system, including its share as an employer (use exhibit code X04 or X06--see

Chapter 11 for details) and repayment of loans made to members (nonrevenue).

Code: X08 ITEM: Earnings on Investments

Includes: Interest earnings on investment securities, deposits, and other interest-bearing

accounts, including accrued interest on investment securities sold; dividends;

recorded profits on investment transactions (minus any recorded losses); rentals;

and other earnings on investments.

Excludes: Rental of property owned by a retirement system and leased to its parent

government; unrealized gains; and amortization of discounts (nonrevenues).

Notes: Also report losses on investments at exhibit code X14. Previous manuals

separated earnings on investments between interest income (code X08) and other

types of investment earnings (X09). However, in practice this distinction was not

made on the survey schedules themselves. Consequently, these two codes were

consolidated effective with fiscal year 1990 data.

CATEGORY: Unemployment Compensation Systems

Contributions from employees and governments (as employers) and interest earnings on deposits in U.S. Treasury for the

cooperative Federal-state unemployment compensation insurance system and for Federal railroad unemployment compensation.

This category applies only to the Federal Government, state governments, and the District of Columbia. (For a description of how

this system operates, see Section 11.32.)

Note that these data are obtained largely from the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Code: Y01 ITEM: Contributions

Includes: Payroll levies (or "taxes") collected from private and public employers (and in some

cases employees) to provide for unemployment compensation benefits.

Excludes: Borrowing of funds (nonrevenues) and contributions (including special payroll levies)

to pay debt service on loans issued to cover fund deficits (report at Miscellaneous

General Revenue, NEC, code U99).

Code: Y02 ITEM: Interest Credited by U.S. Government

Includes: Interests earned on deposits held in the Unemployment Trust Fund of the U.S. Treasury

and credited to individual state governments and to the District of Columbia.

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Code: Y04 ITEM: Federal Advances and Contributions

Includes: Net amounts credited to the accounts of the individual state governments and District of

Columbia during periods where contributions and interest are insufficient to pay

benefits due. Report repayment of advances as deductions to this code, not as

unemployment compensation expenditures.

CATEGORY: Workers' Compensation Systems

Contributions and interest earnings of state government-operated insurance trust funds to provide accident, disability, and death

benefits for private and public employees. This category applies solely to state governments.

These data are collected largely by a separate mail canvass survey of state workers' compensation systems.

See Chapter 11 for a discussion of exhibit codes for workers' compensation systems.

Code: Y11 ITEM: Contributions

Includes: Premiums, assessments, payroll "taxes" or other contributions collected from employers

and employees to provide for workers' compensation benefits, including contributions

from local governments as employers on behalf of their own employees. Also includes

amounts received from employees of either state or local governments.

Excludes: Contributions from state government administering insurance trust system (use code

Y10--see Chapter 11 for details); dividends or return of excess premiums (report as a

deduction from revenues); penalties and fines (use code U30); charges for such services

as copying documents (report at All Other General Charges, code A89); recovery of

benefits and other miscellaneous revenues (use code U99); and Federal grants (report at

appropriate Intergovernmental Revenue from the Federal Government code).

Code: Y12 ITEM: Earnings on Investments

Includes: Interest earnings on investment securities, deposits, and other interest-bearing accounts,

including accrued interest on investment securities sold; dividends; recorded profits on

investment transactions (minus any recorded losses); rentals; and other earnings on

investments.

Notes: Also report losses on investments at exhibit code Y15. Previous manuals separated

earnings on investments between interest income (code Y12) and other types of

investment earnings (Y13). However, in practice this distinction was not made on the

survey schedules themselves. Consequently, these two codes were consolidated

effective with fiscal year 1990 data.

CATEGORY: Other State Government Insurance Trust Systems

Contributions and earnings on investments for state-administered social insurance systems for sickness benefits, disability benefits,

and other purposes. At present, only six such insurance trusts have been identified. This category applies solely to state governments.

These data are collected largely by a separate mail canvass survey of state miscellaneous insurance trust systems.

See Chapter 11 for a discussion of exhibit codes for miscellaneous state insurance trust systems.

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Code: Y51 ITEM: Contributions

Includes: Premiums, assessments, or contributions collected from members to provide for

benefits, including contributions from local governments as employers on behalf of

their own employees. Also includes amounts received from employees of either state or

local governments.

Excludes: Contributions from state government administering insurance trust system (use code

Y50--see Chapter 11 for details).

Code: Y52 ITEM: Earnings on Investment

Includes: Interest earnings on investment securities, deposits, and other interest-bearing accounts,

including accrued interest on investment securities sold; dividends; recorded profits on

investment transactions (minus any recorded losses); rentals; and other earnings on

investments.

Notes: Also report losses on investments at exhibit code Y54. Previous manuals separated

earnings on investments between interest income (code Y52) and other types of

investment earnings (Y55). However, in practice this distinction was not made on the

survey schedules themselves. Consequently, these two codes were consolidated

effective with fiscal year 1990 data.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE TYPE OF REVENUE Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

---Federal-Only Insurance Trusts:

Y20 Social Security and Medicare Y N N N N N

Y31 Veterans' Life Insurance Y N N N N N

Y41 Railroad Retirement Fund Y N N N N N

---Public Employment Retirement:

--Contributions:

X01 From Local Employees N Y Y Y Y Y

X02 From State Employees N Y N N N N

X03 From Federal Employees Y N N N N N

X05 From Other Governments N Y Y Y Y Y

X08 Earnings on Investments N Y Y Y Y Y

---Unemployment Compensation:

Y01 Contributions Y Y Y N N N

Y02 Interest Credited by U.S. Government N Y Y Y Y N

Y04 Federal Advances and Contributions N Y Y Y Y N

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---Workers' Compensation:

Y11 Contributions N Y N N N N

Y12 Earnings on Investments N Y N N N N

---Other State Insurance Trusts:

Y51 Contributions N Y N N N N

Y52 Earnings on Investments N Y N N N N

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chapter 8 - Expenditure

CHAPTER 8. EXPENDITURE

Contents and Abstract:

8.1 Expenditure Definition

8.11 Refunds and Correction Transactions

8.2 General Expenditure

8.3 Liquor Store Expenditure

8.4 Utility Expenditure

8.41 Intergovernmental Expenditure Codes for Utilities

8.42 Joint Utility Projects (Public or Private)

8.5 Insurance Trust Expenditure

8.6 Character and Object Categories

8.61 Construction Data Improvement

Table:

8-1 Cross-Classification of Expenditure and Function Codes

Chart:

8-A Description of Character and Object Categories

In providing a wide range of services to the public, a government may perform in different ways. Take, for instance, public welfare

services, which may be provided directly with the government's own employees, be funded through intergovernmental expenditures,

or constitute direct cash payments to welfare recipients.

The Census Bureau's classification system for government finances attempts to measure not only the types and levels of government

services but also how they are performed. This is achieved through statistics on government expenditure that are reported on the

basis of purpose (or function) and on the nature of the expenditure involved (or character and object).

Chapter 4 provides a detailed description of the various functional categories the Bureau uses for reporting expenditure statistics.

This chapter focuses on the definition of expenditure, its various types, and descriptions of the character and object categories.

8.1 Expenditure Definition

Expenditure includes all amounts of money paid out by a government during its fiscal year--net of recoveries and other correcting

transactions--other than for retirement of debt, purchase of investment securities, extension of loans, and agency or private trust

transactions. Under this definition, expenditure relates to external payments of a government and excludes amounts transferred to

funds or agencies of the same government (other than payments to intragovernmental service funds; see Section 6.62).

Expenditure includes payments from all sources of funds, including not only current revenues but also proceeds from borrowing and

prior year fund balances. Note, however, that the Bureau's finance statistics do not relate expenditure to their source of funding.

Expenditure includes amounts spent by all agencies, boards, commissions, or other organizations categorized as dependent on the

government concerned (see Chapter 3). Stated in terms of the accounting procedures from which these data originate, expenditure

covers outlays of all accounting funds of a government other than intragovernmental service (revolving), agency, and private trust

funds.

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basis. That is, related revenues are not deducted from their expenditures to derive net expenditure amount.

The following types of outlays are excluded from expenditure:

Loans or other extensions of credit, except contingent loans and advances to other governments which are reported as

intergovernmental expenditure (see Section 6.41).

● 

Refunds of revenues collected during the same fiscal year, which are deducted from gross receipts of revenue item involved

(see Section 6.54).

● 

Erroneous payments and other outlays that are recovered during the same fiscal year, which are deducted from the

expenditures that originally included them (see Section 6.54).

● 

● Purchase of securities for investment purposes. Recorded loss on the sale of investments, however, is treated as an expenditure.

Payments for the retirement of debt principal (long- or short-term), which are reported with debt statistics (see Chapter 9).

Interest on debt, however, is reported as an expenditure.

● 

Transfers to other agencies or funds of the same government, except for intragovernmental service funds and utilities operated

by the same government (see Sections 6.6 and 8.4 ).

● 

● Agency or private trust transactions, i.e., where the government is acting on behalf of others (see Section 6.5).

Noncash transactions, such as provision of perquisites, technical services, commodities, property, noncash gifts or bequests,

and other "payments in kind." The cost of items distributed in-kind are treated as purchase of goods and services (i.e., as a

current operations expenditure).

● 

Government expenditures are categorized according to their functional purpose and by character and object. The census codes

resulting from this cross-classification are listed in Table 8-1. All expenditure falls into one of the four sectors of government

described in Chapter 3. Note that how an expenditure is financed does not determine necessarily its expenditure classification--e.g.,

administration of an insurance trust system from insurance trust revenue is treated as a general government expenditure.

8.11 Refunds and Correcting Transactions

Expenditure data are adjusted for refunds and other correcting transactions, including those originally made in prior fiscal years. See

Section 6.54 for details.

8.2 General Expenditure

General expenditure comprises all expenditure except that classified as liquor store, utility, or insurance trust expenditure. As noted

above, it includes all such payments regardless of the source of revenue from which they were financed. General government

expenditures are classified by function and character and object.

8.3 Liquor Store Expenditure

Liquor store expenditure comprises only outlays related to the establishment and operation of liquor stores owned and operated by

state and local governments, including amounts for purchase of liquor for resale. It excludes expenditures for enforcement and

licensing under liquor laws, even if financed by liquor store sales (reported as general expenditure); transfer of surplus or earnings of

the liquor store system to the parent government (an intragovernmental transfer); and state liquor store earnings that are distributed to

local governments (reported as General Local Government Support expenditure, code 30).

8.4 Utility Expenditure

Utility expenditure comprises outlays for the purchase or construction of utility facilities, interest on utility debt (including utility

debt held by other funds of the same government), and production or acquisition and distribution of utility commodities and services

for sale to the general public or to other governments by the four types of state and local government utilities recognized by the

Census Bureau: water supply, electric power, gas supply, and public mass transit systems. Utility expenditure is reported on a gross

amount without deducting its related revenue.

Utility expenditure excludes any identifiable costs for providing services or commodities to the parent government, which are

reported at the function using them. For example, the cost of water used by a fire department is classified as a Fire Protection

expenditure, code E24.

The following expenditures are excluded from the utility sector:

● Depreciation of assets (instead, capital outlays are reported at the time of their payment).

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Contributions or other intragovernmental transfers by a utility to its parent government. As a practical matter, interest on utility

debt held for investment purposes by other funds of the parent government are included in utility interest expenditure.

● 

Expenditures relating to utility facilities owned but leased to others for operation (reported as general expenditure), except

where the government maintains day-to-day financial oversight of the utility operation.

● 

Intergovernmental payments (which are always general expenditure) for support of or for contributions toward construction of

utilities operated by other governments (see Section 8.41). Note that purchase of utility services or commodities as a regular

customer from another government is treated as a current operation expenditure of the paying function.

● 

Any expenditure not directly related to the utility's acquisition, operation, capital improvements, or interest on its debt (to the

extent this is possible). This includes, for instance, administration of investments and other nonoperating expenses, and

payments to other governments as "in-lieu-of-taxes" or as actual taxes on utility property. Generally, these would be classed in

the general government sector.

● 

Contributions to an insurance trust fund administered by the same government (an intragovernmental transfer) or benefit

payments to former utility employees who are members of a government public employee retirement system (reported as an

insurance trust expenditure). Contributions to a social insurance trust system administered by another government, however,

would be classified as utility current operation expenditure.

● 

Cost of producing electricity or natural gas as a by-product of waste resource recovery facilities (reported under Solid Waste

Management, code 81).

● 

Utility expenditure is categorized according to the type of utility involved and by character and object.

8.41 Intergovernmental Expenditure Codes for Utilities

Effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data, the Bureau created intergovernmental expenditure codes for utility purposes. Despite the fact

that these categories possess utility function codes (L91, M92, R93, etc.), they are classified as general government expenditure. Note

that these categories are used to record intergovernmental transactions that were being reported previously under other

intergovernmental expenditure codes (primarily General Government, NEC, code 89, and Transit Subsidies, code 47).

Purchase of utility services or commodities from another government continues to be recorded as a current operation expenditure of

the functionbenefitedd.

8.42 Joint Utility Projects (Public and Private)

Because of the massive size of utility facilities (especially electric power), governments sometimes enter into joint construction

projects with other private or public utilities. Below are two possible situations and their proper classification for Census Bureau

purposes:

In joint public/private utility projects, capital outlay expenditure from bond funds for new plants are classified as utility

construction expenditure ("F" code) rather than purchase of existing structures ("G") code. That is, it is assumed that the

government is paying the private firm for the construction work unless there is strong evidence indicating that the government

utility is taking over an existing private utility.

● 

In joint public/public utility projects, payments to another government either for construction or debt service generally is

treated as intergovernmental expenditure (using the new codes for utilities described in Section 8.41). However, if the

receiving government utility treats the contribution as part of its basic rate structure (i.e., classified as utility revenue, code

A9-), then the government's contribution is treated as a current operation expenditure.

● 

8.5 Insurance Trust Expenditure

Insurance trust expenditure consists of social insurance payments to beneficiaries, public employee retirement annuities and other

benefits, and withdrawals of insurance or employee retirement contributions. In effect, it only includes amounts paid to beneficiaries

or members of the systems.

The following are excluded from insurance trust expenditures:

Costs of administering insurance trust programs, including management of investments (classified as a general government

expenditure).

● 

● Contributions to a government's own insurance trust funds (an intragovernmental transfer).

Contributions or other payments to insurance trust funds administered by another government (classified as current operation

expenditure when such amounts represent employer contributions on behalf of the contributing government's employees and as

agency transaction when such amounts represent sums withheld from employee salaries and wages).

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"Pay-as-you-go" plans or "gratuities" to former employees--i.e., payments not involving a plan of employee assessments or

accumulation of retirement reserves (classified as current operation expenditure).

● 

Group insurance premiums covering the government's own employees and contributions to private insurers or to public

employee association retirement systems (classified as current operation expenditure).

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Insurance trust expenditure is classified according to the major types of insurance trust systems recognized by the Census Bureau.

8.6 Character and Object Categories

As noted above, all expenditure amounts are classified by function and by character and object. The character and object

classification reflects the time period benefited by the expenditure and the kind of payment involved. It consists of the following

categories:

Code Character and Object Category

Direct Expenditure Categories:

E Current Operations

E-I-J Assistance and Subsidies

I Interest on Debt

-----Capital Outlay:

F Construction

G Purchase of Land and Existing Structures*

K Purchase of Equipment

-----Insurance Trust Expenditure:

X Public Employee Retirement Systems

Y All Other Insurance Trust Systems

Intergovernmental Expenditure Categories:

L To State Government

M To Local Government, N.E.C.

N To General Purpose Governments (County, Municipal, or Township)

Q To Independent School Districts

R To Special Districts

S To the Federal Government

* The use of the "G" code for purchase of land and existing structures applies only during the original compilation of data for state

and largest city and county governments. When these data are inserted into the Bureau's computerized records, they are combined

with purchase of equipment data ("K" codes) to produce a category called "Capital Outlay Other Than Construction." The equipment

only category ("K" codes), therefore, becomes a subcategory under this one in all subsequent computer files, printouts, and

publications. For all other governments, the "G" code represents the purchase of land, equipment and existing structures--i.e., all

capital outlays other than construction.

As indicated by the above chart, two prefix codes have double meanings. The "E" prefix is used both for assistance and subsidies and

for current operations . There are, however, just four assistance and subsides codes that use the "E" prefix:

E19 - Education assistance

E67 - Categorical cash assistance

E68 - Noncategorical cash assistance

E84 - Veterans' bonuses

Similarly, the "I" prefix is also used both for assistance and subsidies and for interest on debt. There are, however, just five codes for

interest on debt:

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I89 - Interest on general debt

I91 - Interest on water supply utility debt

I92 - Interest on electric power utility debt

I93 - Interest on gas supply utility debt

I94 - Interest on public mass transit systems utility debt

Note that all the remaining "I" codes relate to assistance and subsidies expenditure of the Federal Government. See Chart 8-A for a

detailed description of each character and object category.

8.61 Construction Data Improvement

During the 1987-88 Annual Survey of Government Finances, the Bureau undertook a major review of the elements comprising

construction expenditure data. The review, in general, corroborated the historical integrity of the construction data. The review did

lead to the clarification of activities classified under this category in one important area: centralized engineering, design and

planning, and contract supervision activities whose major purpose is to support public capital projects should be classified under

construction. Previously, their treatment varied between construction and current operations. This finding primarily affected the

Highways function.

This review also affected the classification manual by incorporating more detailed definitions of the items comprising the different

capital outlay character and object categories.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Table 8-1 - Cross-Classification of Expenditure and Function Codes

This table combines the character and object categories with the various functions to derive those expenditure codes currently in use

(excluding insurance trust expenditure codes). Note that data for the codes listed here may not be collected for all types of

governments. See Function Description Sheets for coverage of data collection information.

Capital Outlay Intergovernmental To --

Function

Code

Current

Operations

(E)

Assistance

and

Subsidies

(E-I-J)

Interest

on

Debt

(I)

Construction

(F)

Land and

Existing

Structures

(G)

Equipment

(K)

State

Governments

(L)

Local

Governments

N.E.C

(M)

General

Purpose

Governments

(N)

School

Districts

(Q)

Special

Districts

(R)

Federal

Government

(S)

01 E01 I01 - F01 G01 K01 L01 M01 N01 - R01 -

02 E02 I02 - F02 G02 K02 L02 M02 - - - -

03 E03 - - F03 G03 K03 - - - - - -

04 E04 I04 - F04 G04 K04 - - - - - -

05 E05 - - F05 G05 K05 L05 M05 N05 - - -

06 E06 I06 - F06 G06 K06 - - - - - -

12 E12 - - F12 G12 K12 L12 M12 N12 Q12 R12 -

14 E14 I14 - F14 G14 K14 - - - - - -

16 E16 - - F16 G16 K16 - - - - - -

18 E18 - - F18 G18 K18 L18 M18 N18 Q18 R18 -

19 - E19 - - - - - - - - - -

20 E20 I20 - F20 G20 K20 L20 M20 - - - -

21 E21 I21 - F21 G21 K21 L21 M21 N21 - - -

22 E22 I22 - F22 G22 K22 L22 M22 - - - -

23 E23 I23 - F23 G23 K23 L23 M23 N23 - - -

24 E24 - - F24 G24 K24 L24 M24 - - - -

25 E25 I25 - F25 G25 K25 L25 M25 N25 - - -

26 E26 - - F26 G26 K26 - - - - - -

28 E28 I28 - F28 G28 K28 L28 M28 - - - -

29 E29 I29 - F29 G29 K29 L29 M29 N29 - - -

30 - - - - - - - M30 N30 - R30 -

31 E31 - - F31 G31 K31 - - - - - -

32 E32 I32 - F32 G32 K32 L32 M32 N32 - R32 -

36 E36 - - F36 G36 K36 - - - - - -

37 E37 I37 - F37 G37 K37 L37 M37 - - - -

38 E38 I38 - F38 G38 K38 L38 M38 N38 - R38 -

39 E39 I39 - F39 G39 K39 L39 M39 - - - -

44 E44 I44 - F44 G44 K44 L44 M44 N44 - R44 -

45 E45 - - F45 G45 K45 - - - - - -

47 E47 - - - - - - - - - - -

50 E50 I50 - F50 G50 K50 L50 M50 N50 - R50 -

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51 E51 I51 - - - - L51 M51 - - - -

52 E52 I52 - F52 G52 K52 L52 M52 N52 - R52 -

53 E53 I53 - F53 G53 K53 L53 M53 - - - -

54 E54 I54 - F54 G54 K54 L54 M54 N54 - R54 -

55 E55 - - F55 G55 K55 - M55 N55 - R55 -

56 E56 I56 - F56 G56 K56 L56 M56 N56 - R56 -

57 E57 I57 - F57 G57 K57 L57 M57 - - - -

58 E58 I58 - F58 G58 K58 L58 M58 - - - -

59 E59 I59 - F59 G59 K59 L59 M59 N59 - R59 -

60 E60 - - F60 G60 K60 L60 M60 - - - -

61 E61 I61 - F61 G61 K61 L61 M61 N61 - R61 -

62 E62 I62 - F62 G62 K62 L62 M62 N62 - R62 -

66 E66 - - F66 G66 K66 L66 M66 N66 - R66 -

67 - E67/I67 - F67 - - L67 M67 N67 - - S67

68 - E68 - - - - - M68 N68 - - -

74 E74 - - - - - - - - - - -

75 E75 - - - - - - - - - - -

77 E77 - - F77 G77 K77 - - - - - -

79 E79 I79 - F79 G79 K79 L79 M79 N79 - R79 -

80 E80 - - F80 G80 K80 L80 M80 N80 - R80 -

81 E81 - - F81 G81 K81 L81 M81 N81 - R81 -

84 - E84 - - - - - - - - - -

85 E85 I85 - F85 G85 K85 - - - - - -

87 E87 I87 - F87 G87 K87 L87 M87 N87 - R87 -

89 E89 J89 I89 F89 G89 K89 L89 M89 N89 - R89 S89

90 E90 - - F90 G90 K90 - - - - - -

91 E91 - I91 F91 G91 K91 L91 M91 N91 - R91 -

92 E92 - I92 F92 G92 K92 L92 M92 N92 - R92 -

93 E93 - I93 F93 G93 K93 L93 M93 N93 - R93 -

94 E94 - I94 F94 G94 K94 L94 M94 N94 - R94 -

Dash (-) indicates that no code exists for that combination.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chart 8-A - Description of Character and Object Categories

This chart lists and describes the various character and object categories used for classifying expenditure data. Note that a few

categories use more than one code. Table 8-1 provides a cross-classification of these codes with the function codes.

