By Lewis of Orange                                    H.B. No. 1741

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the reconciliation of county checks and warrants.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 113, Local Government Code,

 1-5     is amended by adding Section 113.008 to read as follows:

 1-6           Sec. 113.008.  RECONCILIATION OF COUNTY CHECKS AND WARRANTS.

 1-7     (a)  The county depository shall provide all canceled checks and

 1-8     warrants and supporting statements to the county treasurer.

 1-9           (b)  Subsection (a)  does not apply if the checks and

1-10     warrants are payable from funds under the direct authority of an

1-11     official other than the county treasurer as provided by statute.

1-12     The exemption provided by this subsection does not apply if the

1-13     official requests the county treasurer to be responsible for the

1-14     reconciliation of  the checks and warrants payable from the funds

1-15     that are under the direct authority of the official.

1-16           (c)  In fulfilling the requirements of Subsection (a), the

1-17     county depository shall provide, at the direction of the county

1-18     treasurer:

1-19                 (1)  original canceled checks and warrants; or

1-20                 (2)  optical images of the front and back of canceled

1-21     checks and warrants if the optical images are provided in

1-22     accordance with the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and

1-23     Archives Commission.

1-24           (d)  The county treasurer shall:

 2-1                 (1)  reconcile the canceled checks and warrants with

 2-2     the account records of the depository; and

 2-3                 (2)  ensure all financial adjustments are made

 2-4     regarding the depository account as required.

 2-5           (e)  In this section, a reference to the county treasurer

 2-6     includes a person performing the duties of the county treasurer.

 2-7           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.