84R10466 JTS-F
By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 2322
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of certain payments by a community
supervision and corrections department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 76.004(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The judges described by Section 76.002 may appoint for
the department a fiscal officer, other than the county auditor. The
fiscal officer is responsible for:
(1) managing and protecting funds, fees, state aid,
and receipts to the same extent that a county auditor manages county
funds and funds of other local entities;
(2) ensuring that financial transactions of the
department are lawful and allowable; [and]
(3) prescribing accounting procedures for the
department; and
(4) approving, processing, and signing warrants on
department funds deposited in the county treasury.
SECTION 2. Section 113.043, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 113.043. COUNTERSIGNATURE BY COUNTY AUDITOR. In a
county with a county auditor, the county treasurer and the county
depository may not pay a check or order for payment unless it is
countersigned by the county auditor to validate it as a proper and
budgeted item of expenditure. This section does not apply to a check
or order:
(1) for jury service or for restitution collected on
behalf of an individual as authorized by law; or
(2) drawn against funds of a community supervision and
corrections department that has a fiscal officer appointed under
Section 76.004(c), Government Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.