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| 1 | 1 | 85R2584 DMS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles S.B. No. 1802 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in | |
| 8 | 8 | certain populous counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 130.905(a), Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.3 million or more, for the support of paupers through a county | |
| 14 | 14 | welfare department, may authorize the disbursement of an amount set | |
| 15 | 15 | by the commissioners court [not to exceed $2,500] to the head of the | |
| 16 | 16 | county welfare department for use as a petty cash fund in order that | |
| 17 | 17 | cash is immediately available for transportation and other expenses | |
| 18 | 18 | of the paupers. The petty cash fund must be established under a | |
| 19 | 19 | system provided and installed by the county auditor with reports to | |
| 20 | 20 | be made to the auditor, as the auditor may require, by the head of | |
| 21 | 21 | the county welfare department. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |