By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1131
(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2017; March 7, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of a designated officer of a
navigation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.153, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 62.153. DUTIES OF DISTRICT TREASURER; AUTHORITY OF
DESIGNATED OFFICER. (a) The district treasurer shall:
(1) open an account for all funds received by him for
the district and all district funds which he pays out;
(2) pay out money on vouchers signed by the chairman of
the commission, any two members of the commission, or the
commissioners court, or any two of any number of persons delegated
by the commission with authority to sign vouchers, provided that
the commission may, in such delegation, limit the authority of such
persons and may require that each furnish a fidelity bond in such
amount as the commission shall specify and subject to commission
approval;
(3) carefully preserve all orders for the payment of
money; and
(4) render a correct account to the commissioners
court of all matters relating to the financial condition of the
district as often as required by the commissioners court.
(b) A designated officer of a district may make a payment on
behalf of the district by a check drawn on a depository selected
under Section 62.155 in a manner consistent with the payment
procedures adopted under Section 60.271(f) without authorization
by the district treasurer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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