1-1 By: Zbranek (Senate Sponsor - Carriker) H.B. No. 1377 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 1993; 1-3 May 12, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by 1-5 the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to 1-6 printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-9 Armbrister x 1-10 Leedom x 1-11 Carriker x 1-12 Henderson x 1-13 Madla x 1-14 Moncrief x 1-15 Patterson x 1-16 Rosson x 1-17 Shapiro x 1-18 Wentworth x 1-19 Whitmire x 1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-21 AN ACT 1-22 relating to the return of a warrant or check issued by a county. 1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-24 SECTION 1. Section 116.116, Local Government Code, is 1-25 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-26 (c) A warrant or check issued by the county treasurer in 1-27 settlement of a claim against a county that is not presented for 1-28 payment before the 366th day following the date of issuance is 1-29 overdue and nonnegotiable. The sum of the overdue warrant or check 1-30 shall be credited as revenue to the county if delivery to the 1-31 payees was attempted or occurred within a reasonable time following 1-32 the issuance of the warrant or check. No right to full settlement 1-33 of a proper unpaid claim is extinguished by this subsection. 1-34 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-35 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-36 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-37 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-38 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-39 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-40 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-41 * * * * * 1-42 Austin, 1-43 Texas 1-44 May 20, 1993 1-45 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-46 President of the Senate 1-47 Sir: 1-48 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was 1-49 referred H.B. No. 1377, have had the same under consideration, and 1-50 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the 1-51 recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 1-52 Armbrister, 1-53 Chairman 1-54 * * * * * 1-55 WITNESSES 1-56 FOR AGAINST ON 1-57 ___________________________________________________________________ 1-58 FOR AGAINST ON 1-59 ___________________________________________________________________ 1-60 Name: Katy Caldwell x 1-61 Representing: County Treasurers Assoc. 1-62 City: Houston 1-63 -------------------------------------------------------------------