85R18612 DMS-F
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 1093
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1093:
By: Neave C.S.H.B. No. 1093
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in
certain populous counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.905, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [The]
commissioners court of a county with a population of 1.3 million or
more, for the support of paupers through a county welfare
department, may authorize the disbursement of an amount not to
exceed $2,500 to the head of the county welfare department for use
as a petty cash fund in order that cash is immediately available for
transportation and other expenses of the paupers. The petty cash
fund must be established under a system provided and installed by
the county auditor with reports to be made to the auditor, as the
auditor may require, by the head of the county welfare department.
(a-1) In a county with a population of 2.3 million or more,
the commissioners court may set the maximum amount authorized to be
disbursed under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.