Code Category Description

The following character and object codes can be divided into two main categories, those related to direct expenditure and those

related to intergovernmental expenditure.

DIRECT EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES:

 Direct expenditure comprises all expenditure other than intergovernmental expenditure.

E Current Operations Direct expenditure for compensation of own officers and employees and for supplies,

materials, and contractual services except any amounts for capital outlay (i.e., for

personal services or other objects used in force account construction of permanent and

for acquisition of property and equipment).

Includes repair and maintenance services (e.g., contracts and agreements, materials,

and supplies) for the upkeep of buildings, infrastructure, and equipment to maintain

required standards of compliance for their intended use. This covers the following

activities:

Cleaning Refinishing

Fire repair Refurbishing

Landscaping

 (unrelated to new Removal construction) Removal

Maintenance Repair

Painting Replacement

Patching Upkeep

Reconditioning Waterproofing

E-I-J Assistance and Subsidies Direct cash assistance to foreign governments, private individuals, and

nongovernmental organizations (e.g., foreign aid, agricultural supports, public

welfare, veteran bonuses, and cash grants for tuition and scholarships) not in return for

goods and services nor in repayment of debt and other claims against the government.

Excludes payments to private vendors for medical care or other services for the needy;

cash benefits under insurance trust programs; intergovernmental expenditure, and

administrative costs, assistance-in-kind, and payments for purchase of commodities or

services to be furnished free to needy or other individuals (the latter classified as

current operations).

Except for the Federal Government (for which virtually every function can have

assistance and subsidies), this category is limited to just four codes: education grants,

including scholarships to individuals and aid to private schools or colleges (code E19);

public welfare cash assistance payments, either Federal categorical ones (code E67) or

others (code E68); and bonuses to veterans (code E84).

Assistance and subsidies character and object codes "I" and "J" are used only for the

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Federal Government. (The "J" code is needed because "I89" is used for interest on

general debt.)

I Interest on Debt Amounts paid for the use of borrowed money. Includes amounts for interest on debt of

the government paid by all its accounting funds. No adjustment is made for premiums

or discounts on debt issued or retired. Also excludes premiums paid on debt retired

(report at code E89 for general debt retired and codes E91 - E94 for utility debt

retired).

Where amounts to cover interest accruing on debt prior to date of sale are included in

the proceeds from issuance of securities, such amounts are treated as offsets to interest

expenditure for the year in which they were received.

There are five codes for interest expenditure, subdivided into interest on general debt

(I89) and interest on utility debt, by type of utility (I91, I92, I93, and I94). This

distinction is made on the basis of the classification of outstanding debt to which

particular interest payments relate.

Capital Outlay Categories: Direct expenditure for purchase or construction, by contract or force account, of

buildings and other improvements; for purchase of land, equipment, and existing

structures; and for payments on capital leases.

Certain terms (such as rehabilitate, remodel, resurface, renovate, etc.) can denote

either construction or maintenance and repair (i.e., current operations). Their

classification is based on the circumstances surrounding each situation. If the term

refers to activities that materially extend the life or add value to the property, then they

are classified under construction; otherwise, they are classified under current

operations. No other practical standard (such as dollar amounts) can be uniformly

applied to all levels of government.

Receipts arising from insurance adjustments, sales of equipment, reimbursements, and

the like are classified as revenue rather than as offsets to capital outlay expenditure.

Capital outlay expenditures are subdivided into the three object classes below:

F Construction Production, additions, replacements, or major structural alterations to fixed works,

undertaken either on a contractual basis by private contractors or through a

government's own staff (i.e., force account).

Includes initial production of buildings and structures; initial permanent improvements

(other than buildings) that add value to land; and subsequent improvements

representing major permanent structural alterations that materially extend the useful

life of fixed works. Covers all costs of materials, supplies, and labor that are

reasonable and necessary to place an asset in its intended location and prepare it for its

intended use, viz., professional fees or architects, engineers, appraisers, and attorneys

associated with feasibility studies; preliminary engineering, planning, and design; and

related developmental costs such as overhead, office costs, and other purchased

construction-related services. Also includes centralized architecture, design, and

planning offices whose main role is support of public construction projects, including

related salaries and wages, insurance, professional services, etc.

INCLUDES for buildings and structures: initial or additional installation of equipment

and facilities that are integral parts of the structure. Also includes largely

site-fabricated equipment integral to enterprise operations, such as power, water, and

sewage treatment plants (generators, reactors, boilers, storage tanks, steam engines,

and the like).

Examples of activities included:

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Additions Escalators

Alterations Heating

Clearing and grading of land Plumbing

Construction-related landscaping Modernization

Conversions Modifications

Demolition needed for construction New building

Expansion Reconstruction

Fire rebuilding Redevelopment

Improvements Rehabilitation

Installation Relocation

Machinery and equipment integral to structure

Major replacements Remodeling

Mechanical-electrical installations:

 Central air conditioning

 Electric Work

 Elevators

Renovation

Resurfacing

Reroofing

Examples of labor and fees included:

Contract price Attorneys

Insurance during

construction Designers

Job order cost Engineers

Overhead and office costs Financial advisors

Professional fees:

 Architects

 Appraisers

Planning

Similar purchased services

INCLUDES for nonbuilding improvements: initial or additional improvements that

add value to land, such as:

Airport runways Retaining walls

Bridges Roadways

Curbs, drains, and

gutters

Sidewalks

Fences Swimming pools

Outdoor lighting Traffic signs/signals

Parking lots Tunnels

Pavements Utility connections

Piers Viaducts

Railroad tracks Wharves and docks

EXCLUDES expenditure for maintenance and repairs to existing structures or service

facilities for the purpose of keeping property in an ordinarily efficient operating

condition and which are not considered permanent structural alterations that materially

extend the life of the asset--e.g., painting, cleaning, patching, refurbishing,

reconditioning, etc. (report under current operations). Also excludes identifiable

payments to other governments for construction work (classify under

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intergovernmental expenditure) as well as purchase or installation of machinery and

equipment not integral to fixed structures. In addition, excludes costs attributable to

the capitalization of net interest expense incurred during the construction period

(report under interest on debt).

G Purchase of Land and Existing

Structures

Acquisition of these assets as such by outright purchase; payments on capital leasepurchase agreements or installment purchase contracts; costs associated with eminent

domain (including purchase of rights-of-way); and tax or special assessment

foreclosure. Covers all ancillary costs associated with the transaction such as legal and

title fees, surveying fees, appraisal and negotiation fees, damage claims, and

nonconstruction-related site preparation costs including clearing, filling, leveling, and

razing unwanted structures.

The use of the "G" code for purchase of land and existing structures applies only

during the original compilation of data for the state and largest city and county

governments. When these data are inserted into the Bureau's computerized records,

they are combined with purchase of equipment data ("K" codes) to produce a category

called "Capital Outlay Other Than Construction." The equipment only category ("K"

codes), therefore, becomes a subcategory under this one in all subsequent computer

files, printouts, and publications. For all other governments, the "G" code represents

the purchase of land, equipment, and existing structures-- i.e., all capital outlays other

than construction.

K Purchase of Equipment Purchase and installation of apparatus, furnishings, motor vehicles, office equipment,

and the like having a life expectancy of more than five years. Includes both additional

equipment and replacements purchased outright or through capital lease or installment

purchase contracts. Includes related expenditure necessary to place equipment in its

intended state of operation (e.g., transportation charges, installation fees, taxes, etc.).

Excludes rental of equipment (report under current operations) and equipment and

facilities that are integral parts of constructed or purchased structures (report under

construction or purchase of land and existing structures, respectively).

X-Y Insurance Trust Social insurance payments to beneficiaries, employee retirement annuities and other

benefits, and withdrawal of insurance or employee retirement contributions. Includes

only monies paid to beneficiaries; administrative expenditure for insurance trust

systems is classified as current operations.

The "X" codes are used for expenditure of employee retirement systems while the "Y"

codes are used for expenditure of all other insurance trusts.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES:

Amounts paid to other governments for performance of specific functions or for

general financial support. Includes grants, shared taxes, contingent loans and

advances, and any significant and identifiable amounts or reimbursement paid to other

governments for performance of general government services or activities. Excludes

amounts paid to other governments for purchase of commodities, property, or utility

services and for any tax levied as such on facilities of the government. See Section

6.43 for a more extensive discussion of this topic.

The functional classification of intergovernmental expenditure is determined by the

nature of the activities to which the receiving government is required to apply it by the

paying government, or by the functional classification of activities giving rise to

particular items of reimbursement. By definition, all intergovernmental expenditures

for activities administered by independent or dependent school systems are classified

under education (e.g., school lunch and health programs).

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The character and object codes for intergovernmental expenditure indicate the type of receiving government, as follows:

L To state government

M To local governments, N.E.C.

N To general purpose governments (county, municipal, or township)

Q To independent school districts

R To special district governments

S To the Federal Government

Exhibit Code:

Z00 Salaries and Wages

Total expenditure during fiscal year for salaries and wages for all functions and

activities, including the general government, liquor store, and utility sectors. Salaries

and wages consist of gross amounts paid for compensation of own officers and

employees (prior to deducting for withheld taxes, retirement contributions, charges for

subsistence, or other purposes), including both current operations expenditure and

capital outlay expenditure ("force account"). This category excludes employer

contributions for any type of employee fringe benefit and the value of subsistence,

quarters, or other payments-in-kind to military or other public employees.

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE AND TYPE OF CHARGE Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

EXPENDITURES, DIRECT:

 E - Current Operations Y Y Y Y Y Y

--Assistance and Subsidies:

 E - do .... Y Y Y Y Y Y

 I - do .... Y N N N N N

 J - do .... Y N N N N N

--Capital Outlay:

 F - Construction Y Y Y Y Y Y

 G - Land and Existing Structures Y Y Y Y Y Y

 K - Equipment Y Y Y Y N N

--Insurance Trusts:

 X - Employee Retirement Systems Y Y Y Y Y Y

 Y - Other Insurance Trusts Y Y Y N N N

INTERGOVERNMENTAL, TO:

 L - State Government Y N N Y Y Y

 M - Local Governments, N.E.C. Y Y Y Y Y Y

 N - General Purpose Local Governments N Y N N N N

 Q - School Districts N Y Y Y Y Y

 R - Special Districts N Y N N N N

 S - Federal Government N Y Y Y Y Y

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EXHIBIT CODE:

 Z00 - Salaries and Wages Y Y Y Y Y Y

 * Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type of government.

NOTE - This is a general guide to the coverage of the character and object codes. See Function Description Sheets in Chapter 4

for coverage of specific expenditure codes.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Chapter 9 - Indebtedness

Contents and Abstract:

9.1 Debt Definition

9.11 Liabilities Outside Census Bureau Definition

9.12 Major Classification Changes with Fiscal Year 1987-88 Data

9.2 Four-Way Classification of Public Debt

9.3 Public Debt for Private Purposes

9.31 Related Revenue, Expenditure, and Cash and Security Issues

9.4 Refunding of Long-Term Debt

9.41 Regular Refunding

9.42 Advance Refunding

9.5 Derived Debt Statistics

9.51 Borrowing and Redemption

9.52 Change in Debt

9.53 Net Long-Term Debt Outstanding

9.6 Other Debt Topics

9.61 Zero Coupon and Other Deep Discount Bonds

9.62 Bond Banks and Pooled Debt

9.63 Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements

9.64 Taxable Public Debt

Charts:

9-A Examples of Liabilities Included and Excluded from Census Bureau Definition of Public Debt

9-B Summary of Debt Categories and Codes

9-C Debt Detailed Code List with Coverage of Data Collection>

Description Sheet:

Description of Debt Categories

Perhaps more than any other area of public finances, government debt has grown increasingly diverse and complex since the Census

Bureau's classification system was created. The effect of these changes on the classification system has been so pronounced that

major changes were made to it beginning with the fiscal year 1987-88 finance survey.

9.1 Debt Definition

Public debt comprises all interest-bearing short-term credit obligations and all long-term credit obligations incurred in the name of

the government and all its dependent agencies, whether backed by the government's full faith and credit or nonguaranteed. It includes

tax-exempt as well as taxable public debt.

The Census Bureau concept of public debt is an inclusive one, covering judgments, mortgages, "revenue" and "earning" bonds, and

special assessment obligations as well as the more traditional general obligation bonds, notes, and interest-bearing short-term

warrants. It includes not only public debt for public improvements (roads, sewers, airports, etc.) but also public debt issued for the

direct benefit of the private sector (industrial development, mortgage revenue, pollution control abatement, etc.). See Section 9.3 for

a more detailed discussion of this topic.

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This definition covers obligations of all agencies, boards, commissions, or other organizations categorized as dependent on the

government concerned (see Chapter 3). For instance, government business-type activities, particularly utilities, have debt that is

payable exclusively from earnings of the facilities which the debt financed. Many special assessment obligations are paid completely

from levies on the property benefiting from such improvements, without recourse to the general credit of the government. State

authorities, educational institutions, and other agencies frequently have debt secured only by their own revenues, other dedicated

receipts, or agency properties. These types of obligations are issued widely by dependent agencies of a government, such as special

improvement districts of city corporations, state dormitory authorities, or housing finance agencies. Often, the parent government

does not even maintain central accounts on such debt. Nonetheless, all these examples are types of credit obligations reported in

Census Bureau statistics on public debt.

The Bureau assigns public debt, as defined above, to the government in whose name it is incurred, regardless of the location of

responsibility for debt service. In the case of public debt for private purposes, this generally represents the government whose

tax-exempt status was used to issue such debt. State obligations for which interest and principal payments are financed by local

government payments to the state are treated as state debt. Similarly, debt of an agency classified as dependent on a local government

is treated as local government debt.

9.11 Liabilities Outside Census Bureau Definition

This concept of public debt, however, is not so broad that it covers every liability listed on the balance sheets or elsewhere in

government finance reports. The following types of liabilities are excluded from Census Bureau statistics:

Noninterest-bearing short-term obligations, such as accounts payable, noninterest-bearing warrants, and the like. Note,

however, that noninterest-bearing long-term obligations having a formal debt instrument (such as a fixed repayment schedule)

are classified as government debt.

● 

Interfund advances, loans, or other obligations between accounting funds of the same government (see Section 6.6 for a

discussion of intragovernmental transactions). As a practical matter, these debt statistics do include formal debt instruments of

a government that are held as investments by its own agencies or fund on behalf of others (see Section 6.5).

● 

● Contingent loans and advances from other governments, which are classed as intergovernmental transactions (see Section 6.4).

● Rights of individuals to benefits from retirement funds or other social insurance trust systems.

Unfunded liabilities of retirement systems, unpaid annual or sick leave, or other obligations without a formal debt instrument

specifying terms, length, interest rate, etc.

● 

● Leases, including both capital and operating leases (see Section 9.63).

Chart 9-A provides a sample of the most common types of government liabilities that are included and excluded from this definition

of public debt.

9.12 Major Classification Changes with Fiscal Year 1987-88 Data

Because of the growing complexity of government debt financing and the increasing difficulty in collecting statistics regarding it, the

Census Bureau instituted major classification changes to this area, effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data. The major effects of the

changes were to simplify the classification scheme and to identify more completely public debt for private purposes.

The classification changes can be summarized as follows:

The functional detail on long-term debt issued, retired, and outstanding was reduced from 19 to eight categories, half of which

are for utilities. The disposition of the previous function codes is shown in the chart below:

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Old Code Character and Object Category New Code

Utility Debt (see Note 1):

A Water Supply Systems* A

B Electric Power Systems* B

C Natural Gas Supply Systems* C

D Public Mass Transit Systems* D

General Debt (see Note 2):

E Air Transportation X

F Elementary and Secondary Education* F

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G Institutions of Higher Education G

H Other Education, N.E.C.# G

J Hospitals# X

K Highways-Regular X

L Highways-Toll X

M Housing and Community Development# X

N Parks and Recreation X

P Sewerage X

R Veterans' Bonuses X

S Water Transport and Terminals X

T Industrial Development and Pollution Control T

W Mortgage Revenue T

X General Debt, N.E.C. X

* Indicates no change to category.

# Indicates that some debt previously classified in this code is included in the new Public Debt for Private Purposes category.

A new category, Public Debt for Private Purposes (code T), was created as a combination of industrial development and

pollution control (old T code) and mortgage revenue (old W code) plus debt that was recorded in other functions (e.g., from the

education debt categories, debt for student education loans and from hospital debt category, debt to finance private hospital

construction).

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Two functional categories that had been used previously to classify state government full-faith and credit long-term debt,

General Obligation Bonds and Debt Initially Payable from Specified Nontax Revenue, were eliminated.

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9.2 Four-Way Classification of Public Debt

For Census Bureau statistics, public debt is classified into four categories using a 3-digit coding scheme. Except for the first category,

all apply solely to long-term debt. These categories are defined in detail in the Description of Debt Categories. Below is a summary

of each:

By length of term. Debt is classified as being either short-term or long-term. Note that for short-term debt, only the amounts

outstanding at the beginning and end of the fiscal year are reported. Unlike long-term debt data, no effort is made to collect the

entire amount of short-term debt sold and paid off during the fiscal year or to categorize short-term debt by function.

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By type of long-term debt. Long-term debt is classified by one of three types: issued during the year, retired during the year, or

outstanding at the end of the government's fiscal year. Note that the first two record debt activity over a period of time while

the last one measures debt at a specific point. Also, the end of fiscal year refers to the government's own fiscal year, not the

Census Bureau reporting period.

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By character of long-term debt. Long-term debt is classified as either backed by the full-faith and credit of the government or

as nonguaranteed. For smaller local governments, long-term debt issued and retired is not classed in either category but is

categorized as "unspecified in character."

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By purpose of long-term debt. Long-term debt is classified according to the purpose, or function, intended to be financed from

its proceeds. There are currently eight functional categories for debt:

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Utility Debt (see Note 1): Water Supply Systems

Electric Power Systems

Natural Gas Supply Systems

Public Mass Transit Systems

General Debt: Elementary and Secondary Education

Higher and Other Education

Public Debt for Private Purposes

All Other Debt, N.E.C. (see Note 2)

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See Chapter Four for detailed definitions of these functional categories (except Public Debt for Private Purposes, which is not a

function per se).

9.3 Public Debt for Private Purposes

This functional debt category, first used in the fiscal year 1987-88 survey, represents a consolidation of two former categories plus

certain debt from others. It is now one of the largest type of state and local government debt.

Public debt for private purposes comprises credit obligations of a government or any of its dependent agencies for the purpose of

funding private sector activities (see Note 3), including debt that is backed solely by the private organization(s) involved. Such debt

is assigned to the government whose bond-issuing authority was used to secure its tax-exempt status or, in the case of taxable debt,

was used for its issuance. Examples of private sector activities funded include industrial and commercial development, pollution

control, housing and mortgage loans, private hospital facilities, student loans, and such private ventures as sports stadiums,

convention centers, and shopping malls.

This type of debt poses certain data collection problems for the Bureau. First, it is not listed always in the financial statements of the

government issuing it. Often, the debt is discovered in secondary sources, such as Moodys. Second, even if its issuance is

identifiable, its retirement schedule, interest payments, and amount outstanding may be unavailable, requiring the Bureau to estimate

them. Third, the governments' themselves often do not construe such debt to be their own and object to its being included in Census

Bureau statistics about their finances. Finally, this debt can distort the presentation of data, such as its effect on per capita debt when

a small government (in population) issues a large amount of public debt for private purposes.

9.31 Related Revenue, Expenditure, and Cash and Security Issues

Public debt for private purpose also generates special treatment regarding its related revenue, expenditure, and even cash and security

holdings. This treatment was revised for the fiscal year 1987-88 survey to cover all types of debt like this; previously, it was limited

to mortgage revenue debt (the old "W" code debt).

Revenue: Classified as Interest Earnings (code U20) is an amount equal to the interest expenditure (code I89) on all public

debt for private purposes.

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Expenditure: Unlike all other forms of debt issued, no expenditures from the proceeds of public debt for private purposes are

reported. Classified as Interest on General Debt (code I89) are the actual (or estimated) interest payments on such debt.

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Cash and Security Holdings: Classified as an Offset to Debt (code W01) is an amount equal to the public debt for private

purposes outstanding at the end of the fiscal year. This figure is revised annually to account for amounts retired or issued.

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9.4 Refunding of Long-Term Debt

Another growing (in volume and complexity) feature of public debt finances is the refunding of long-term debt. Governments often

retire debt before it matures by issuing more debt--generally at a lower interest rate (like refinancing a mortgage). A more peculiar

version is advance refunding where a government issues new debt but sets aside the proceeds rather than actually paying off the old

debt. The old debt, in turn, is "defeased" and removed from the government's accounting statement. How such activities are reported

in Census Bureau statistics is described in the next two sections.

9.41 Regular Refunding

Regular (or direct) refunding refers to the issuance of long-term obligations in exchange for, or to finance the retirement of, existing

long-term debt, typically on or after the first call date of the debt to be refunded. This rather straightforward transaction is classified

for Census Bureau statistics as described below:

Refunding debt issued: The par value of debt issued during the fiscal year is reported twice: (1) under regular debt issue

categories (codes 21*, 24*, or 29*) and (2) under the refunding debt issued category (code 52T), an exhibit code. Note that the

"T" in code 52T does not refer to public debt for private purposes. Any amounts authorized but not actually issued are

excluded.

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Debt retired by refunding: The par value of debt retired by refunding during the fiscal year is reported twice: (1) under regular

debt retired categories (codes 31*, 34*, or 39*) and (2) under the debt retired by refunding category (code 53T), an exhibit

code. Note that the "T" in code 53T does not refer to public debt for private purposes.

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Refunding debt outstanding: The par value of debt outstanding that was issued for refunding purposes is reported under regular

debt outstanding categories (codes 41* or 44*). The debt that has been retired by the refunding bonds is excluded.

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Note: The asterisk (*) refers to the debt function code which is based on the function of the debt being refunded.

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9.42 Advance Refunding

A much more complex situation is when a government issues refunding debt but cannot legally retire the old debt under the terms of

the original debt issuance (typically, 10 years after its issuance). That is, the original debt's "first call" date has not yet been reached.

Usually, this occurs during times when interest rates are falling dramatically. In these cases, the government places the proceeds of

the refunding bonds in escrow, which includes enough monies to cover the debt service (principal and interest) until the original

debt's first call date is reached, when the escrowed funds are used to retire the original debt's remaining balance.

The government generally has two choices on treating the refunded debt: One, if the refunding debt issued is sufficient to pay the

remaining principal and all future interest on the original debt, then the government can remove the original debt from its balance

sheet, an action called defeasance. For Census Bureau purposes, a debt is defeased whether or not the government is released from its

legal obligation for the debt (legal defeasance) or remains the primary obligor (in-substance defeasance).

Two, the government may use the escrow funds to pay the interest and principle due on the refunding debt, not the original debt, until

a certain date is reached, at which time the escrowed money is used to retire the original debt, which is then defeased. This type of

advance refunding is called "crossover" refunding.

The example below illustrates a typical advance refunding:

City X has $10 million in water utility nonguaranteed debt outstanding at 13% interest whose first call date is not for four more years.

It issues $12 million in advance refunding bonds (at 6%) to cover principal and interest to maturity. The proceeds are used to

purchase Federal securities which are placed in escrow and used for debt service on the original issue. The original debt is "defeased"

and removed from the books of the government. Assume that there is no other principal paid on either the original or advance

refunding debt.

For Census Bureau statistics, this advance refunding scenario would be treated in the following manner:

Advance refunding debt issued: The par value of the entire refunding debt issue (i.e., the $12 million cited in the example) is

reported under regular debt issued categories (codes 21*, 24*, or 29*).

The par value of the refunding debt issue used to refund the old debt principal (i.e., the $10 million in the example) is reported

under the exhibit code, Refunding Debt Issued (code 52T). The portion to be used for interest is not included in code 52T.

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Debt retired by advance refunding: The treatment of the original debt's retirement and its outstanding amount depends on

when the government no longer considers the debt to be on its books, regardless of whether or not the debt still exists (i.e., is

still in possession of its bond holders). Once the government considers the original debt defeased and removes it from its

official accounting records(see Note 4), the par value of the original debt issue is reported twice: (1) under regular debt retired

categories (codes 31*, 34*, or 39*) and (2) under the exhibit code, Debt Retired by Refunding (code 53T). In the above

example, once the original debt was defeased in the second fiscal year, the $10 million would be coded both 24A and 53T. The

retirement of the refunding debt itself is treated the same as any other debt retirement.

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Advance refunding debt outstanding: The refunding debt itself is reported in the same manner as any other long-term debt

outstanding. The treatment of the original debt to be refunded in advance depends on whether or not it is still on the

government's books:

If the original debt is still shown on the government's official accounting records, then it is reported as debt outstanding

(along with the advance refunding debt outstanding). This is not uncommon for the first year the advance refunding debt

is issued or in cases of crossover advance refunding. Citing the example above, this would be a total of $22 million in

debt outstanding.

❍ 

If the original debt has been defeased and is no longer shown in the government's official accounting records, then it is

not reported as debt outstanding. In the above example, debt outstanding would be limited to the $12 million in advance

refunding debt.

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This treatment was adopted first with fiscal year 1978-79 data. The Bureau made a one-time adjustment of about $5.6 billion to

state and local government long-term debt outstanding for that year to accomplish this revision.

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9.5 Derived Debt Statistics

From the debt data that is collected from state and local governments, the Census Bureau also computes derived statistics on

indebtedness. Some of these also use data gathered on cash and security holdings. Note that there are no census codes associated with

these types of statistics.

9.51 Derived Debt Statistics

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Borrowing is an estimate of the net amount of new money that a government has borrowed during the fiscal year, including shortand long-term debt. It consists of the par value of long-term debt issued during the year (other than for refunding purposes) plus any

net increase in short-term debt between the beginning and end of the fiscal year. Note that it does not reflect the total amount of

short-term debt sold during the year.

Shown as a formula using Census Bureau 3-digit debt codes, borrowing is computed as follows (the asterisk (*) in the formulas

below stands for the appropriate function code for the debt issued or retired):

If net short-term debt has increased during the fiscal year:

21* + 24* + 29* + (64V - 61V) - 52T

If net short-term debt has decreased (or remained constant) during the fiscal year:

21* + 24* + 29* - 52T

Redemption is an estimate of the net amount of debt that a government has paid off during the fiscal year, including short- and

long-term debt. It consists of the par value of long-term debt retired during the year (other than debt retired by refunding) minus any

net decrease in short-term debt between the beginning and end of the fiscal year. Note that it does not reflect the total amount of

short-term debt paid off during the year.

Shown as a formula using Census Bureau 3-digit debt codes, redemption is computed as follows:

If net short-term debt has increased during the fiscal year:

31* + 34* + 39* - 53T

If net short-term debt has decreased (or remained constant) during the fiscal year:

31* + 34* + 39* + (64V - 61V) - 53T

Note that debt redemption includes debt redeemed not only from current revenue or prior year fund balances but also from the sale of

assets accumulated in debt service funds (sinking funds). The transfer of current revenue to such funds for future debt service is

considered an intragovernmental transaction and, therefore, is not included in either revenue or expenditure statistics. (The amounts

held, however, are recorded as cash and securities; see Chapter 10 for details.)

9.52 Change in Debt

Combining features of both debt borrowing and redemption, change in debt is an estimate of the net change in a government's

indebtedness during the fiscal year. It consists of the par value of long-term debt issued during the fiscal year less the par value of

long-term debt retired during the year plus (or minus) the change in short-term debt between the beginning and end of the fiscal year.

Note that it does not reflect the total amount of short-term debt sold or paid off during the year.

Shown as a formula using Census Bureau 3-digit debt codes, change in debt is computed as follows:

21* + 24* + 29* - 31* - 34* - 39* + (64V - 61V)

9.53 Net Long-Term Debt Outstanding

Net long-term debt outstanding is the amount of long-term debt held by a government for which no funds have been set aside for its

repayment. It consists of total long-term debt outstanding less total offsets to debt (i.e. cash and security holdings in debt service, or

sinking, funds). Shown as a formula using Census Bureau 3-digit debt codes, net long-term debt outstanding is computed as follows:

41* + 44* - W01

For state governments and the largest city and county governments whose data are compiled specially by the Bureau, net long-term

debt is divided further between full-faith and credit and nonguaranteed.

Net Long-Term Full-Faith and Credit Debt consists of the par value of total full-faith and credit long-term debt less offsets to

full-faith and credit long-term debt. Shown as a formula using Census Bureau 3-digit debt codes, it is computed as follows:

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41* - 71W

● Net Long-Term Nonguaranteed Debt consists of the par value of total nonguaranteed long-term debt less offsets to nonguaranteed

long-term debt. Shown as a formula using Census Bureau 3-digit debt codes, it is computed as follows:

44* - 74W

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See Chapter 10 for a description of offsets to full-faith and credit and to nonguaranteed debt (codes 71W and 74W).

9.6 Other Debt Topics

This section covers topics not discussed elsewhere, primarily new and more complex debt instruments that governments have

employed in recent years.

9.61 Zero Coupon and Other Deep Discount Bonds

Deep discount bonds and their equivalents (zero-coupon bonds, compound interest bonds, etc.) are debt instruments sold at a price

much below their face value. The interest they earn is added to the value of the bond rather than paid out serially (similar to how U.

S. savings bonds work). Stated formally, interest is reinvested, compounded at the original rate that applied to principal, and paid at

maturity.

For Census Bureau statistics, deep discount debt transactions are reported as follows:

Debt issued: Only the actual proceeds from the sale of the bonds are reported as long-term debt issued (i.e., not the higher face

value amount).

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Debt retired: When the bonds are finally paid off, only the original sale price is reported as long-term debt retired (i.e., not the

higher face value which includes accumulated interest). Thus, the amount retired is equal to the amount originally reported as

issued.

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Debt outstanding: The amount of proceeds from the original sale of the bonds is reported as long-term debt outstanding (i.e.,

the outstanding amount is not incremented by the interest earned and added to its face value). Thus, the amount outstanding

remains constant during the life of the bond.

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Interest expenditure: The amount of interest earned by the bond and added to its face value is reported as interest expenditure

(even if it does not involve actual cash disbursements).

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9.62 Bond Banks and Pooled Debt

To reduce the cost of issuing debt and to achieve a lower interest rate, governments sometimes agree to issue debt jointly rather than

individually. For instance, a state government may create a "bond bank" that issues debt in the state's name that is then used to

purchase securities from local governments. Local governments may also create their own bond banks or enter into "pooled debt"

arrangements where one member issues debt and others borrow from the proceeds.

For Census Bureau statistics, such arrangements are reported as follows:

Debt issued, retired, and outstanding: The government in whose name the bond bank or pooled debt was issued is recorded

with the amount issued, retired, and outstanding using regular census debt codes.

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Loaning of proceeds to other governments: The distribution of the proceeds from the bond bank or pooled debt is not reported

as an intergovernmental transaction. Instead, for the government issuing such debt, the purchase of other government's

securities or the borrowing of debt proceeds by other governments is reported as an investment under Offsets to Debt (code

W01). For the governments whose securities are sold or which borrows the proceeds, it is treated a long-term debt issued

(codes 21*, 24*, or 29*).

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Repayment of proceeds: When the member government repays part or all of the loan from the issuing government, it is

reported as long-term debt retired by the former. For the issuing government, the amount repaid each year reduces the security

holding for offsets to debt (code W01).

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Interest on debt: For the issuing government, the interest paid on the debt is reported under the appropriate interest expenditure

category (I89, I91, I92, I93, or I94). For the member governments, it is treated as in intergovernmental expenditure (and for the

issuing government as intergovernmental revenue).

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Note that in some cases, the original debt is issued by a nongovernmental entity (such as a league of cities) which operates more like

the joint activities described in Chapter 3. In these cases, the debt and its related transactions are assigned to the member

governments and reported as regular long-term debt.

9.63 Leases and Lease-Purchase Agreements

For Census Bureau statistics, leases, lease-purchase arrangements, lease-rental agreements, and the like are not considered public

debt (see Note 5). Instead, payments on them are reported as capital outlay; see Section 6.72 for details.

A government may enter into a leasing arrangement with a private firm in lieu of issuing debt and building their own facilities. The

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private firm obtains funding for the project, builds it, and leases the facility or equipment back to the government. For the

government, leases offer the advantages of not requiring voter approval and are not counted toward its debt limitation ceiling.

Note that Census Bureau debt categories do include lease-rental bonds issued by a dependent agency of a government which builds a

facility that it leases back to the parent government. Lease payments, of course, would not be reported since they represent

intragovernmental transfers.

9.64 Taxable Public Debt

For Census Bureau statistics, taxable public debt is reported in the same manner as tax exempt public debt.

Most government debt is tax exempt; that is, the interest it pays to bondholders is exempt from Federal income taxes. In some cases,

however, governments will issue debt that does not receive exemption from Federal taxes (for instance, to get around debt

limitations).

Utility debt applies only to debt amounts that can be identified readily as being for particular utility purposes. Such

obligations are included without reference to the conditions determining payment of interest and principal--that is, whether or

not utility or general revenues are used. Likewise, general obligation bonds or other "tax supported" obligations issued

specifically to fund utility operations or facilities are classed as utility debt (and interest on them as utility interest

expenditure). citation.

1. 

2. Includes any debt issued for liquor stores or insurance trust purposes. citation.

Take note that this statistical category is broader than the "private activity bonds" that are regulated by such Federal laws as

the Tax Reform Act of 1984, which excludes such debt as private multi-family rental housing and mortgage subsidy bonds that

are included in the Census Bureau category. citation.

3. 

For purposes of determining whether or not the original debt has been removed from the government's books, the Bureau

considers the "official record" to be the balance sheet from the government's annual finance report. Thus, defeased debt

carried only in notes to the financial statements or in a debt compilation sheet would not be considered outstanding debt of the

government. citation.

4. 

Leases are not classified as debt for Census Bureau purposes for various reasons. Unlike bonded debt, leases rarely generate

any cash flow. With no proceeds available, there are no funds to expend on capital outlays or to turn over to the private sector

in return for an investment security. Moreover, leases are rarely negotiable instruments, do not require voter approval or

apply to debt ceiling limits, are funded by annual appropriations rather than dedicated taxes or other revenue sources (in

effect, making them renewable one-year contracts), can be canceled in some cases, and often have an "interest" component

that is simply an imputed amount. Thus, for Census Bureau statistics, leases are closer to the "pay-as-you-go" way of

financing capital improvements than to debt. citation.

5. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chart 9-A - Examples of Liabilities Included and Excluded from Census Bureau Definition of Public Debt

This chart is by no means an exhaustive list of all possible liabilities that governments incur; rather, it shows the most common types

of debt found in annual finance reports.

Examples of Liabilities Included in Census Bureau Public Debt Examples of Liabilities Excluded from Census

Bureau Public Debt

Bank lines of credit Accounts Payable

Bank loans Accrued Expenses

Bond anticipation notes Accrued interest payable

Certificates of obligation Accrued vacation or sick leave

CertificateCertificateation (COPs) Actuarial deficits (unfunded liabilities) of pension funds

Claims and judgements

Construction loan notes (CLNs) Amounts owed in an agency or trust capacity

"Deep-discount" debt, such as:

 Compensated absences Bank overdrafts or temporary fund deficits

Zero-coupon bonds

Demand bonds Compensated absences

General obligation bonds (GOBs) Contingent loans and advances

General obligation self-supporting bonds Defeased debt (from advance refunding operations)

General obligation tax increment bonds Deferred compensation payable

Grant anticipation notes Deferred income or revenue

Industrial revenue bonds Installment purchase agreements or contracts

Lease revenue bonds

Lease-rental bonds Interfund loans and advances ("due to other funds")

Limited tax bonds

Mortgage notes Leases (operating or capital)

Noninterest-bearing long-term warrants and obligations with debt

instruments Long-term contracts payable

Notes payable Noninterest-bearing short-term warrants and obligations

Pollution control bonds Purchase contracts

Revenue anticipation notes Refundable deposits

Serial bonds Reverse repurchase agreements

Special assessment bonds Rights of persons to benefits from public employee

retirement or other insurance trust systems

Special obligation bonds

Special revenue bonds

Tax anticipation notes Salaries payable

Tax anticipation notes Salaries payable

Taxable public debt Severance payable

Term bonds Vouchers payable

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Created: November 16 2000

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

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Chart 9-B - Summary of Debt Categories and Codes

FUNCTION:

Utility General

Item Water

Supply

Electric

Power

Natural

Gas

Supply

Public

Mass

Transit

Elementary-Secondary

Education

Other/Higher

Education

Public

Debt for

Private

Purposes

All

Other

SHORT-TERM DEBT, outstanding: (See Note 1)

Beginning of fiscal

year - - - - - - - 61V

End of fiscal year - - - - - - - 64V

LONG-TERM DEBT:

Outstanding at

beginning of fiscal

year

19A 19B 19C 19D - 19H 19T 19X

Issued during fiscal year:

Full-faith and

credit 21A 21B 21C 21D 21F 21G - 21X

Nonguaranteed 24A 24B 24C 24D 24F 24G 24T 24X

Unspecified 29A 29B 29C 29D 29F 29G - 29X

Exhibit:

Refunding Debt

(See Note 1)

- - - - - - - 52T

Retired during fiscal year:

Full-faith and

credit 31A 31B 31C 31D 31F 31G - 31X

Nonguaranteed 34A 34B 34C 34D 34F 34G 34T 34X

Unspecified 39A 39B 39C 39D 39F 39G - 39X

Exhibit:

Refunded Debt

(See Note 1)

- - - - - - - 53T

Outstanding at end of fiscal year:

Full-faith and

credit 41A 41B 41C 41D 41F 41G - 41X

Nonguaranteed 44A 44B 44C 44D 44F 44G 44T 44X

Federal Government only:

 Increase in debt - - - - - - - 41I

 Held by self - - - - - - - 41V

 Held by others - - - - - - - 41Y

 Public debt - - - - - - - 41Q

 Agency debt - - - - - - - 41W

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* - Dash (-) indicates no code for that item.

1 - Debt code suffix does not represent a functional activity.

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Chart 9-C: Debt Detailed Code List with Coverage of Data Collection

General Purpose Governments

Item Federal State DC Large city-county Other local Special Districts

SHORT-TERM DEBT, OUTSTANDING:

 61V - Beginning of fiscal year N Y Y Y Y Y

 64V - End of fiscal year N Y Y Y Y Y

LONG-TERM DEBT:

OUTSTANDING AT BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR:

 19A - Water supply systems N N N N Y Y

 19B - Electric power systems N N N N Y Y

 19C - Natural gas supply systems N N N N Y Y

 19D - Public mass transit systems N N N N Y Y

 19H - Education (all) N N N N Y Y

 19T - Public debt for private purposes N N N N Y Y

 19X - All other debt N Y Y Y Y Y

ISSUED DURING FISCAL YEAR:

 --- Full-faith and credit:

 21A - Water supply systems N Y Y Y N N

 21B - Electric power systems N Y N Y N N

 21C - Natural gas supply systems N Y N Y N N

 21D - Public mass transit systems N Y N Y N N

 21F - Elementary-secondary education N Y Y Y N N

 21G - Higher and other education N Y Y Y N N

 21X - All other debt N Y Y Y N N

 --- Nonguaranteed:

 24A - Water supply systems N Y Y Y N N

 24B - Electric power systems N Y N Y N N

 24C - Natural gas supply systems N Y N Y N N

 24D - Public mass transit systems N Y N Y N N

 24F - Elementary-secondary education N Y Y Y N Y

 24G - Higher and other education N Y Y Y N Y

 24T - Public debt for private purposes N Y Y Y Y Y

 24X - All other debt N Y Y Y N N

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 --- Unspecified:

 29A - Water supply systems N N N N Y Y

 29B - Electric power systems N N N N Y Y

 29C - Natural gas supply systems N N N N Y Y

 29D - Public mass transit systems N N N N Y Y

 29F - Elementary-secondary education N N N N Y Y

 29G - Higher and other education N N N N Y Y

 29X - All other debt N N N N Y Y

 --- Exhibit: Refunding bonds issued (see Section 9.4):

 52T - Refunding issues N Y Y Y N N

RETIRED DURING FISCAL YEAR,

 ---Full-faith and credit:

 31A - Water supply systems N Y Y Y N N

 31B - Electric power systems N Y N Y N N

 31C - Natural gas supply systems N Y N Y N N

 31D - Public mass transit systems N Y N Y N N

 31F - Elementary-secondary education N Y Y Y N N

 31G - Higher and other education N Y Y Y N N

 31X - All other debt N Y Y Y N N

 --- Nonguaranteed:

 34A - Water supply systems N Y Y Y N N

 34B - Electric power systems N Y N Y N N

 34C - Natural gas supply systems N Y N Y N N

 34D - Public mass transit systems N Y N Y N N

 34F - Elementary-secondary education N Y Y Y N Y

 34G - Higher and other education N Y Y Y N N

 34T - Public debt for private purposes N Y Y Y Y Y

 34X - All other debt N Y Y Y N N

 --- Unspecified:

 39A - Water supply systems N N N N Y Y

 39B - Electric power systems N N N N Y Y

 39C - Natural gas supply systems N N N N Y Y

 39D - Public mass transit systems N N N N Y Y

 39F - Elementary-secondary education N N N N Y Y

 39G - Higher and other education N N N N Y Y

 39X - All other debt N N N N Y Y

 --- Exhibit: Long-term debt retired by refunding (see Section 9.4):

 53T - Long-term debt refunded N Y Y Y N N

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OUTSTANDING AT END OF FISCAL YEAR,

 ---Full-faith and credit:

 41A - Water supply systems N Y Y Y Y Y

 41B - Electric power systems N Y N Y Y Y

 41C - Natural gas supply systems N Y N Y Y Y

 41D - Public mass transit systems N Y N Y Y Y

 41F - Elementary-secondary education N Y Y Y Y Y

 41G - Higher and other education N Y Y Y Y Y

 41X - All other debt N Y Y Y Y Y

 --- Nonguaranteed:

 44A - Water supply systems N Y Y Y Y Y

 44B - Electric power systems N Y N Y Y Y

 44C - Natural gas supply systems N Y N Y Y Y

 44D - Public mass transit systems N Y N Y Y Y

 44F - Elementary-secondary education N Y Y Y Y Y

 44G - Higher and other education N Y Y Y Y Y

 44T - Public debt for private purposes N Y Y Y Y Y

 44X - All other debt N Y Y Y Y Y

 --- Federal Government only:

 41I - Increase in total debt Y N N N N N

 41V - Held by federal government itself Y N N N N N

 41Y - Held by others Y N N N N N

 41Q - Public debt Y N N N N N

 41W - Federal agency debt Y N N N N N

* - Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Descriptions of Debt Categories

CATEGORY: By Length of Term

ITEM: Short-term debt

Codes: 61V - Short-term debt outstanding at beginning of fiscal year

64V - Short-term debt outstanding at end of fiscal year

Definition:

Interest-bearing debt payable one year or less from its date of issue; obligations having no fixed maturity

date (even where outstanding for more than one year if payable from a tax levied for collection in the

same year it was issued).

Examples: Bond anticipation notes, tax anticipation notes and warrants, bank loans, tax-exempt commercial paper,

and interest-bearing short-term warrants and obligations.

Exclusions: Accounts payable, noninterest-bearing warrants and obligations, and interfund loans (nonliabilities); and

long-term debt payable within the current fiscal year (report at Long-term debt).

ITEM: Long-term debt

Codes (first number of 3-digit code (see NOTE 1)):

19* - Long-term debt outstanding at beginning of fiscal year

2** - Long-term debt issued during fiscal year

3** - Long-term debt retired during fiscal year

4** - Long-term debt outstanding at end of fiscal year

Exhibit Code:

5** - Long-term debt refunding during fiscal year

Definition: All debt payable more than one year from its date of issue, including those redeemable in less time under

a "daily put option" (option tender bonds).

Examples: General obligation bonds (GOB), term bonds, serial bonds, revenue bonds, industrial revenue bonds,

pollution control bonds, special assessment bonds, certificates of participation (COPs), zero coupon or

compound interest bonds, judgments, mortgages, and construction loan notes (CLNs).

Exclusions: Leases (operating or capital), interfund loans (except own securities held as investments by other funds,

such as employee retirement systems), amounts owed in an agency or trust capacity (e.g., employee tax

withholdings), interest payable, advances and contingent loans from other governments, unfunded

obligations of employee pension funds, accrued vacation or sick leave, and rights of individuals to

benefits from insurance trust systems.

Notes: Treat tax anticipation warrants or notes outstanding more than one year as short-term debt if they are

payable from a specific tax levied for collection in same year debt was issued.

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CATEGORY: By Type of Long-Term Debt Activity

ITEM: Long-term debt issued

Codes (first two numbers of 3-digit code):

21* - Full faith and credit long-term debt issued

24* - Nonguaranteed long-term debt issued

29* - Unspecified long-term debt issued

Exhibit Code:

52T - Refunding debt issued

Definition: Par value of long-term obligations incurred (sold) during the fiscal year--without adjustment for

premiums, discounts, or insurance--including original funding and refunding obligations.

Exclusions: Debt obligations authorized but not actually incurred (sold) during the fiscal year.

Notes: Report premiums on debt issued at Miscellaneous General Revenue, NEC, code U99, and insurance costs

for issuing debt at Financial Administration, code 23. Ignore discounts since they do not constitute an

actual outlay of funds. For zero coupon and other deep discount bonds, report amount of proceeds, not

their face value.

ITEM: Long-term debt retired

Codes (first two numbers of 3-digit code):

31* - Full faith and credit long-term debt retired

34* - Nonguaranteed long-term debt retired

39* - Unspecified long-term debt retired

Exhibit Code:

53T - Long-term debt retired through refunding

Definition:

Par value of long-term obligations liquidated by repayment, by exchange, or by refunding during the

fiscal year--without adjustment for premiums or discounts. Includes debt retired from general or any

special funds, current revenues, fund balances, or assets accumulated for debt redemption in debt service

(sinking) funds.

Exclusions: Amounts reserved for future debt retirement (i.e., payments into debt service funds).

Notes: (1) Report premiums paid on bonds retired before maturity at Other and Unallocable, code 89. (2) In

cases of advance refunding, consider the original issue of a debt obligation retired if it is defeased and

removed from the government's official accounting records. For debt collection purposes, "official

records" refers to a government's balance sheet, not to the notes which accompany financial statements.

See Section 9.42 for detailed information on advance refunding.

ITEM: Long-term debt outstanding

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Codes (first two numbers of 3-digit code):

19* - Long-term debt outstanding at beginning of fiscal year

41* - Full faith and credit long-term debt outstanding at end of fiscal year

44* - Nonguaranteed long-term debt outstanding at end of fiscal year

Definition: Par value of long-term obligations remaining unpaid at close of fiscal year, including obligations past due

but not yet presented for payment.

Exclusions: Obligations defeased by advance refunding bonds and no longer carried in the official accounting records

(i.e., balance sheet) of the government.

Notes: Include obligations for which funds have been turned over to a fiscal agent for their redemption but

which have not been removed from the official accounting records at the close of the government's fiscal

year.

CATEGORY: By Character of Long-Term Debt

ITEM: Full-faith and credit

Codes (first two numbers of 3-digit code):

21* - Full faith and credit long-term debt issued

31* - Full faith and credit long-term debt retired

41* - Full faith and credit long-term debt outstanding

Definition:

Long-term obligations for which the credit of the government, implying the power of taxation, is

unconditionally pledged. Includes debt payable initially from specified tax or nontax sources (e.g., toll

highway fees, repayment of loans, or earmarked intergovernmental grants) but payable from any

available resources if the pledged sources are insufficient ("double barreled" debt).

Examples: General obligation bonds.

Exclusions: Obligations backed only by default insurance or commercial bank letters of credits, or LOCs (report at

Nonguaranteed).

Notes: Effective with fiscal year 1988 data, the following two sub-categories for full faith and credit debt of state

governments were consolidated: general obligation bonds (including debt initially payable from

earmarked taxes) and debt payable initially from specified nontax revenue.

ITEM: Nonguaranteed

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Codes (first two numbers of 3-digit code):

24* - Nonguaranteed long-term debt issued

34* - Nonguaranteed long-term debt retired

44* - Nonguaranteed long-term debt outstanding

Definition:

Long-term obligations payable solely from pledged specific sources--e.g., from nonproperty taxes

("limited tax" bonds), from earnings of revenue producing activities (utilities, toll facilities, college

dormitories, commercial enterprises, and the like), from special assessments, or from lease-rental

arrangements--and which do not constitute obligations against any other resources of the government if

the pledged sources are insufficient.

Examples: Revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, pollution control bonds, industrial or commercial development

bonds, lease-rental bonds, and certificates of participation (COPs).

Exclusions: Debt initially payable from a specific revenue source but payable from any available resources if pledged

sources are insufficient.

ITEM: Unspecified in character

Codes (first two numbers of 3-digit code):

29* - Unspecified long-term debt issued

39* - Unspecified long-term debt retired

Definition:

Long-term obligations not allocable between Full Faith and Credit and Nonguaranteed. Applies only to

long-term debt issued and retired of local governments canvassed by mail or through central collection

arrangements.

CATEGORY: By Purpose of Long-Term Debt

Definition: Classification of long-term debt issued, retired, and outstanding according to the function or activity

specifically intended to be financed from its proceeds.

Debt Code Purpose

Covers activities described for

these function codes in Chapter

4

Utility Debt:

A Water Supply Systems* 91

B Electric Power Systems* 92

C Natural Gas Supply Systems* 93

D Public Mass Transit Systems* 94

General Debt:

F Elementary and secondary schools, vocational-technical schools, and other

educational institutions except those for higher education 12

G

Institutions of higher education (including auxiliary enterprises like

dormitories and athletic facilities) and education facilities except those for

elementary-secondary education

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T

Public debt for direct funding of private sector activities, such as industrial

and commercial development, pollution control of private facilities, housing

and mortgage loans, private hospital construction, student loans, private

sports stadiums, convention centers, shopping malls, economic revitalization,

and other private projects.

Not applicable

Excludes debt for projects that government directly oversees (vs simply

giving proceeds to agent or trustee) even if project will be turned over or

leased upon completion. This complex category is discussed in more detail in

Section 9.3.

X All other debt not classified above, including amounts related to liquor stores

and insurance trust systems. Those not listed

* Covers debt amounts that can be identified readily for utility purposes, regardless of the conditions for repayment or its backing by

the government. For instance, includes GOB or other tax-supported obligations issued specifically to finance utility projects even if

redeemed by the government's general fund.

Notes:

(1) Effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data, other debt purpose codes were eliminated due to the growing

difficulty of obtaining reliable detail on debt by its functional use. The codes eliminated and their new

classification are as follows:

Old Code Purpose New Code

E Air Transportation X

H Other Education, N.E.C. G

J Hospitals X

K Highways-Regular X

L Highways-Toll X

M Housing and Community Development X

N Parks and Recreation X

P Sewerage X

R Veterans' Bonuses X

S Water Transport and Terminals X

T Industrial Development and Pollution

Control T

W Mortgage Revenue T

(2) The entirely new purpose code, Public Debt for Private Purposes (T), is a combination of industrial

development and pollution control (old T code) and mortgage revenue (old W code) plus debt that was

recorded in other purpose categories (e.g., from the education debt categories, debt for student education

loans and from hospital debt category, debt to finance private hospital construction).

(3) Debt statistics collected for the Federal Government are limited to several outstanding codes which do

not purport either to distinguish between short- and long-term or to indicate their functional uses, as

follows:

41I - Increase in debt during the fiscal year (debt outstanding at end of current fiscal year minus debt

outstanding at end of prior fiscal year).

41V - Debt held by Federal Government accounts, primarily Federal insurance trust funds (e.g., Social

Security, Medicare, and Military and Civil Service Retirement trusts).

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41Y - Debt held by persons and organizations outside the Federal Government (including Federal

Reserve Banks' holdings of Federal securities purchased for monetary policy reasons).

41Q - Debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury, including short-term notes and Treasuring borrowing on

behalf of the Federal Financing Bank.

41W - Debt obligations of Federal agencies, such as the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

(FSLIC), Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Postal

Service, and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Excludes agency borrowing from the Federal Financing

Bank and debt of government-sponsored enterprises (e.g., Federal National Mortgage Association,

Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Farm Credit Administration).

Note the overlap in these debt codes: total debt outstanding is equal to both the sum of 41V plus 41Y and

the sum of 41Q plus 41W.

Throughout these descriptions of debt categories, the asterisk (*) is used to indicate other digits in the debt code showing the

type of debt and its purpose.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Chapter 10 - Cash and Security Holdings

Contents and Abstract:

10.1 Cash and Security Holdings Definition

10.11 Assets Outside of Census Bureau Definition

10.12 Major Classification Changes with Fiscal Year 1987-88 Data

10.2 Types of Cash and Securities Covered

10.3 Purpose of Holdings of Cash and Securities

10.31 Insurance Trust Funds

10.32 Other Than Insurance Trust Funds

10.33 Additional Notes Regarding Offsets to Debt Category

10.4 Pooled Investments

Chart:

10-A Examples of Assets Included and Excluded from Census Bureau Definition of Cash and Securities

Description Sheet:

Description of Cash and Securities Categories

Befitting their position as important fiscal entities, governments are major holders of cash and securities, including excess money on

hand as well as purposeful investments for future earnings. This area, too, has grown increasingly complex over the last decade or

so. As a result, the Census Bureau instituted major changes to its classification system, effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data.

Governments' balance sheets contain a wide variety of assets; however, only those that are cash and investment securities are

included in Census Bureau statistics. Moreover, this category applies solely to state and local governments. Although the Federal

Government holds large amounts of cash and investments, no comparable statistics are collected on them (much of which consists of

its own securities).

10.1 Cash and Security Holdings Definition

The title of this category, cash and security holdings, is self-defining. Examples to supplement this definition include cash on hand,

demand or time deposits, savings accounts, government and private securities (bonds, notes, mortgages, corporate stocks, etc.), and

loans and other credit paper held by government loan and investment funds. Chart 10-A has a lengthy list of specific assets that fall

within (and outside) the scope of this category.

This definition includes cash and security holdings of not only the general government but also those of all autonomous agencies,

boards, commissions, or other organizations categorized as dependent on the government concerned (see Chapter 3). Stated in terms

of the accounting procedures from which these data originate, this category covers cash and security holdings of all accounting funds

of a government other than intragovernmental service (revolving), agency, and private trust funds.

The value of cash and securities is reported as of the last day of the government's fiscal year. Along with debt outstanding, this is the

only finance data to represent fiscal condition at a specific point in time (rather than financial activity during the fiscal year).

Effective with fiscal year 1987-88 finance data, cash and security holdings are classified according to the purpose for which they are

held. For public employee retirement systems and unemployment compensation funds, these data are categorized further by the type

of cash or security involved.

10.11 Assets Outside of Census Bureau Definition

Unlike the other three major types of finance data collected by the Census Bureau, the Bureau's concept of cash and security holdings

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is an exclusive one, limited to the most fluid types of assets governments own.

The following types of assets are excluded from Census Bureau statistics on governments:

● Real property, land, buildings, improvements, machinery, equipment, and other fixed assets (see Note 1).

● Construction in progress.

● Materials, supplies, and inventories.

Accounts receivables, taxes receivables, special assessment receivables, interfund receivables, tax liens, advances to other

funds, and other such monies owed to a government.

● 

● Unamortized premiums on investments.

● Prepaid or deferred expenses.

● Goods or commodities held for resale (e.g., of liquor stores or utilities).

● Intangible assets.

Assets held by private trust funds or by funds representing agency transactions (e.g., withholdings of employee Social Security

taxes).

● 

10.12 Major Classification Changes with Fiscal Year 1987-88 Data

Because of the growing complexity of government cash and investment management practices (particularly pooled investment funds,

described below in Section 10.4), the Bureau found the classification of cash and securities by the type of cash or security held

becomingly increasingly difficult to obtain. Consequently, nearly all categories relating to the type of cash or security held by a

government were consolidated, effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data. The only exceptions were cash and security holdings of

government-administered public employee retirement systems and unemployment compensation systems.

This consolidation of categories is summarized by the following:

Purpose of Holding Old Codes New Codes

Insurance Trust Systems:

Public Employee Retirement (see Note 2) X33, X30 X30

X35, X44 X44

Unemployment Compensation (No Changes) -

Workers' Compensation Y21, Y30, Y33, Y35, Y44 Y21

Other Insurance Trusts Y61, Y70, Y73, Y75, Y84 Y61

Other Than Insurance Trusts:

Offsets to Debt W01, W10, W13, W15, W24 W01

Bond Funds W31, W40, W43, W45, W54 W31

All Other Funds W61, W70, W73, W75, W84 W61

A classification change in the debt area had an important effect on cash and security data. The amount of Public Debt for Private

Purposes (code 44T) outstanding at the end of the fiscal year is recorded as an Offset to Debt (code W01). Before fiscal year 1987-88

data, this treatment was limited to mortgage revenue debt.

10.2 Types of Cash and Securities Covered

The data which the Census Bureau reports in these categories consist of two major types: cash and deposits, a single item group, and

securities. Listed below are the various items that make up these groups. Except for public employee retirement systems, the Bureau

no longer makes any effort to identify them separately. For a detailed definition, see the public employee retirement systems section

in the Description Sheets that follow this narrative.

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Cash and Short-Term Deposits

Securities: Federal Government Securities

Federal Agency Securities

State and Local Government Securities

Corporate Bonds

Corporate Stocks

Mortgages Held Directly (by a government as an investment)

All Other Securities, N.E.C.

Traditionally, the Census Bureau measured and reported investment securities at their book value (less any discounts), not at their

current market value or par (face) value. (Any profit or loss on their sale is reported as a revenue or expenditure). However, in the

1997 Census of Governments and in subsequent annual surveys, there was a revision to this treatment for the large holding of public

employment retirement systems. For these systems, two additional categories were added to the classification system to measure the

holdings of corporate stocks (equity funds, Z78) and corporate bonds (Z77). These additions were needed to keep pace with industry

accounting standards.

These additional categories apply to the special exhibit statistics on Employee Retirement Systems. They are not included in the

regular statistics on government finances.

10.3 Purpose of Holdings of Cash and Securities

The major classification of cash and securities is according to the purpose for which they are held. Their purpose is divided into two

major groups: Insurance Trust Funds and Other Than Insurance Trust Funds.

10.31 Insurance Trust Funds

A major function of insurance trust systems is the accumulation of assets to pay for future benefits. Consequently, this group

accounts for the largest share of cash and securities held by governments. It is divided into these categories:

Public Employee Retirement Systems

Unemployment Compensation Systems(see Note 3)

Workers' Compensation Systems

Other Insurance Trusts Systems

See the Description Sheets for a more detailed definition of these categories. Chapter 11 contains a formal definition of an insurance

trust system.

10.32 Other Than Insurance Trust Funds

Cash and securities held by funds of a government other than insurance trusts are classified into one of three categories:

Offsets to Debts (Debt Service or Sinking Funds)

Bond Funds

All Other Funds

See the Description Sheet for a more detailed definition of these categories.

10.33 Additional Notes Regarding Offsets to Debt Category

The category for offsets to debt deserves additional explanation.

First, in addition to cash and securities to pay debt service on long-term debt, it includes an amount equal to all the long-term debt

outstanding for Public Debt for Private Purposes (code 44T). The rationale for this treatment is the fact that the proceeds from this

type of indebtedness are not expended by a government but are turned over to the private sector for whatever purpose it was sold.

The offset recorded as an asset, therefore, represents the obligation of the private organization to repay the government for its debt

service costs. This offset is reduced as the debt creating it is retired.

Second, for state governments and the largest city and county governments whose data are compiled specially by the Census Bureau,

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Offsets to Debt is subdivided into two categories:

● Offsets to full-faith and credit long-term debt (Code 71W)

● Offsets to nonguaranteed long-term debt (Code 74W)

These two categories are used to separate Net Long-Term Debt Outstanding between full-faith and credit and nonguaranteed (see

Section 9.53).

10.4 Pooled Investments

To the extent possible, all cash and securities of pooled investment funds are assigned according the purpose of the fund holding

"shares" in it.

A growing phenomenon in government cash and investment management is the pooling of investments. Rather than have each

accounting fund of a government invest its own surplus cash, a government creates a large "pool" of money based on shares "owned"

by the other funds. The larger amount of money involved allows the government to earn a higher rate of return than each fund could

receive by itself. On the other hand, this practice has made the collection of data on cash and security holdings more difficult.

1. The retirement survey collects data on real property holdings using special exhibit codes; see Chapter 11 for details. citation.

2. These categories have been preserved as special exhibit statistics; see Chapter 11. citation.

Although the Federal-state cooperative unemployment compensation trust fund is administered by the Federal Government,

the account of each state (and the District of Columbia) is reported with the latter's cash and security holdings. citation.

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Chapter 10 - Descriptions of Cash and Security Categories

Cash and security holdings of a government at the close of its fiscal year, including those of its dependent agencies, utilities, and

liquor stores.

Government balance sheets report a wide variety of assets; Census Bureau statistics, however, are limited to just cash, governmental

and private securities, and other investments. All other assets, such as fixed assets, equipment, materials, most receivables, interfund

loans, and deferred amounts, are excluded. Chart 10-A provides examples of the most common types of assets that are included and

excluded in this classification schema.

These data are categorized according to the type of accounting fund that reports them, the only area in Census Bureau statistics to

preserve the accounting nature of the source data. These categories are grouped into insurance trust and all other funds, as follows:

INSURANCE TRUST SYSTEMS

Public Employee Retirement Systems

Unemployment Compensation Systems

Workers' Compensation Systems (state governments only)

Other Insurance Trust Systems (state governments only)

OTHER THAN INSURANCE TRUST SYSTEMS

Offsets to Debt (Debt Service or Sinking Funds)

Bond Funds

All Other Funds

Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, these categories were classified into more detailed categories according to the type of cash or

security involved (e.g., cash and deposits, Federal treasury notes, state and local government securities, etc.). Because of the

growing difficulties in obtaining the data (primarily the impact of pooled investment accounts), this sub-detail is no longer collected

except for employee retirement systems and unemployment compensation systems.

The codes below apply only to state and local governments; no comparable data are collected for the Federal Government.

INSURANCE TRUST SYSTEMS

Except for Unemployment Compensation Systems, data for these categories are collected largely by a separate mail canvass of

insurance trust systems. Chapter 11 includes a detailed description of each type of insurance trust system below.

CATEGORY: Public Employee Retirement Systems

Cash and security holdings of government-administered retirement systems for public employees.

In addition to the categories below, there are also special exhibit codes for employee retirement cash and security holdings (see

Chapter 11).

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Code: X21 ITEM: Cash and Short-Term Investments

Includes: Cash on hand and on deposit; demand deposits; time or savings deposits; certificates of

deposits; repurchase agreements ("repos"); reverse repurchase agreements ("reverse

repos"); commercial and finance company paper; bankers acceptances; and money

market funds.

Code: X30 ITEM: Federal Government Securities

Includes: Obligations of the U.S. Treasury (including short-term notes) and the Federal Financing

Bank (FFB); and bonds and mortgage- backed securities issued by Federal agencies,

such as the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), Export-Import Bank, Federal

Housing Administration (FHA), Financing Corporation (FICO), Government National

Mortgage Association (GNMA, or "Ginnie Mae"), Federal Savings and Loan Insurance

Corporation (FSLIC), Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service, and

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Excludes: Mortgages directly held by employee retirement system (use code X42) and securities

of Federally-sponsored or chartered private and quasi-private credit organizations, such

as the Federal National Mortgage Association, FNMA or "Fannie Mae" (use code X40).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, these securities were differentiated between Federal

treasury notes (code X30) and Federal agency securities (code X33). Also seen Chapter

11 for a discussion of special exhibit codes for employee retirement cash and securities.

Code: X40 ITEM: Corporate Bonds

Includes: Debentures; convertible bonds; railroad equipment certificates; and securities of

Federally-sponsored or chartered private and quasi-private organizations like Federal

Home Loan Banks (FHLB), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC, or

"Freddie Mac"), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA, or "Fannie Mae"),

Federal farm credit banks, and Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA, or "Sallie

Mae").

Notes: Report such securities at their book value (i.e., their original cost less any discounts),

not at either their current market or par (face) value.

Code: X41 ITEM: Corporate Stocks

Includes: Common and preferred stock, warrants, and shares in investment companies.

Notes: Report such securities at their book value (i.e., their original cost less any discounts),

not at either their current market or par (face) value.

Code: X42 ITEM: Mortgages Held Directly

Excludes: Mortgage-backed Federal securities (use code X30) and real property directly held by

system (use exhibit code X46).

Code: X47 ITEM: Miscellaneous Investments

Includes: Venture capital; partnerships; and real estate investment trusts.

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Excludes: Real property held directly by system (use exhibit code X46).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, this category was classified as an exhibit code.

Code: X44 ITEM: All Other Securities, N.E.C.

Includes: Securities of state and local governments (including those issued by parent government

administering the system and purchased for investment purposes); investments held in

trust by other agencies, including funds administered by private agencies, guaranteed

investment accounts, mutual fund shares, and governmental pooled investment

accounts; shares held in mutual funds; foreign and international securities; conditional

sales contracts; pooled life insurance investments; direct loans; and loans to system

members.

Notes: Effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data, includes securities of state and local

governments formerly classed at code X35.

CATEGORY: Unemployment Compensation Systems

Funds held by the U.S. Treasury in a trust account maintained for each participating government by the cooperative Federal-state

unemployment compensation insurance system. Data for this category, which applies only to state governments and to the District of

Columbia, are obtained from the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. Note that the two

categories below are considered to be "cash and deposits."

Code: Y07 ITEM: Trust Fund Account in U.S. Treasury

Code: Y08 ITEM: Other (Clearing and Benefit Accounts)

Notes: May be a positive or a negative number.

CATEGORY: Workers' Compensation Systems

Cash and security holdings of state government compulsory accident and injury insurance systems for workers' compensation.

Code: Y21 ITEM: Cash and Securities

Includes: Various cash and security assets as delimited in Chart 10-A.

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, this code was divided further into cash and

deposits (code Y21), Federal treasury securities (code Y30), Federal agency

securities (code Y33), state and local government securities (code Y35), and

nongovernmental securities (code Y44).

CATEGORY: Other Insurance Trust Systems

Cash and security holdings of state government insurance trust systems other than employee retirement, unemployment

compensation, and workers' compensation.

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Code: Y61 ITEM: Cash and Securities

Includes: Various cash and security assets as delimited in Chart 10-A.

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, this code was further divided into cash and

deposits (code Y61), Federal treasury securities (code Y70), Federal agency

securities (code Y73), state and local government securities (code Y75), and

nongovernmental securities (code Y84).

OTHER THAN INSURANCE TRUSTS

CATEGORY: Offsets to Debt (Debt Service or Sinking Funds)

Cash and security holdings specifically for debt service (interest payments and redemption of principal) on long-term debt, including

those of utilities, whether full-faith and credit or nonguaranteed.

Includes cash on hand with fiscal agents for debt service or for redemption of uncanceled debt; bond reserve funds; balances in

refunding bond accounts held pending completion of refunding transactions (other than for advance refunding); and credit paper or

other assets of credit funds which are pledged to the ultimate redemption of debt incurred to finance loan activities of such funds.

Covers assets held for debt redemption up to the amount of the specific debt for which they were accumulated plus related interest.

Also includes any mortgages and land contracts (at book value), notes receivables held as offsets to public debt for financing private

sector activities (i.e., an amount equal to debt outstanding classified at code 44T), and the value of loans made by credit funds from

debt proceeds. Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, the treatment of offsets cited above was limited to mortgage revenue bonds;

effective with fiscal year 1987-88 data, it was expanded to cover all types of public debt for private purposes.

Excludes value set on land acquired by foreclosure, other real property, taxes or accounts receivable, interfund loans, and other

noninvestment assets.

Prior manuals made a distinction between reserves for the redemption of debt principal (reported under this category) and for the

payment of interest (reported under All Other Funds). In recent years, however, data reported here has included an increasing

amount for interest since the majority of financial reports from which the data are gathered no longer separate the two components.

Note, too, that the GASB definition of a debt service fund makes no distinction between interest and principal.

Code: W01 ITEM: Cash and Securities

Includes: Various cash and security assets as delimited in Chart 10-A and industrial leases

recorded as offsets to industrial development debt for the private sector.

Excludes: Balances in advance refunding accounts held for future payment of debt that has been

defeased and removed from the official accounts of the government (exclude entirely

from survey).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, this code was further divided into cash and deposits

(code W01), Federal treasury securities (code W10), Federal agency securities (code

W13), state and local government securities (code W15), and nongovernmental

securities (code W24).

An amount recorded as offsets to public debt for private purposes is reduced as the debt

creating it is retired.

CATEGORY: Bond Funds

Cash and security holdings of accounting funds established specifically to hold proceeds of bond issues (and related revenues)

pending their disbursement.

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Code: W31 ITEM: Cash and Securities

Includes: Various cash and security assets as delimited in Chart 10-A.

Excludes: "Capital project funds" whose sources of revenue do not include proceeds of bond

issues (report at All Other Funds, code W61) and proceeds of public debt for private

purposes not yet distributed (report at Offsets to Debt, code W01).

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, this code was further divided into cash and deposits

(code W31), Federal treasury securities (code W40), Federal agency securities (code

W43), state and local government securities (code W45), and nongovernmental

securities (code W54).

CATEGORY: All Other Funds

Code: W61 ITEM: Cash and Securities

Includes: Various cash and security assets as delimited in Chart 10-A.

Notes: Prior to fiscal year 1987-88 data, this code was further divided into cash and deposits

(code W61), Federal treasury securities (code W70), Federal agency securities (code

W73), state and local government securities (code W75), and nongovernmental

securities (code W84).

DETAILED CODE LIST WITH COVERAGE OF DATA COLLECTION*

General Purpose Governments

CODE TYPE OF ASSET Federal State DC

Large

citycounty

Other

local

Special

District

INSURANCE TRUST SYSTEMS:

---Public Employee Retirement:

X21 Cash and Short Term Investments N Y Y Y Y Y

X30 Federal Government Securities N Y Y Y Y Y

X40 Corporate Bonds N Y Y Y Y Y

X41 Corporate Stocks N Y Y Y Y Y

X42 Mortgages Held Directly N Y Y Y Y Y

X47 Miscellaneous Investments N Y Y Y Y Y

X44 All Other Securities, N.E.C. N Y Y Y Y Y

---Unemployment Compensation:

Y07 Balance in U.S. Treasury N Y Y N N N

Y08 Other (Clearing and Benefit) N Y Y N N N

---Workers' Compensation:

Y21 Cash and Securities N Y N N N N

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---Other Insurance Trust Systems:

Y61 Cash and Securities N Y N N N N

OTHER THAN INSURANCE TRUST SYSTEMS:

---Offsets to Debt (Debt Service or Sinking Funds):

W01 Cash and Securities N Y Y Y Y Y

---Bond Funds:

W31 Cash and Securities N Y Y Y Y Y

---All Other Funds:

W61 Cash and Securities N Y Y Y Y Y

* Shows whether data are collected (Y) or not collected (N) for that type.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chart 10-A - Examples of Assets Included and Excluded from Census Bureau Definition of Cash and Securities

Examples of assets found on a government's balance sheet and their classification for Census Bureau purposes.

Note: This list is not exhaustive; rather it shows the most common types of assets found in annual financial reports for purposes of

illustration.

Included in Census Bureau Definition of

Cash And Securities Excluded in Census Bureau Definition of Cash And Securities

Bankers acceptances Accounts receivables

Cash on deposit Accrued interest or dividends on investments

Cash on hand Advances to other funds

Cash with fiscal agent (e.g., for debt service) Allowances for delinquent taxes

Cash "equivalents" Amortized or deferred bond issue costs

Certificates of deposit (CDs) Construction-in-Progress

Commercial paper Customer deposits

Corporate bonds (including debentures,

convertible bonds, and railroad equipment

certificates)

Deferred charges (or other revenues)

Deferred compensation

Deposits with other governments

Corporate stock (common and preferred) Depreciation

Current investments Dividends receivables

Debentures held Due from other funds

Demand deposits Fixed assets (land, equipment, buildings, and other structures)

Equity in pooled cash or investments accounts

Federal agency securities (FHA, TVA, etc.) Goodwill

Federal treasury notes Grants receivables

Guaranteed investment accounts Improvements "other than buildings"

Loans to members of insurance trusts systems Interest receivables

Loans receivables Interfund receivables

Marketable equity securities Inventory

Marketable securities Investment in general fixed assets

Money market funds Leases receivable (other than industrial leases as offsets to industrial development

debt)

Mortgages (receivable) held directly

Mutual funds Letters of credit

Notes receivables Machinery and equipment

Repurchase agreements ("repos") Materials and supplies

"Restricted" cash and investments Net depreciation

Savings accounts Prepaid expenses

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Share of funds in governmental investment

accounts or pools Real property*

Special assessments receivables

State and local government securities

(including own securities held by its

insurance trusts)

Tax liens receivables

Taxes receivables

Unamortized premiums on investments

Time deposits Unbilled accounts receivables

Warrants (to purchase securities) Unrealized gains on investments

 * For employee retirement statistics real property is reported at a special exhibit code; see Chapter 11.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chapter 11: Social Insurance Trust Systems

Contents and Abstract:

11.1 Definition of Social Insurance Trust System

11.11 Examples of Insurance Systems Included and Excluded by this Definition

11.2 How Insurance Trust Statistics Relate to Regular Finance Statistics

11.3 Types of Insurance Trust Systems

11.31 Public Employee Retirement Systems

11.32 Unemployment Compensation Systems

11.33 Workers' Compensation Systems

11.34 Other Insurance Trust Systems (including Federal-only ones)

11.4 Insurance Trust Exhibit Codes

11.41 Public Employee Retirement Exhibit Codes

11.42 Unemployment Compensation Exhibit Codes

11.43 Workers' Compensation Exhibit Codes

11.44 Other Insurance Trust Systems Exhibit Codes

11.5 Special Topics

11.51 Classifying Debt for Unemployment Compensation Funds

11.52 Loans to Parent Government by Insurance Trust Systems

Chart:

11-A Summary of Insurance Trust Codes (Regular and Exhibit)

Among their numerous duties, governments provide social insurance to the public, ranging from retirement systems and disability

compensation to life insurance. One of the four sectors of governments, insurance trust systems have become a major component of

the economy over the years, accounting for 15.3% of total state, and local government revenue in fiscal year 1996-97.

The Census Bureau provides two types of statistics on insurance trust systems. First, they are reported with the regular finance data

about governments. Second, since insurance trust systems involve major financial activities that fall outside the scope of the regular

classification schema, the Bureau provides additional exhibit statistics whose focus is exclusively on insurance trusts.

11.1 Definition of Social Insurance Trust System

Governments administer a wide variety of insurance-type programs in addition to maintaining various "trust" funds. For Census

Bureau statistics, however, only a selected few of these qualify as "insurance trust systems."

To be categorized as a social insurance trust for Census Bureau purposes, a government's system must meet all of the following

criteria*:

The system must be financed by a separate accounting fund of the administering government. This criteria excludes many

pay-as-you-go plans.

1. 

This fund must have some type of assured revenue stream or dedicated revenue source other than appropriations from the

administering government (generally, contributions or premiums imposed on its members and/or member employers).

2. 

The system must be a social insurance plan--that is, it must have a social purpose such as benefiting the disabled or

disadvantaged, aiding individuals who cannot afford private insurance, providing future income, and the like.

3. 

The members of the system must be outside the government itself--that is, the plan cannot be for insuring the government itself

against risks. For this criteria, public employees are considered to be outside the government.

4. 

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The plan must be administered directly by the government itself--that is, it just cannot collect contributions and then turn them

over to a private insurer who assumes the actual risks and administers the plan.

5. 

* Note that of the four types of insurance trust systems recognized by the Census Bureau, only the public employee retirement

systems category applies to local government finances (plus the District of Columbia's unemployment compensation system); all

other types apply to Federal and/or state governments.

11.11 Examples of Insurance Systems Included and Excluded by this Definition

The following examples illustrate the types of insurance programs that meet and fail the above criteria:

Since the Federal Government workers' compensation program is a pay-as-you-go "plan" funded by agency operating funds

and having no separate accounting fund, it fails the first two criteria for being an insurance trust system.

● 

Some state governments operate pooled, self-insurance programs providing general liability insurance to local governments

within the state, funded by premiums levied against its members. Generally, their purpose is to provide a low-cost alternative

to more expensive (or unavailable) private insurance. Since these types of insurance plans, however, are designed to protect the

governments themselves, they do not meet the social benefit test of criteria three.

● 

Since most self-insurance or risk management funds are designed to insure the government itself, they fail to meet the fourth

criteria regarding outside membership.

● 

A state government insurance plan to protect homeowners against certain catastrophic risks, either because private insurance is

unavailable or unaffordable, would meet the social criteria test and would be classified as an insurance trust as long as it met

the other four criteria.

● 

11.2 How Insurance Trust Statistics Relate to Regular Finance Statistics

Regular Census Bureau finance statistics provide only selected data on insurance trusts, excluding such activities as contributions

from the administering government, the cost of administering systems (reported in general government sector), and certain

investment assets that are neither cash nor securities.

To provide these missing pieces, the Bureau has created exhibit categories used only for special presentations of insurance trust

activities.

The principle differences in insurance trust finances between the regular statistics and these exhibit data can be summarized as

follows:

Regular finance insurance trust revenue excludes (as an intragovernmental transfer) contributions and other payments from the

administering government, including payments made on behalf of its employees who are members of the system. Insurance

trust revenue statistics, on the other hand, include these important sources of funds.

1. 

Intergovernmental transfers, taxes levied specifically to support insurance trusts, or other sources of general revenue to finance

insurance trusts activities are classified as general revenue, not as insurance trust revenue. Note that intergovernmental

transfers representing contributions from other governments on behalf of their employees who are members of the system are

treated as insurance trust revenue (see Section 6.45).

2. 

The cost of administering an insurance trust system is classified as a general expenditure of the administering government. It is

recorded also under a special exhibit code for displaying insurance trust statistics.

3. 

Both regular and insurance trust exhibit statistics on revenue and expenditure exclude the purchase and sale of investments as well as

the extension and recoupment of loans to members.

11.3 Types of Insurance Trust Systems

The Census Bureau recognizes four types of insurance trust systems, including an "other" category that encompasses three major

Federal-only social insurance trusts.

11.31 Public Employee Retirement Systems

This category covers retirement systems sponsored by a recognized unit of government whose membership is comprised primarily of

public employees compensated with public funds and which holds identifiable assets to finance retirement and associated benefits.

Excluded are "pay-as-you-go" retirement programs (i.e., direct payments to retired or disabled employees from appropriation of

general funds), plans not defined as contributory, and payments to private trustee or insurance carrier who administer the investments

and benefits. Although it is a retirement system, the Federal Social Security program is classed as an "other" insurance trust because

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its membership is not limited to public employees.

11.32 Unemployment Compensation Systems

This category refers to the Federal-state cooperative program for unemployment insurance which also covers the District of

Columbia, the only local government member. These data are obtained from the Employment and Training Administration of the

U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment compensation system operates in a unique fashion unlike any other aspect of

government finance. How it works is described below (See Note 1).

The financial transactions of the Federal-state and railroad unemployment insurance systems are made through the Unemployment

Trust Fund. All state and Federal unemployment tax receipts are deposited in the trust fund and invested in Federal Government

securities. If necessary, the Federal general fund advances monies to the trust fund.

State governments and the District of Columbia pay for unemployment benefits from this trust fund. They also may receive repayable

advances from the fund when their balances in the fund are insufficient to pay benefits.

State payroll taxes (i.e., contributions coded Y01) pay for all regular state government benefits. During high periods of

unemployment, extended benefits are paid also and are financed equally between state and federal payroll taxes. Benefits to former

Federal civilian employees, Postal Service workers, and ex-servicemembers are paid also by the state governments from the trust

fund, which is reimbursed by the various Federal agencies.

11.33 Workers' Compensation Systems

This category includes state government-administered plans for compulsory accident and injury insurance of workers (public or

private) through the accumulation of assets in order to provide disability or death benefits related to an on-the-job injury or accident.

Note that the Federal Government workers' compensation program is not classified as an insurance trust system because it is financed

directly from agency operating funds rather than through an insurance fund financed by contributions (i.e., it is a pay-as-you-go

plan).

11.34 Other Insurance Trust Systems (including Federal-only ones)

This category includes any other Federal or state government- administered insurance trust system which meets the Bureau's

definition of a social insurance trust.

For state governments, there were only six states with such systems in fiscal year 1998. These included three disability programs, a

medical disaster fund, an automobile liability insurance system, and a life insurance program.

For the Federal Government, this category includes social insurance programs unique to the U.S. Government, including the biggest

insurance trust (See Note 2):

The Social Security and Medicare programs, also referred to as OASDHI (Old-Age Survivors', Disability, and Health

Insurance program). It actually consists of multiple insurance funds, including the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust

Fund (OASI), Disability Insurance Trust Fund (DI), Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (HI), and Supplementary Medical

Insurance Trust Fund (SMI), The last two funds constitute the Federal Medicare program.

● 

● Veterans' life insurance system which provides low-cost life insurance to eligible veterans of the armed services.

Railroad retirement system which provides retirement-survivor benefits to railroad workers and their families. The

unemployment portion of this system is included with the unemployment compensation data.

● 

Excluded from insurance trust data (and reported in the general government sector) are Federal insurance programs such as crop and

farm mortgage insurance, investment guarantees, home mortgage insurance (e.g., FHA, TVA), and the like.

11.4 Insurance Trust Exhibit Codes

Insurance trust statistics have a two-tier classification scheme. The first tier consists of the regular categories used in reporting the

finances of a government--that is, statistics on government revenue, expenditure, and cash and securities. The second tier consists of

special exhibit codes used only to present statistics on insurance trusts by themselves--i.e., without regard to their effect on other

areas.

These exhibit codes largely represent financial transactions that are intragovernmental or interfund transfers by the government

administering the system. For public employee retirement systems, they also include investments that fall outside the cash and

security definition used in the regular finance survey.

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Chart 11-A provides a complete listing of all codes related to insurance trust finances, including the exhibit codes described below.

11.41 Public Employee Retirement System Exhibit Codes

Statistics on public employee retirement systems have more exhibit codes than any other insurance trust category, reflecting the

greater complexity of their finances. Some of these codes represent additional detail for a regular finance code (e.g., cash and

short-term deposits, code X21, is divided into three exhibit categories). Other codes are used solely for data collection and are never

published (although they do appear in the special retirement data file). Additional codes reflect the retirement survey's broader

definition of investments compared to the regular finance survey.

Code Description Where Classified in Regular Finances*

Revenue:

X04 Contribution from local government to system it administers (X)

X06 Contribution from state government to system it administers. This item is the sum

of two subcodes, Z99 and V87:

Z99 State government contributions to own system on behalf of state employees (X)

V87 State government contributions to own system on behalf of local employees (X)

Z95 Private gifts, donations, and other receipts (3)

Z96 Gain on sale of investments X08

Z98 Rentals from the state government to a state retirement system (X)

X99 Federal Government Only--Interest on U.S. Securities held by Federal retirement

systems (X)

Expenditure:

X14

Administration, investment fees, losses on sale of investments (also deducted from

X08), and other costs not representing benefits or withdrawals. This exhibit code

is the sum of three subcodes, Z91, Z93, and Z90:

Z91 Loss on sale of investments Deducted from X08

Z93 Administration, including investment fees E23

Z90 Other (3)

Cash, Securities, and Other Investments:

Z81 Total cash, securities, and other investments. Numeric total of all regular and

exhibit codes (X)

Z88 Cash on hand and demand deposits X21

Z87 Time or savings deposits, including certificates of deposits X21

Z68

All other short-term investments, including securities in repurchase agreements

(repo's), commercial and finance company paper and bankers acceptances, and

miscellaneous money market funds

X21

Z89 Federal securities, including short and long-term obligations of U.S. Treasury and

Federal Financing Bank X30

X33

Federal agency securities, including bonds and mortgage-backed (where

applicable) issued by CCC, Export-Import Bank, FHA, GNMA, Postal Service,

and TVA. (Mortgages directly held by a retirement system are reported under

code X42)

X30

Z67 Federally-sponsored agency securities, including bonds and mortgage-backed

notes issued by FHLB, FHLMC, FNMA, Farm credit banks, and SLMA X40

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Z79 Other corporate bonds including debentures, convertible bonds, and railroad

equipment certificates X40

Z82 Total other investments is the sum of an exhibit subcodes (X46) and a regular

finance code (X47):

X46 Real property directly held by retirement system. (Property held in investment

trusts and in pooled or partner ship agreements is reported under code X47.) (X)

Z84

Investments held in trust by other agencies, such as funds administered by private

agencies, guaranteed investment accounts, and system share of funds in

governmental investment accounts

X44

X35 Securities of state and local governments including those of its parent government

(other than for the Federal retirement systems) X44

X69 Foreign and international securities X44

Z83 Other securities, N.E.C., including shares held in mutual funds, foreign and

international securities, conditional sales contracts, and direct loans to members X44

Other Exhibit Codes:

Z97 Amounts for transmittal to Federal Social Security System. Collected to avoid

misreporting elsewhere (X)

Z92 Amounts transmitted to Federal Social Security System. Collected to avoid

misreporting elsewhere (X)

Z77 Market value of corporate bonds (book value reported at X40) (X)

Z78 Market value of corporate stock (book value reported at code X41) (X)

 * (X) means not reported in regular finance data.

11.42 Unemployment Compensation Exhibit Codes

The only exhibit code for unemployment compensation systems pertains to the Federal Government and reflects the fact that all its

investments are in Federal securities whose interest payments represent interfund transfers.

Code Description Where Classified in Regular Finances*

Revenue:

Y99 Federal Government Only--Interest on U.S. Securities held by Federal retirement

systems (X)

 * (X) means not reported in regular finance data.

11.43 Workers' Compensation Exhibit Codes

Exhibit codes for workers' compensation system are limited to one each for revenue and expenditure.

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Code Description Where Classified in Regular Finances*

Revenue:

Y10 Contributions from state government to its own workers' compensation system (X)

Expenditure:

Y15 Administration, investment fees, losses on sale of investments (also deducted from

Y12), and other costs not representing benefits or withdrawals E23#

 * (X) means not reported in regular finance data.

 # Administrative costs only included.

11.44 Other Insurance Trust Systems Exhibit Codes

Exhibit codes for other state government insurance trust systems are limited to one each for revenue and expenditure. In addition,

each of the three Federal-only insurance trust systems has an exhibit code reflecting the fact that all its investments are in Federal

securities whose interest payments represent interfund transfers.

Code Description Where Classified in Regular Finances*

Revenue:

Y50 Contributions from state government to its own other insurance trust system (X)

Y54

Administration, investment fees, losses on sale of investments (also deducted from

Y52), and other costs not representing benefits or withdrawals

Federal Government systems interest on U.S. securities held as investments:

E23#

Y22 Social Security and Medicare (X)

Y32 Veterans' Life Insurance (X)

Y42 Railroad Retirement (X)

 * (X) means not reported in regular finance data.

 # Administrative costs only included.

11.5 Special Topics

Insurance trust finances are among the most complicated in the field, partly as a result of the large amount of intragovernmental

transactions as well as the sophisticated but complex investments in which they engage. This section discusses some of the more

complex topics and describes how they are treated for Census Bureau statistics.

11.51 Classifying Debt for Unemployment Compensation Funds

In rare cases, a government may issue debt to bolster its unemployment compensation (UC) system. Typically, it raises the

contribution rate it levies on employers to cover debt service. This situation is classified in the following manner:

Revenue, Contributions (Code Y01): The government's unemployment compensation revenue consists of two parts: the

"normal" payment to the UC fund and the amount needed to cover debt service (principal and interest). The former is treated as

an UC revenue (code Y01); the latter is classified under Miscellaneous General Revenue (code U99).

● 

Revenue, Federal Advances and Contributions (Code Y04): One possible reason for such debt is to repay the Federal

Government for advancing funds when the government's UC account was insufficient to pay benefits. As described in Chapter

7, repayment of Federal advances is deducted from code Y04, leading to the possibility of a negative value for this revenue

code. Note that, in a situation requiring a government to issue debt to repay the advances, it is possible that the repayment is so

large that not only is code Y04 negative, but so is total unemployment compensation revenue.

● 

● Debt Retired, Issued, and Outstanding: This debt is classified in the "all other general debt" categories. Note that the transfer

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of the proceeds to the insurance trust fund would be an intragovernmental transfer. (Expenditures from it will eventually be

reported as an insurance trust outlay.)

● Interest on Debt: Interest on the debt outstanding is reported under Interest on General Debt, code I89.

11.52 Loans to Parent Government by Insurance Trust Systems

Because of their large amounts of cash and security holdings, insurance trust systems (especially public employee retirement ones)

sometimes help out their parent government during times of fiscal distress. How these financial transactions are treated depends on

the situation involved.

The insurance trust system may help out its parent government by purchasing its regular debt instruments; these are treated the same

as other debt and investment transactions. That is:

● It is not reported as either revenue of the parent government or as expenditure of the insurance trust.

It is reported under debt statistics of the parent government (debt issued and outstanding) and under cash and security holdings

data of the insurance trust.

● 

Interest payments on the debt is reported as an interest expenditure of the parent government (generally, code I89) and as

earnings on investment of the insurance trust. No effort is made to exclude this transaction as an interfund transfer.

● 

The insurance trust system may loan money directly to the parent government with a special note being involved. In these situations,

the loan is not treated as debt of the parent government nor as a cash and security holding of the parent government. It is not reported

as an insurance trust expenditure. The purpose of this treatment is to avoid duplication.

Based largely on information in the appendix to the Budget of the United States. References to state governments in this

description also refer to the District of Columbia. Citation

1. 

The Federal Government also administers its own public employee retirement systems and is a member of the Federal-state

cooperative unemployment compensation program. Citation

2. 

3. Data reported in these categories usually are transferred to other, more applicable insurance trust codes. Citation

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chart 11-A - Summary of Insurance Trust Codes (Regular and Exhibit)

This chart lists all the finance codes that relate to insurance trust revenue, expenditure, and cash and securities. It covers not only

those codes used for the regular finances (Col. C) but also the special exhibit codes (Col. D). For definitions of regular finance

codes, see appropriate description sheets elsewhere in this manual. See this chapter for definitions of exhibit codes.

Finance Code

(A) Description (B) Regular Code(C)

Exhibit Code

(D)

Public Employee Retirement Systems:

Revenue:

Employee Contributions:

X01 From Local Government Employees Y N

X02 From State Government Employees Y N

X03 From Federal Government Employees Y N

Government Contributions:

X04 From Local Government To Own System N Y

X05 From Other Governments Y N

X06 From State Government To Own System N Y

Z99 On Behalf of State Employees (Included in X06) N Y

V87 On Behalf of Local Employees (Included in X06) N Y

Earnings on Investments:

X08 Earnings on Investments (Non-Federal Systems) Y N

Z96 Gains on Sale of Investments (Included in X08) N Y

Z91 Losses on Sale of Investments (Deducted in X08) N Y

Z98 Rentals from the State Government N Y

X99 Federal Government System - Interest on U.S. Securities N Y

Other Receipts:

Z95 Private Gifts, Donations, and Other Receipts N Y

Expenditure:

X11 Private Gifts, Donations, and Other Receipts Y N

X12 Withdrawals Y N

X14 Administrative and Other Payments N Y

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Z91 Losses on Sale of Investments (Included in X14) N Y

Z93 Administration (Included in X14) N Y

Z90 Other Payments (Included in X14) N Y

Cash and Security Holdings:

Z81 Total Holdings and Investments N Y

X21 Cash and Short-Term Investments Y N

Z88 Cash on Hand and Demand Deposits (Included in X21) N Y

Z87 Time or Savings Deposits (Included in X21) N Y

Z68 All Other Short-Term Investments (Included in X21) N Y

X30 Federal Government Securities Y N

Z89 Federal Treasury Notes (Included in X30) N Y

X33 Federal Agency Securities (Included in X21) N Y

X40 Corporate Bonds Y N

Z67 Federally-Sponsored Agency Securities (Included in X40) N Y

Z79 Other Corporate Bonds (Included in X40) N Y

X41 Corporate Stock Y N

X42 Mortgages Held Directly Y N

X44 All Other Securities, NEC Y N

Z84 Investments Held in Trust by Other Agencies (Included in X44) N Y

X35 Securities of State and Local Governments (Included in X44) N Y

Z69 Foreign and International Securities (Included in X44) N Y

Z83 Other (Included in X44) N Y

Z82 Total Other Investments N Y

X46 Real Property (Included in Z82) N Y

X47 Miscellaneous Investments (Included in Z82 and X44) Y N

Special Exhibit Data:

Z97 Receipts for Transmittal to Federal Social Security System N Y

Z92 Amounts Transmitted to Federal Social Security System N Y

Z77 Market Value of Corporate Bonds N Y

Z78 Market Value of Corporate Stock N Y

Unemployment Compensation Systems (State Governments and District of Columbia Only):

Revenue:

Y01 Contributions (Payroll Taxes) Y N

Y02 Interest Credited by U.S. Government Y N

Y04 Federal Advances and Contributions Y N

Y99 Federal Government System - Interest on U.S. Securities N Y

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Expenditure:

Y05 Benefits Y N

Y06 Extended and Special Benefits Y N

Cash and Security Holdings:

Y07 Trust Fund Account in U.S. Treasury Y N

Y08 Other (Clearing and Benefits Accounts) Y N

Workers' Compensation Systems (State Governments Only):

Revenue:

Y10 Contribution from Administering State Government N Y

Y11 Other Contributions Y N

Y12 Earnings on Investments Y N

Expenditure:

Y14 Benefits and Withdrawals Y N

Y15 Administrative and Other Payments N Y

Cash and Security Holdings:

Y21 Total Cash and Securities Y N

Other State Government Insurance Trust Systems:

Revenue:

Y50 Contribution from Administering State Government N Y

Y51 Other Contributions Y N

Y52 Earnings on Investments Y N

Expenditure:

Y53 Benefits and Withdrawals Y N

Y54 Administrative and Other Payments N Y

Cash and Security Holdings:

Y61 Total Cash and Securities Y N

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Social Security and Medicare (Federal Government Only):

Revenue:

Y20 Contributions Y N

Y22 Interest on Investments in U.S. Securities N Y

Expenditure:

Y25 Benefits and Withdrawals Y N

Veterans' Life Insurance (Federal Government Only):

Revenue:

Y31 Contributions Y N

Y32 Interest on Investments in U.S. Securities N Y

Expenditure:

Y34 Benefits and Withdrawals Y N

Railroad Retirement (Federal Government Only):

Revenue:

Y41 Contributions Y N

Y42 Interest on Investments in U.S. Securities N Y

Expenditure:

Y45 Benefits and Withdrawals Y N

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: November 16 2000

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Federal, State, and Local Governments

Government Finance and Employment Classification Manual

Chapter 12 - Liquor Stores and Lotteries Exhibits

Contents and Abstract:

12.1 State Liquor Stores Exhibit Statistics

12.2 Lotteries Exhibit Statistics

12.21 How Lotteries are Treated in Regular Finance Statistics

Certain financial activities of governments, especially commercial-type endeavors, do not fit readily into the Census Bureau's

regular financial classification scheme. To provide additional information on these activities, the Bureau has created exhibit codes.

At present, these exhibit categories cover two areas: state liquor stores and government-operated lotteries. For many years, the

Bureau also collected exhibit data on utilities, but these were discontinued because of the growing burden required to collect them.

12.1 State Liquor Stores Exhibit Statistics

The exhibit categories for state government operated liquor stores fall into two groups. One provides a type of net income statement

while the other shows the overall contribution of liquor stores, taxes, and liquor law enforcement activities to the state government.

Although local governments in a few states operate liquor stores, no exhibit data are collected for them.

Code Description

Liquor Store Income and Expense Statistics:

Z41 Net Sales of Goods - Amounts received from sales of liquor and associated services or products.

Excludes any amounts for taxes, sales discounts, customer refunds, and other offsets to gross

receipts from sales.

Z42 Cost of Goods Sold - Cost to the activity (net of any purchase discounts and other offsets to

purchase price) of goods sold to produce the receipts from sales reported under code Z41 above.

--- Gross Profit on Sales - A derived statistic representing the profit on the sale of liquor before

taking into account operating costs--i.e., Net Sales of Goods less Cost of Goods Sold (Z41 -

Z42).

Z43 Operating Expenses - Expenditures applicable to operation and maintenance of liquor stores,

including administration, advertising, purchase, handling, storage, and sale of merchandise

(other than cost of goods sold), and other related costs of the liquor stores system. Excludes

noncash outlays such as deprecation as well as licensing and law enforcement activities

undertaken by the liquor store system.

--- Net Operating Revenue - A derived statistic representing the net profit before taking into account

other revenues and costs--i.e., Gross Profit on Sales less Operating Expenses (Z41 - Z42 - Z43).

Z44 Other Income - Nonoperating income, i.e., income from nonoperating properties of the system

and sources other than sales, excluding any receipts from sales taxes, licenses, and permits that

may be recorded by the system as "other income."

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Z45 Nonoperating Expenses - Any costs of the system for interest and for current costs not falling

within Operating Expenses above (code Z43), excluding any licensing and enforcement costs

that may be recorded by the system as "nonoperating expense."

--- Net Income - A derived statistic representing the final profit of the liquor store system--i.e., Net

Operating Revenue plus Other Income less Nonoperating Expenses (Z41 - - Z42 - Z43 + Z44 -

Z45). Note that this figure may not agree with that reported by the liquor store system's own

financial report, which may calculate its income on another basis.

Liquor Store Contributions to General Funds:

Z46 Transfers to General Fund (Gross) - Total amount actually turned over to general government

funds during the fiscal year, as shown in the system accounts (as opposed to the above calculated

amounts), including any funds for distribution to local governments. Also includes any amounts

derived from tax revenue collected by the system that appear in income accounts of the liquor

system.

Z47 Expenditure for Licensing and Law Enforcement - Any amounts recorded in the liquor system

accounts as expense for licensing activities undertaken for the state government and enforcement

of state liquor laws and regulations. Such amounts are excluded from figures reported under

codes Z43 and Z45 in the income and expense statistics above and classified under general

expenditure categories.

Z48 Receipts from Sales Taxes, Licenses, and Permits - Any amounts received from alcoholic

beverage sales and license taxes (including consumer permits to purchase liquor) that are

included in the income accounts of the alcoholic beverage monopoly system. Such amounts are

excluded from figures compiled for the income and expense statistics above and classified under

general revenue categories.

--- Net Contributions to General Funds - A derived statistic representing the net effect of the liquor

control system on the government's overall finances--i.e., Transfers to General Fund (Gross)

plus Expenditure for Licensing and Law Enforcement minus Receipts from Sales Taxes,

Licenses, and Permits (Z46 + Z47 - Z48).

12.2 Lotteries Exhibit Statistics

Unlike liquor stores, lottery operations do not constitute a distinct sector of government; rather, they are treated as a general

government activity. The exhibit codes below apply to state governments and the District of Columbia, the only local government

currently operating a lottery.

Code Description

Z51 Total Ticket Sales - Gross amounts received from the sale of lottery tickets or games, before

deduction for cost of lottery tickets and prizes. Excludes commissions allowed to merchants for

selling the tickets or games.

Z52 Prizes Awarded - Total value of prizes awarded during the fiscal year, whether actually paid out

or incurred. Includes "instant winners," lotto jackpots to be paid as annuities, funds transferred to

prize reserves, and the like.

Z53 Administrative Expense - The cost of administering the lottery, except for prizes. Includes

salaries of officials as well as advertising, supplies, and the like. An identical amount is reported

as an expenditure under Financial Administration (code -23).

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Z54 Proceeds Available - The net funds available after deducting the costs of prizes and

administration (Z51 - Z52 - Z53). Note that this amount is not the same as that classified as Net

Lottery Revenue (code U95); the latter represents the amount left over after deducting prizes

only (Z51 - Z52).

12.21 How Lotteries are Treated in Regular Finance Statistics

Unlike utility and other commercial-type activities of state and local governments (which are reported on a gross basis without

deduction for the costs of providing them), lottery operations are included in the regular finance data on a net basis, as follows:

Net lottery revenues are included in the regular finance statistics as a miscellaneous general revenue (code U95). This item consists

of Total Ticket Sales (exhibit code Z51) minus the cost of Prizes Awarded (code Z52). It differs from Proceeds Available (code Z54)

by the amount for Administrative Expense (code Z53).

The cost of administering the lottery is reported under Financial Administration (code -23) in the regular finance statistics. Other

expenditures made from net lottery proceeds available are reported in whatever function spends them--education, general local

government support, highways, etc. Since the Bureau's classification scheme does not relate expenditures to their source of funding,

there is no way to determine how net lottery proceeds were disposed.

The cost of prizes is not reported as an expenditure anywhere in regular finance statistics.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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METHODOLOGY FOR SUMMARY TABULATIONS

The chart below contains the most common aggregate finance categories that are used in tables and

special tabulations containing government finance statistics. For each category, there is a corresponding

listing of the detailed finance item codes that comprise the aggregate. To derive the totals for a financial

category, it is necessary to tabulate the individual item codes associated with the category as shown

below. 

This methodology applies equally to individual governments and to groups of governments, with two

notable exceptions for the latter. When aggregating by level of government (all local governments or all

state governments), any corresponding intergovernmental revenue from other same-level governments or

intergovernmental expenditure to other same-level governments must be excluded from the totals. Thus

for the “total revenue” category for all local governments, no item codes of the type “Dnn” (“nn” being

any numeric) should be tabulated, since intergovernmental revenues from local governments are netted

from aggregates.

Similarly for state and local government aggregates, intergovernmental transactions among same-level

governments and between levels of government must be excluded. Thus for the “total revenue” category

for all state and local governments, no item codes of the type “Cnn” (from State governments) and “Dnn”

(from local governments) should be tabulated. Corresponding expenditure aggregates must follow the

same methodology and exclude the appropriate intergovernmental expenditure item codes (those with

alpha prefixes of L - R for state and local government totals). 

Users should note that this chart contains every possible item code for each category. Even though an

item code is listed below, there are several cases where it might not be included in an aggregate amount. 

These cases are as follows:

For an individual government, a specific type of revenue might not exist or an expenditure activity

might not be one that is performed by a government. For example, most local governments do not

have the full range of taxes represented by the item codes, nor do they necessarily provide each

and every function of expenditure.

1. 

The same might be true of groups of governments. One example would be that there are no local

government workers’ compensation systems, so that the revenue and expenditure codes dealing

with this activity would be excluded from the totals for local governments.

2. 

Over time, a limited number of classification changes have resulted in the introduction of new item

codes or the removal of other codes. While these have been kept to minimum, they might come

into play for a user working with historical data sets. 

3. 

DESCRIPTION OF TABULATION METHODOLOGY

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TOTAL REVENUE

T01 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16

T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T27 T28 T29

T40 T41 T50 T51 T53 T99 A01 A03 A06 A09

A10 A12 A14 A16 A18 A21 A36 A44 A45 A50

A54 A56 A59 A60 A61 A80 A81 A87 A89 U01

U10 U11 U20 U30 U40 U41 U50 U95 U99 B01

B21 B22 B27 B30 B42 B46 B47 B50 B54 B59

B79 B80 B89 B91 B92 B93 B94 C21 C28 C30

C42 C46 C47 C50 C67 C79 C80 C89 C91 C92

C93 C94 D11 D21 D30 D42 D46 D47 D50 D79

D80 D89 D91 D92 D93 D94 A91 A92 A93 A94

A90 X01 X02 X05 X08 X09 X03 Y01 Y02 Y03

Y04 Y11 Y12 Y13 Y51 Y52 Y20 Y31 Y41 Y55

TOTAL GENERAL

REVENUE

T01 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16

T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T27 T28 T29

T40 T41 T50 T51 T53 T99 A01 A03 A06 A09

A10 A12 A14 A16 A18 A21 A36 A44 A45 A50

A54 A56 A59 A60 A61 A80 A81 A87 A89 U01

U10 U11 U20 U30 U40 U41 U50 U95 U99 B01

B21 B22 B27 B30 B42 B46 B47 B50 B54 B59

B79 B80 B89 B91 B92 B93 B94 C21 C28 C30

C42 C46 C47 C50 C67 C79 C80 C89 C91 C92

C93 C94 D11 D21 D30 D42 D46 D47 D50 D79

D80 D89 D91 D92 D93 D94

TOTAL TAXES

T01 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16

T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T27 T28 T29

T40 T41 T50 T51 T53 T99

TOTAL SALES TAX T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T19

TOTAL SELECTIVE

SALES TAX T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T19

TOTAL LICENSE

TAXES T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T27 T28 T29

TOTAL CHARGES

A01 A03 A06 A09 A10 A12 A14 A16 A18 A21

A36 A44 A45 A50 A54 A56 A59 A60 A61 A80

A81 A87 A89

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS

GENERAL REVENUE U01 U10 U11 U20 U30 U40 U41 U50 U95 U99

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

REVENUE

B01 B21 B22 B27 B30 B42 B46 B47 B50 B54

B59 B79 B80 B89 B91 B92 B93 B94 C21 C28

C30 C42 C46 C47 C50 C67 C79 C80 C89 C91

C92 C93 C94 D11 D21 D30 D42 D46 D47 D50

D79 D80 D89 D91 D92 D93 D94

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

REVENUE FROM

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

B01 B21 B22 B27 B30 B42 B46 B47 B50 B54

B59 B79 B80 B89 B91 B92 B93 B94

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

REVENUE FROM

STATE GOVERNMENT

C21 C28 C30 C42 C46 C47 C50 C67 C79 C80

C89 C91 C92 C93 C94

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

REVENUE FROM

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

D11 D21 D30 D42 D46 D47 D50 D79 D80 D89

D91 D92 D93 D94

Total Function Codes

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TOTAL UTILITY

REVENUE A91 A92 A93 A94

TOTAL INSURANCE

TRUST REVENUE

X01 X02 X05 X08 X09 X03 Y01 Y02 Y03 Y04

Y11 Y12 Y13 Y55 Y51 Y52 Y20 Y31 Y41

TOTAL EMPLOYEE

RETIREMENT REVENUE X01 X02 X05 X08 X09 X03

TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT

COMPENSATION

REVENUE

Y01 Y02 Y03 Y04

TOTAL WORKERS'

