85R2584 DMS-F
By: Miles S.B. No. 1802
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(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) 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 set
by the commissioners court [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.
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.