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Senate Bill 373 |
Senate Author: Duncan |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Darby |
Senate Bill 373 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a county treasurer to collect money payable under the code with the written approval of the clerk of the court or fee officer and to collect money payable as otherwise provided by law. The bill revises procedures relating to the requirement that an officer who collects certain obligations recovered in the name of the state deposit the money in the county treasury by a certain date.
Senate Bill 373 amends the Local Government Code to make the requirement that a person who first takes office as county treasurer successfully complete an introductory course of instruction in the performance of the duties of county treasurer within one year after the date on which the person takes office applicable only to a person elected to a full term and to require a person who first takes office as county treasurer for an unexpired term to successfully complete such a course at the earliest available date. The bill sets out provisions relating to the execution of security bonds by a county treasurer on assistant treasurers, deputies, and employees of the office and establishes provisions relating to the appointment of an assistant treasurer or treasury deputy. The bill requires the county treasurer to notify the county auditor of the receipt of certain revenue not previously included in a special budget or the annual budget for that fiscal year. The bill revises provisions relating to the reconciliation of depository accounts, to the requirement that money belonging to the county be deposited with the county treasurer, and to the disbursement of money by the county treasurer. The bill specifies that a county with a population of more than 225,000 publishing monthly financial reports that publishes its comprehensive annual financial report on its Internet website is not required to publish an annual financial exhibit.