COMPENSATION SYSTEM

REVENUE

Y11 Y12 Y13

TOTAL OTHER

INSURANCE TRUST

REVENUE

Y51 Y52 Y20 Y31 Y41 Y55

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E01 F01 G01 I01 L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 R01

E02 F02 G02 I02 L02 M02 E03 F03 G03 E04

F04 G04 I04 L04 M04 E05 F05 G05 L05 M05

N05 O05 P05 S05 E06 F06 G06 I06 L06 M06

E12 F12 G12 L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12

E14 F14 G14 I14 E16 F16 G16 E18 F18 G18

L18 M18 N18 O18 P18 Q18 R18 E19 E20 F20

G20 I20 L20 M20 E21 F21 G21 I21 L21 M21

N21 O21 P21 Q21 S21 E22 F22 G22 I22 L22

M22 E23 F23 G23 I23 L23 M23 N23 O23 P23

E24 F24 G24 L24 M24 N24 O24 P24 R24 E25

F25 G25 I25 L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25 E26

F26 G26 E28 F28 G28 I28 L28 M28 E29 F29

G29 I29 L29 M29 N29 O29 P29 M30 N30 O30

P30 R30 E31 F31 G31 E32 F32 G32 I32 L32

M32 N32 O32 P32 R32 E36 F36 G36 E37 F37

G37 I37 L37 M37 E38 F38 G38 I38 L38 M38

N38 O38 P38 R38 E39 F39 G39 I39 L39 M39

E44 F44 G44 I44 L44 M44 N44 O44 P44 R44

E45 F45 G45 E47 I47 L47 M47 N47 O47 P47

R47 E50 F50 G50 I50 L50 M50 N50 O50 P50

R50 E51 I51 L51 M51 E52 F52 G52 I52 L52

M52 N52 O52 P52 R52 E53 F53 G53 I53 L53

M53 E54 F54 G54 I54 L54 M54 N54 O54 P54

R54 E55 F55 G55 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 E56

F56 G56 I56 L56 M56 N56 O56 P56 R56 E57

F57 G57 I57 L57 M57 E58 F58 G58 I58 L58

M58 E59 F59 G59 I59 L59 M59 N59 O59 P59

R59 S59 E60 F60 G60 I60 L60 M60 N60 O60

P60 R60 E61 F61 G61 I61 L61 M61 N61 O61

P61 R61 E62 F62 G62 I62 L62 M62 N62 O62

P62 R62 E66 F66 G66 I66 L66 M66 N66 O66

P66 R66 E67 I67 L67 M67 N67 O67 P67 S67

E68 I68 M68 N68 O68 P68 E74 E75 E77 F77

G77 E79 G79 F79 I79 L79 M79 N79 O79 P79

R79 E80 F80 G80 I80 L80 M80 N80 O80 P80

R80 E81 F81 G81 I81 L81 M81 N81 O81 P81

R81 E84 E85 F85 G85 I85 E87 F87 G87 I87

L87 M87 N87 O87 P87 R87 E89 F89 G89 I89

J89 L89 M89 N89 O89 P89 R89 S89 E90 F90

G90 E91 F91 G91 I91 E92 F92 G92 I92 E93

Total Function Codes

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F93 G93 I93 E94 F94 G94 I94 L91 L92 L93

L94 M91 M92 M93 M94 N91 N92 N93 N94 R91

R92 R93 R94 X11 X12 Y05 Y06 Y14 Y53 Y25

Y34 Y45

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 R01 L02 M02 L04 M04

L05 M05 N05 O05 P05 S05 L06 M06 L12 M12

N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12 L18 M18 N18 O18 P18

Q18 R18 L20 M20 L21 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21

S21 L22 M22 L23 M23 N23 O23 P23 L24 M24

N24 O24 P24 R24 L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25

L28 M28 L29 M29 N29 O29 P29 M30 N30 O30

P30 R30 L32 M32 N32 O32 P32 R32 L37 M37

L38 M38 N38 O38 P38 R38 L39 M39 L44 M44

N44 O44 P44 R44 L47 M47 N47 O47 P47 R47

L50 M50 N50 O50 P50 R50 L51 M51 L52 M52

N52 O52 P52 R52 L53 M53 L54 M54 N54 O54

P54 R54 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 L56 M56 N56

O56 P56 R56 L57 M57 L58 M58 L59 M59 N59

O59 P59 R59 S59 L60 M60 N60 O60 P60 R60

L61 M61 N61 O61 P61 R61 L62 M62 N62 O62

P62 R62 L66 M66 N66 O66 P66 R66 L67 M67

N67 O67 P67 S67 M68 N68 O68 P68 L79 M79

N79 O79 P79 R79 L80 M80 N80 O80 P80 R80

L81 M81 N81 O81 P81 R81 L87 M87 N87 O87

P87 R87 L89 M89 N89 O89 P89 R89 S89 L91

L92 L93 L94 M91 M92 M93 M94 N91 N92 N93

N94 R91 R92 R93 R94

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

TO FEDERAL

S05 S21 S25 S59 S67 S89

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

TO STATE

L01 L02 L04 L05 L06 L12 L18 L20 L21 L22

L23 L24 L25 L28 L29 L32 L37 L38 L39 L44

L47 L50 L51 L52 L53 L54 L56 L57 L58 L59

L60 L61 L62 L66 L67 L79 L80 L81 L87 L89

L91 L92 L93 L94

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

TO LOCAL

M01 N01 O01 P01 R01 M02 M04 M05 N05 O05

P05 M06 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12 M18 N18

O18 P18 Q18 R18 M20 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21

M22 M23 N23 O23 P23 M24 N24 O24 P24 R24

M25 N25 O25 P25 M28 M29 N29 O29 P29 M30

N30 O30 P30 R30 M32 N32 O32 P32 R32 M37

M38 N38 O38 P38 R38 M39 M44 N44 O44 P44

R44 M47 N47 O47 P47 R47 M50 N50 O50 P50

R50 M51 M52 N52 O52 P52 R52 M53 M54 N54

O54 P54 R54 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 M56 N56

O56 P56 R56 M57 M58 M59 N59 O59 P59 R59

M60 N60 O60 P60 R60 M61 N61 O61 P61 R61

M62 N62 O62 P62 R62 M66 N66 O66 P66 R66

M67 N67 O67 P67 M68 N68 O68 P68 M79 N79

O79 P79 R79 M80 N80 O80 P80 R80 M81 N81

O81 P81 R81 M87 N87 O87 P87 R87 M89 N89

O89 P89 R89 M91 M92 M93 M94 N91 N92 N93

N94 R91 R92 R93 R94

Total Function Codes

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL TO

COMBINED AND

UNALLOCABLE

M01 M02 M04 M05 M06 M12 M18 M20 M21 M22

M23 M24 M25 M28 M29 M30 M32 M37 M38 M39

M44 M47 M50 M51 M52 M53 M54 M55 M56 M57

M58 M59 M60 M61 M62 M66 M67 M68 M79 M80

M81 M87 M89 M91 M92 M93 M94

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

TO COUNTIES

N01 N05 N12 N18 N21 N23 N24 N25 N29 N30

N32 N38 N44 N47 N50 N52 N54 N55 N56 N59

N60 N61 N62 N66 N67 N68 N79 N80 N81 N87

N89 N91 N92 N93 N94

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

TO MUNICIPALITIES

O01 O05 O12 O18 O21 O23 O24 O25 O29 O30

O32 O38 O44 O47 O50 O52 O54 O55 O56 O59

O60 O61 O62 O66 O67 O68 O79 O80 O81 O87

O89

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

TO TOWNSHIPS

P01 P05 P12 P18 P21 P23 P24 P25 P29 P30

P32 P38 P44 P47 P50 P52 P54 P55 P56 P59

P61 P62 P60 P66 P67 P68 P79 P80 P81 P87

P89

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS Q12 Q18 Q21

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS

R01 R12 R18 R24 R30 R32 R38 R44 R47 R50

R52 R54 R55 R56 R59 R60 R61 R62 R66 R79

R80 R81 R87 R89 R91 R92 R93 R94

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

E01 G01 F01 I01 I02 E02 G02 F02 E03 F03

G03 E04 F04 G04 I04 E05 F05 G05 E06 F06

G06 I06 E12 F12 G12 E14 F14 G14 I14 E16

F16 G16 E18 F18 G18 E19 E20 F20 G20 I20

E21 F21 G21 I21 E22 F22 G22 I22 E23 F23

G23 I23 E24 F24 G24 E25 F25 G25 I25 E26

F26 G26 E28 F28 G28 I28 E29 F29 G29 I29

E31 F31 G31 E32 F32 G32 I32 E36 F36 G36

E37 F37 G37 I37 E38 F38 G38 I38 E39 F39

G39 I39 E44 F44 G44 I44 E45 F45 G45 E47

I47 E50 F50 G50 I50 E51 I51 E52 F52 G52

I52 E53 F53 G53 I53 E54 F54 G54 I54 E55

F55 G55 E56 F56 G56 I56 E57 F57 G57 I57

E58 F58 G58 I58 E59 F59 G59 I59 E60 F60

G60 I60 E61 F61 G61 I61 E62 F62 G62 I62

E66 F66 G66 I66 E67 I67 E68 I68 E74 E75

E77 F77 G77 E79 F79 G79 I79 E80 F80 G80

I80 E81 F81 G81 I81 E84 E85 F85 G85 I85

E87 F87 G87 I87 E89 F89 G89 I89 J89 E90

F90 G90 E91 F91 G91 I91 E92 F92 G92 I92

E93 F93 G93 I93 E94 F94 G94 I94 X11 X12

Y05 Y06 Y14 Y53 Y25 Y34 Y45

CURRENT OPERATION

E01 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 E12 E14 E16 E18

E20 E21 E22 E23 E24 E25 E26 E28 E29 E31

E32 E36 E37 E38 E39 E44 E45 E47 E50 E51

E52 E53 E54 E55 E56 E57 E58 E59 E60 E61

E62 E66 E74 E75 E77 E79 E80 E81 E85 E87

E89 E90 E91 E92 E93 E94

ASSISTANCE AND SUBSIDIES

I01 I02 I04 I06 I14 E19 I20 I21 I22 I23

I25 I28 I29 I32 I37 I38 I39 I44 I47 I50

I51 I52 I53 I54 I56 I57 I58 I59 I60 I61

I62 I66 E67 I67 E68 I68 I79 I80 I81 E84

I85 I87 J89

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INTEREST ON DEBT I89 I91 I92 I93 I94

INSURANCE TRUST X11 X12 Y05 Y06 Y14 Y53 Y25 Y34 Y45

CAPITAL OUTLAY

G01 F01 G02 F02 F03 G03 F04 G04 F05 G05

F06 G06 F12 G12 F14 G14 F16 G16 F18 G18

F20 G20 F21 G21 F22 G22 F23 G23 F24 G24

F25 G25 F26 G26 F28 G28 F29 G29 F31 G31

F32 G32 F36 G36 F37 G37 F38 G38 F39 G39

F44 G44 F45 G45 F50 G50 F52 G52 F53 G53

F54 G54 F55 G55 F56 G56 F57 G57 F58 G58

F59 G59 F60 G60 F61 G61 F62 G62 F66 G66

F77 G77 F79 G79 F80 G80 F81 G81 F85 G85

F87 G87 F89 G89 G90 F90 F91 F92 F93 F94

G91 G92 G93 G94

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 F06 F12 F14 F16 F18

F20 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F28 F29 F31

F32 F36 F37 F38 F39 F44 F45 F50 F52 F53

F54 F55 F56 F57 F58 F59 F60 F61 F62 F66

F77 F79 F80 F81 F85 F87 F89 F90 F91 F92

F93 F94

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

AND LAND

G01 G02 G03 G04 G05 G06 G12 G14 G16 G18

G20 G21 G22 G23 G24 G25 G26 G28 G29 G31

G32 G36 G37 G38 G39 G44 G45 G50 G52 G53

G54 G55 G56 G57 G58 G59 G60 G61 G62 G66

G77 G79 G80 G81 G85 G87 G89 G90 G91 G92

G93 G94

EQUIPMENT ONLY

K01 K02 K03 K04 K05 K06 K12 K14 K16 K18

K20 K21 K22 K23 K24 K25 K26 K28 K29 K31

K32 K36 K37 K38 K39 K44 K45 K50 K52 K53

K54 K55 K56 K57 K58 K59 K60 K61 K62 K66

K77 K79 K80 K81 K85 K87 K89 K90 K91 K92

K93 K94

TOTAL GENERAL

EXPENDITURE

E01 F01 G01 I01 L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 R01

E02 F02 G02 I02 L02 M02 E03 F03 G03 E04

F04 G04 I04 L04 M04 E05 F05 G05 L05 M05

N05 O05 P05 S05 E06 F06 G06 I06 L06 M06

E12 F12 G12 L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12

E14 F14 G14 I14 E16 F16 G16 E18 F18 G18

L18 M18 N18 O18 P18 Q18 R18 E19 E20 F20

G20 I20 L20 M20 E21 F21 G21 I21 L21 M21

N21 O21 P21 Q21 S21 E22 F22 G22 I22 L22

M22 E23 F23 G23 I23 L23 M23 N23 O23 P23

E24 F24 G24 L24 M24 N24 O24 P24 R24 E25

F25 G25 I25 L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25 E26

F26 G26 E28 F28 G28 I28 L28 M28 E29 F29

G29 I29 L29 M29 N29 O29 P29 M30 N30 O30

P30 R30 E31 F31 G31 E32 F32 G32 I32 L32

M32 N32 O32 P32 R32 E36 F36 G36 E37 F37

G37 I37 L37 M37 E38 F38 G38 I38 L38 M38

N38 O38 P38 R38 E39 F39 G39 I39 L39 M39

E44 F44 G44 I44 L44 M44 N44 O44 P44 R44

E45 F45 G45 E47 I47 L47 M47 N47 O47 P47

R47 E50 F50 G50 I50 L50 M50 N50 O50 P50

R50 E51 I51 L51 M51 E52 F52 G52 I52 L52

M52 N52 O52 P52 R52 E53 F53 G53 I53 L53

M53 E54 F54 G54 I54 L54 M54 N54 O54 P54

R54 E55 F55 G55 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 E56

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F56 G56 I56 L56 M56 N56 O56 P56 R56 E57

F57 G57 I57 L57 M57 E58 F58 G58 I58 L58

M58 E59 F59 G59 I59 L59 M59 N59 O59 P59

R59 S59 E60 F60 G60 I60 L60 M60 N60 O60

P60 R60 E61 F61 G61 I61 L61 M61 N61 O61

P61 R61 E62 F62 G62 I62 L62 M62 N62 O62

P62 R62 E66 F66 G66 I66 L66 M66 N66 O66

P66 R66 E67 I67 L67 M67 N67 O67 P67 S67

E68 I68 M68 N68 O68 P68 E74 E75 E77 F77

G77 E79 F79 G79 I79 L79 M79 N79 O79 P79

R79 E80 F80 G80 I80 L80 M80 N80 O80 P80

R80 E81 F81 G81 I81 L81 M81 N81 O81 P81

R81 E84 E85 F85 G85 I85 E87 F87 G87 I87

L87 M87 N87 O87 P87 R87 E89 F89 G89 I89

J89 L89 M89 N89 O89 P89 R89 S89 L91 M91

N91 R91 L92 M92 N92 R92 L93 M93 N93 R93

L94 M94 N94 R94

TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 R01 L02 M02 L04 M04

L05 M05 N05 O05 P05 S05 L06 M06 L12 M12

N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12 L18 M18 N18 O18 P18

Q18 R18 L20 M20 L21 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21

S21 L22 M22 L23 M23 N23 O23 P23 L24 M24

N24 O24 P24 R24 L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25

L28 M28 L29 M29 N29 O29 P29 M30 N30 O30

P30 R30 L32 M32 N32 O32 P32 R32 L37 M37

L38 M38 N38 O38 P38 R38 L39 M39 L44 M44

N44 O44 P44 R44 L47 M47 N47 O47 P47 R47

L50 M50 N50 O50 P50 R50 L51 M51 L52 M52

N52 O52 P52 R52 L53 M53 M54 N54 O54 P54

R54 L54 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 M56 N56 O56

P56 R56 L56 L57 M57 L58 M58 L59 M59 N59

O59 P59 R59 S59 L60 M60 N60 O60 P60 R60

L61 M61 N61 O61 P61 R61 L62 M62 N62 O62

P62 R62 L66 M66 N66 O66 P66 R66 L67 M67

N67 O67 P67 S67 M68 N68 O68 P68 L79 M79

N79 O79 P79 R79 L80 M80 N80 O80 P80 R80

L81 M81 N81 O81 P81 R81 L87 M87 N87 O87

P87 R87 L89 M89 N89 O89 P89 R89 S89 L91

L92 L93 L94 M91 M92 M93 M94 N91 N92 N93

N94 R91 R92 R93 R94

TOTAL DIRECT

GENERAL

EXPENDITURE

E01 G01 F01 I01 I02 E02 G02 F02 E03 F03

G03 E04 F04 G04 I04 E05 F05 G05 E06 F06

G06 I06 E12 F12 G12 E14 F14 G14 I14 E16

F16 G16 E18 F18 G18 E19 E20 F20 G20 I20

E21 F21 G21 I21 E22 F22 G22 I22 E23 F23

G23 I23 E24 F24 G24 E25 F25 G25 I25 E26

F26 G26 E28 F28 G28 I28 E29 F29 G29 I29

E31 F31 G31 E32 F32 G32 I32 E36 F36 G36

E37 F37 G37 I37 E38 F38 G38 I38 E39 F39

G39 I39 E44 F44 G44 I44 E45 F45 G45 E47

I47 E50 F50 G50 I50 E51 I51 E52 F52 G52

I52 E53 F53 G53 I53 E54 F54 G54 I54 E55

F55 G55 E56 F56 G56 I56 E57 F57 G57 I57

E58 F58 G58 I58 E59 F59 G59 I59 E60 F60

G60 I60 E61 F61 G61 I61 E62 F62 G62 I62

E66 F66 G66 I66 E67 I67 E68 I68 E74 E75

E77 F77 G77 E79 F79 G79 I79 E80 F80 G80

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I80 E81 F81 G81 I81 E84 E85 F85 G85 I85

E87 F87 G87 I87 E89 F89 G89 I89 J89

GENERAL CURRENT

OPERATION

E01 E02 E03 E04 E05 E06 E12 E14 E16 E18

E20 E21 E22 E23 E24 E25 E26 E28 E29 E31

E32 E36 E37 E38 E39 E44 E45 E47 E50 E51

E52 E53 E54 E55 E56 E57 E58 E59 E60 E61

E62 E66 E74 E75 E77 E79 E80 E81 E85 E87

E89

GENERAL ASSISTANCE

AND SUBSIDIES

I01 I02 I04 I06 I14 E19 I20 I21 I22 I23

I25 I28 I29 I32 I37 I38 I39 I44 I47 I50

I51 I52 I53 I54 I56 I57 I58 I59 I60 I61

I62 I66 E67 I67 E68 I68 I79 I80 I81 E84

I85 I87 J89

INTEREST ON

GENERAL DEBT I89

GENERAL CAPITAL OUTLAY

G01 F01 G02 F02 F03 G03 F04 G04 F05 G05

F06 G06 F12 G12 F14 G14 F16 G16 F18 G18

F20 G20 F21 G21 F22 G22 F23 G23 F24 G24

F25 G25 F26 G26 F28 G28 F29 G29 F31 G31

F32 G32 F36 G36 F37 G37 F38 G38 F39 G39

F44 G44 F45 G45 F50 G50 F52 G52 F53 G53

F54 G54 F55 G55 F56 G56 F57 G57 F58 G58

F59 G59 F60 G60 F61 G61 F62 G62 F66 G66

F77 G77 F79 G79 F80 G80 F81 G81 F85 G85

F87 G87 F89 G89

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

ONLY

F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 F06 F12 F14 F16 F18

F20 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F28 F29 F31

F32 F36 F37 F38 F39 F44 F45 F50 F52 F53

F54 F55 F56 F57 F58 F59 F60 F61 F62 F66

F77 F79 F80 F81 F85 F87 F89

GENERAL EQUIPMENT

AND LAND

G01 G02 G03 G04 G05 G06 G12 G14 G16 G18

G20 G21 G22 G23 G24 G25 G26 G28 G29 G31

G32 G36 G37 G38 G39 G44 G45 G50 G52 G53

G54 G55 G56 G57 G58 G59 G60 G61 G62 G66

G77 G79 G80 G81 G85 G87 G89

GENERAL EQUIPMENT ONLY

K01 K02 K03 K04 K05 K06 K12 K14 K16 K18

K20 K21 K22 K23 K24 K25 K26 K28 K29 K31

K32 K36 K37 K38 K39 K44 K45 K50 K52 K53

K54 K55 K56 K57 K58 K59 K60 K61 K62 K66

K77 K79 K80 K81 K85 K87 K89

AIRPORTS TOTAL

EXPENDITURE E01 F01 G01 I01 L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 R01

AIRPORTS

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 R01

FEDERAL

SPACE RESEARCH

TOTAL

E02 F02 G02 I02 L02 M02

FEDERAL

SPACE RESEARCH

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L02 M02

FEDERAL

NATIONAL DEFENSE

TOTAL

E06 F06 G06 I06 L06 M06

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NATIONAL DEFENSE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L06 M06

FEDERAL

POSTAL SERVICE

EXPENDITURE TOTAL

E14 F14 G14 I14

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES E03 F03 G03

CORRECTION TOTAL E04 F04 G04 I04 L04 M04 E05 F05 G05 L05

M05 N05 O05 P05 S05

CORRECTION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L05 M05 N05 O05 P05 S05 L04 M04

CORRECTION

INSTITUTIONS,

TOTAL

E04 F04 G04 I04 L04 M04

CORRECTION NEC

TOTAL E05 F05 G05 L05 M05 N05 O05 P05 S05

CORRECTION NEC

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L05 M05 N05 O05 P05 S05

EDUCATION TOTAL

E12 F12 G12 L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12

E16 F16 G16 E18 F18 G18 L18 M18 N18 O18

P18 Q18 R18 E19 E20 F20 G20 I20 L20 M20

E21 F21 G21 I21 L21 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21

S21

EDUCATION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12 L18 M18 N18

O18 P18 L21 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21 S21 Q18

R18 L20 M20

EDUCATION

OTHER CURRENT

OPERATION

E12 E16 E18 E21 E20

EDUCATION ASSISTANCE

AND SUBSIDIES E19 I20 I21

EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION F12 F16 F18 F21 F20

EDUCATION EQUIPMENT

AND LAND G12 G16 G18 G21 G20

EDUCATION EQUIPMENT K12 K16 K18 K21 K20

ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E12 F12 G12 L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12

ELEMENTARY-SECONDARY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12

HIGHER EDUCATION

AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E16 F16 G16

HIGHER EDUCATION-NEC

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E18 F18 G18 L18 M18 N18 O18 P18 Q18 R18

HIGHER EDUCATION-NEC

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L18 M18 N18 O18 P18 Q18 R18

EDUCATION-NEC

EXPENDITURE TOTAL

E21 F21 G21 I21 L21 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21

S21 E19

EDUCATION-NEC

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L21 M21 N21 O21 P21 Q21 S21

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FEDERAL VETERANS

EDUCATION TOTAL E20 F20 G20 I20 L20 M20

FEDERAL VETERANS

EDUCATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL L20 M20

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION

EXPENDITURE

E22 F22 G22 I22 L22 M22

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L22 M22

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

TOTAL E23 F23 G23 I23 L23 M23 N23 O23 P23

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L23 M23 N23 O23 P23

FIRE PROTECTION

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E24 F24 G24 L24 M24 N24 O24 P24 R24

FIRE PROTECTION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L24 M24 N24 O24 P24 R24

GENERAL CONTROL

TOTAL

E25 F25 G25 I25 L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25

E26 F26 G26 E29 F29 G29 I29 L29 M29 N29

O29 P29

GENERAL CONTROL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25 L29 M29 N29 O29

P29

GENERAL CONTROL

CURRENT E25 E26 E29

GENERAL CONTROL

CONSTRUCTION F25 F26 F29

GENERAL CONTROL

EQUIPMENT AND LAND G25 G29 G26

JUDICIAL TOTAL

EXPENDITURE E25 F25 G25 I25 L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25

JUDICIAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L25 M25 N25 O25 P25 S25

LEGISLATIVE TOTAL

EXPENDITURE E26 F26 G26

CENTRAL STAFF

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E29 F29 G29 I29 L29 M29 N29 O29 P29

CENTRAL STAFF

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L29 M29 N29 O29 P29

GENERAL SUPPORT

TOTAL EXPENDITURE M30 N30 O30 P30 R30

GENERAL PUBLIC

BUILDINGS TOTAL E31 F31 G31

FEDERAL

HEALTH-VETERANS

TOTAL

E28 F28 G28 I28 L28 M28

FEDERAL

HEALTH-VETERANS

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L28 M28

HEALTH TOTAL

EXPENDITURE E32 F32 G32 I32 L32 M32 N32 O32 P32 R32

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HEALTH

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L32 M32 N32 O32 P32 R32

HOSPITALS TOTAL

EXPENDITURE

E36 F36 G36 E37 F37 G37 I37 L37 M37 E39

F39 G39 I39 L39 M39 E38 F38 G38 I38 L38

M38 N38 O38 P38 R38

HOSPITALS TOTAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L37 M37 L38 M38 N38 O38 P38 R38 L39 M39

HOSPITALS TOTAL

CURRENT E36 E37 E38 E39

HOSPITALS TOTAL

CONSTRUCTION F36 F37 F38 F39

HOSPITALS

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

AND LAND

G36 G37 G38 G39

OWN HOSPITALS

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E36 F36 G36

FEDERAL

OWN VETERANS HOSPITAL

TOTAL

E37 F37 G37 I37 L37 M37

FEDERAL

OWN VETERANS HOSPITAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L37 M37

HOSPITAL-OTHER

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E38 F38 G38 I38 L38 M38 N38 O38 P38 R38

HOSPITAL-OTHER

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L38 M38 N38 O38 P38 R38

FEDERAL VETERANS-OTHER

HOSPITAL

EXPENDITURE

E39 F39 G39 I39 L39 M39

FEDERAL VETERANS-OTHER

HOSPITAL

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L39 M39

HIGHWAYS

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E44 F44 G44 I44 L44 M44 N44 O44 P44 R44

E45 F45 G45

HIGHWAYS DIRECT E44 F44 G44 I44 E45 F45 G45

HIGHWAYS

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L44 M44 N44 O44 P44 R44

HIGHWAYS

CONSTRUCTION TOTAL F44 F45

HIGHWAYS

LAND AND EQUIPMENT G44 G45

REGULAR HIGHWAYS

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E44 F44 G44 I44 L44 M44 N44 O44 P44 R44

REGULAR HIGHWAYS

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L44 M44 N44 O44 P44 R44

TOLL HIGHWAYS

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E45 F45 G45

TRANSIT SUBSIDY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E47 I47 L47 M47 N47 O47 P47 R47 L94 M94

N94 R94

TRANSIT SUBSIDY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L47 M47 N47 O47 P47 R47 L94 M94 N94 R94

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HOUSING AND

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E50 F50 G50 I50 L50 M50 N50 O50 P50 R50

HOUSING AND

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L50 M50 N50 O50 P50 R50

LIBRARIES

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E52 F52 G52 I52 L52 M52 N52 O52 P52 R52

LIBRARIES

INTERGOVERNMENTAL L52 M52 N52 O52 P52 R52

NATURAL RESOURCES

TOTAL

E51 I51 L51 M51 E53 F53 G53 I53 L53 M53

E54 F54 G54 I54 L54 M54 N54 O54 P54 R54

E55 F55 G55 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 E56 F56

G56 I56 L56 M56 N56 O56 P56 R56 E57 F57

G57 I57 L57 M57 E58 F58 G58 I58 L58 M58

E59 F59 G59 I59 L59 M59 N59 O59 P59 R59

S59

NATURAL RESOURCES

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L51 M51 L53 M53 L54 M54 N54 O54 P54 R54

M55 N55 O55 P55 R55 L56 M56 N56 O56 P56

R56 L57 M57 L58 M58 L59 M59 N59 O59 P59

R59 S59

NATURAL RESOURCES

DIRECT

E51 I51 E53 F53 G53 I53 E54 F54 G54 I54

E55 F55 G55 E56 F56 G56 I56 E57 F57 G57

I57 E58 F58 G58 I58 E59 F59 G59 I59

NATURAL RESOURCES

CONSTRUCTION F54 F55 F56 F57 F58 F59 F53

NATURAL RESOURCES

EQUIPMENT AND LAND G54 G55 G56 G57 G58 G59 G53

FEDERAL FARM

CREDIT TOTAL E51 I51 L51 M51

FEDERAL FARM

CREDIT

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

L51 M51

FEDERAL AGRICULTURE,

FARM INCOME

STABILIZATION,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E53 F53 G53 I53 L53 M53

FEDERAL AGRICULTURE,

FARM INCOME

STABILIZATION,

INTERGOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURE

L53 M53

AGRICULTURE

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E54 F54 G54 I54 M54 N54 O54 P54 R54 L54

AGRICULTURE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL M54 N54 O54 P54 R54 L54

FISH AND GAME

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E55 F55 G55 M55 N55 O55 P55 R55

FISH AND GAME

INTERGOVERNMENTAL M55 N55 O55 P55 R55

FORESTRY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E56 F56 G56 I56 M56 N56 O56 P56 R56 L56

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FORESTRY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL M56 N56 O56 P56 R56 L56

FEDERAL

SOIL, WATER, AND

ELECTRIC ENERGY

RESOURCES,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E57 F57 G57 I57 L57 M57

FEDERAL

SOIL, WATER, AND

ELECTRIC ENERGY

RESOURCES,

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L57 M57

FEDERAL

MINERAL RESOURCES,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E58 F58 G58 I58 L58 M58

FEDERAL

MINERAL RESOURCES,

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L58 M58

NATURAL RESOURCES

NEC TOTAL

EXPENDITURE

E59 F59 G59 I59 L59 M59 N59 O59 P59 R59

S59

NATURAL RESOURCES

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L59 M59 N59 O59 P59 R59 S59

PARKING TOTAL

EXPENDITURE E60 F60 G60 I60 L60 M60 N60 O60 P60 R60

PARKING

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L60 M60 N60 O60 P60 R60

PARKS AND RECREATION,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E61 F61 G61 I61 L61 M61 N61 O61 P61 R61

PARKS AND RECREATION,

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L61 M61 N61 O61 P61 R61

POLICE

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E62 F62 G62 I62 L62 M62 N62 O62 P62 R62

POLICE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L62 M62 N62 O62 P62 R62

PROTECTIVE

INSPECTION

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E66 F66 G66 I66 L66 M66 N66 O66 P66 R66

PROTECTIVE

INSPECTION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L66 M66 N66 O66 P66 R66

PUBLIC WELFARE

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E67 I67 L67 M67 N67 O67 P67 S67 E68 I68

M68 N68 O68 P68 E74 E75 E77 F77 G77 E79

F79 G79 I79 L79 M79 N79 O79 P79 R79

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PUBLIC WELFARE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L67 M67 N67 O67 P67 S67 M68 N68 O68 P68

L79 M79 N79 O79 P79 R79

PUBLIC WELFARE

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

E67 I67 E68 I68 E74 E75 E77 F77 G77 E79

F79 G79 I79

PUBLIC WELFARE

OTHER

CURRENT OPERATIONS

E74 E75 E77 E79

PUBLIC WELFARE

ASSISTANCE

AND SUBSIDIES

E67 I67 E68 I68 I79

PUBLIC WELFARE

CONSTRUCTION F77 F79

PUBLIC WELFARE

EQUIPMENT

AND LAND

G77 G79

PUBLIC WELFARE,

CATEGORICAL ASSISTANCE,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E67 I67 L67 M67 N67 O67 P67 S67

PUBLIC WELFARE,

CATEGORICAL ASSISTANCE,

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L67 M67 N67 O67 P67 S67

CASH ASSISTANCE

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E68 I68 M68 N68 O68 P68

CASH ASSISTANCE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

M68 N68 O68 P68

WELFARE VENDOR

PAYMENTS TOTAL E74 E75

PUBLIC WELFARE,

WELFARE INSTITUTIONS,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E77 F77 G77

WELFARE NEC

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E79 F79 G79 I79 L79 M79 N79 O79 P79 R79

WELFARE NEC

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L79 M79 N79 O79 P79 R79

SEWERAGE

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E80 F80 G80 I80 L80 M80 N80 O80 P80 R80

SEWERAGE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L80 M80 N80 O80 P80 R80

SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E81 F81 G81 I81 L81 M81 N81 O81 P81 R81

SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L81 M81 N81 O81 P81 R81

VETERANS AFFAIRS

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E85 F85 G85 I85

Total Function Codes

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SEA AND INLAND

PORT FACILITIES,

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E87 F87 G87 I87 L87 M87 N87 O87 P87 R87

WATER TRANSPORTATION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L87 M87 N87 O87 P87 R87

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

NEC

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E89 F89 G89 J89 L89 M89 N89 O89 P89 R89

S89 L91 L92 L93 M91 M92 M93 N91 N92 N93

R91 R92 R93

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

NEC

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

EXPENDITURE

L89 M89 N89 O89 P89 R89 S89 L91 L92 L93

M91 M92 M93 N91 N92 N93 R91 R92 R93

GENERAL INTEREST

TOTAL EXPENDITURE I89

UTILITIES

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

E91 E92 E93 E94 F91 F92 F93 F94 G91 G92

G93 G94 I91 I92 I93 I94

UTILITIES

CURRENT OPERATION E91 E92 E93 E94

UTILITIES

CONSTRUCTION F91 F92 F93 F94

UTILITIES

EQUIPMENT AND LAND G91 G92 G93 G94

UTILITIES

INTEREST TOTAL I91 I92 I93 I94

WATER UTILITY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E91 F91 G91 I91

ELECTRIC UTILITY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E92 F92 G92 I92

GAS UTILITY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E93 F93 G93 I93

TRANSIT UTILITY

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E94 F94 G94 I94

LIQUOR STORES

TOTAL EXPENDITURE E90 F90 G90

INSURANCE TRUST

TOTAL EXPENDITURE X11 X12 Y05 Y06 Y14 Y53 Y25 Y34 Y45

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT

TOTAL EXPENDITURE X11 X12

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

TOTAL EXPENDITURE Y05 Y06

WORKERS COMPENSATION

TOTAL EXPENDITURE Y14

OTHER INSURANCE TRUST Y53 Y25 Y34 Y45

BORROWING TOTAL

BEGINNING LONG TERM

DEBT TOTAL

OUTSTANDING

19A 19B 19C 19D 19H 19T 19W 19X

Total Function Codes

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LONG TERM DEBT

ISSUED TOTAL

21A 21B 21C 21D 21F 21G 21H 21X 22A 22B

22C 22D 22E 22F 22G 22H 23A 23B 23C 23D

23E 23F 23G 23H 24A 24B 24C 24D 24E 24F

24G 24H 22J 22K 22L 22M 22N 22P 22R 22S

22X 24J 24K 24L 24M 24N 24P 24R 23J 23K

23L 23M 23N 23P 23R 23S 23X 24S 24T 24W

24X 29A 29B 29C 29D 29E 29F 29G 29J 29K

29M 29N 29P 29S 29X

LONG TERM DEBT ISSUED,

FULL FAITH AND CREDIT,

TOTAL

21A 21B 21C 21D 21F 21G 21H 21X

LONG TERM DEBT ISSUED,

GENERAL OBLIGATION

BONDS,

TOTAL

22A 22B 22C 22D 22E 22F 22G 22H 22J 22K

22L 22M 22N 22P 22R 22S 22X

LONG TERM DEBT ISSUED,

GUARANTEED NONTAX SOURCES,

TOTAL

23A 23B 23C 23D 23E 23F 23G 23H 23J 23K

23L 23M 23N 23P 23R 23S 23X

LONG TERM DEBT ISSUED,

NONGUARANTEED,

TOTAL

24A 24B 24C 24D 24E 24F 24G 24H 24J 24K

24L 24M 24N 24P 24R 24S 24T 24W 24X

LONG TERM DEBT ISSUED,

UNSPECIFIED,

TOTAL

29A 29B 29C 29D 29E 29F 29G 29J 29K 29M

29N 29P 29S 29X

LONG TERM DEBT RETIRED

TOTAL

31A 31B 31C 31D 31F 31G 31H 31X 33K 33L

33M 33N 33P 33R 33S 33X 32A 32B 32C 32D

32E 32F 32G 32H 32J 34K 34L 34M 34N 34P

34R 34S 32K 32L 32M 32N 32P 32R 32S 32X

34T 34W 34X 34A 34B 34C 34D 34E 33A 33B

33C 33D 33E 33F 33G 33H 33J 34F 34G 34H

34J 39A 39B 39C 39D 39E 39F 39G 39J 39K

39M 39N 39P 39S 39X

LONG TERM DEBT RETIRED,

FULL FAITH AND CREDIT,

TOTAL

31A 31B 31C 31D 31F 31G 31H 31X

LONG TERM DEBT RETIRED,

GENERAL OBLIGATION

BONDS,

TOTAL

32A 32B 32C 32D 32E 32F 32G 32H 32J 32K

32L 32M 32N 32P 32R 32S 32X

LONG TERM DEBT RETIRED,

GUARANTEED NONTAX SOURCES,

TOTAL

33A 33B 33C 33D 33E 33F 33G 33H 33J 33K

33L 33M 33N 33P 33R 33S 33X

LONG TERM DEBT RETIRED,

NONGUARANTEED,

TOTAL

34A 34B 34C 34D 34E 34F 34G 34H 34J 34K

34L 34M 34N 34P 34R 34S 34T 34W 34X

LONG TERM DEBT RETIRED,

UNSPECIFIED, TOTAL

39A 39B 39C 39D 39E 39F 39G 39J 39K 39M

39N 39P 39S 39X

LONG TERM DEBT

OUTSTANDING TOTAL

41A 41B 41C 41D 41E 41F 41G 41H 41J 41K

41M 41N 41P 41S 41X 41V 41Y 42A 42B 42C

42D 42E 42F 42G 42H 42J 42K 42L 42M 42N

42P 42R 42S 42X 43A 43B 43C 43D 43E 43F

43G 43H 43J 43K 43L 43M 43N 43P 43R 43S

43X 44A 44B 44C 44D 44E 44F 44G 44H 44J

44K 44L 44M 44N 44P 44R 44S 44T 44W 44X

Total Function Codes

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LONG TERM DEBT,

FULL FAITH AND CREDIT,

TOTAL

41A 41B 41C 41D 41E 41F 41G 41H 41J 41K

41M 41N 41P 41S 41X 41V 41Y

LONG TERM DEBT,

GENERAL OBLIGATION

BONDS,

TOTAL

42A 42B 42C 42D 42E 42F 42G 42H 42J 42K

42L 42M 42N 42P 42R 42S 42X

LONG TERM DEBT,

GUARANTEED NONTAX SOURCES,

TOTAL

43A 43B 43C 43D 43E 43F 43G 43H 43J 43K

43L 43M 43N 43P 43R 43S 43X

LONG TERM DEBT,

NONGUARANTED, TOTAL

44A 44B 44C 44D 44E 44F 44G 44H 44J 44K

44L 44M 44N 44P 44R 44S 44T 44W 44X

CASH AND SECURITIES

TOTAL

W01 W31 W61 W24 W54 W84 W10 W40 W70 W15

W45 W75 W13 W43 W73 Y44 Y84 Y61 Y70 Y73

Y75 Y07 Y08 Y21 Y30 Y33 Y35 X21 X30 X40

X41 X42 X44 X47

CASH AND DEPOSITS TOTAL Y07 Y08 W01 W31 W61 Y61 X21 Y21

SECURITIES TOTAL

W10 W40 W70 W84 W13 W43 W73 W15 W45 W75

W24 W54 X30 X40 X41 X42 X44 Y30 Y33 Y35

Y44 Y70 Y73 Y75 Y84

FEDERAL TREASURY

SECURITIES TOTAL W10 W40 W70 Y70 X30 Y30

FEDERAL AGENCY

SECURITIES TOTAL W13 W43 W73 X33 Y33 Y73

STATE AND LOCAL

SECURITIES W15 W45 W75 Y35 X35 Y75

OTHER SECURITIES W24 W54 W84 Y84 X40 X41 X42 X44 Y44

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

CASH AND SECURITIES,

TOTAL

W01 W31 W61 W75 W10 W40 W70 W13 W43 W73

W15 W45 W24 W54 W84

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

CASH AND DEPOSITS,

TOTAL

W01 W31 W61

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

SECURITIES, TOTAL

W10 W40 W70 W84 W13 W43 W73 W15 W45 W75

W24 W54

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

FEDERAL TREASURY SECURITIES,

TOTAL

W10 W40 W70

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

FEDERAL AGENCY

SECURITIES,

TOTAL

W13 W43 W73

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

STATE AND LOCAL

SECURITIES,

TOTAL

W15 W45 W75

NONINSURANCE TRUST,

STATE AND LOCAL

SECURITIES,

OTHER

W24 W54 W84

SINKING FUND TOTAL W01 W10 W13 W15 W24

BOND FUND TOTAL W31 W40 W43 W45 W54

Total Function Codes

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OTHER NONINSURANCE

TRUST TOTAL W61 W70 W73 W75 W84

INSURANCE TRUST,

CASH AND SECURITIES

X21 X30 X40 X41 X42 X44 X47 Y07 Y08 Y61

Y70 Y73 Y75 Y84 Y21 Y30 Y33 Y35 Y44

INSURANCE TRUST,

CASH AND DEPOSITS Y07 Y08 X21 Y21 Y61

INSURANCE TRUST,

SECURITIES, TOTAL

X30 X40 X41 X42 X44 Y70 Y73 Y75 Y84 Y30

Y33 Y35 Y44

INSURANCE TRUST,

FEDERAL SECURITIES,

TOTAL

X30 Y30 Y70

INSURANCE TRUST,

FEDERAL AGENCY

SECURITIES,

TOTAL

X33 Y33 Y73

INSURANCE TRUST,

STATE AND LOCAL

SECURITIES,

TOTAL

X35 Y35 Y75

INSURANCE TRUST,

OTHER SECURITIES,

TOTAL

X40 X41 X42 X44 Y84 Y44

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT,

CASH AND SECURITIES,

TOTAL

X21 X30 X40 X41 X42 X44 X47

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION,

CASH AND SECURITIES,

TOTAL

Y07 Y08

WORKERS COMPENSATION,

CASH AND SECURITIES,

TOTAL

Y21 Y30 Y33 Y35 Y44

OTHER INSURANCE TRUST,

CASH AND SECURITIES,

TOTAL

Y61 Y70 Y73 Y75 Y84

NEC = NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Total Function Codes

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