1-1     75R9352 PAM-D                           

 1-2                                   AN ACT

 1-3     relating to the reconciliation of county checks and warrants.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 113, Local Government Code,

 1-6     is amended by adding Section 113.008 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 113.008.  RECONCILIATION OF COUNTY CHECKS AND WARRANTS.

 1-8     (a)  The county depository shall provide all canceled checks and

 1-9     warrants and supporting statements to the county treasurer.

1-10           (b)  Subsection (a)  does not apply if the checks and

1-11     warrants are payable from funds under the direct authority of an

1-12     official other than the county treasurer as provided by statute.

1-13     The exemption provided by this subsection does not apply if the

1-14     official requests the county treasurer to be responsible for the

1-15     reconciliation of  the checks and warrants payable from the funds

1-16     that are under the direct authority of the official.

1-17           (c)  In fulfilling the requirements of Subsection (a), the

1-18     county depository shall provide, at the direction of the county

1-19     treasurer:

1-20                 (1)  original canceled checks and warrants; or

1-21                 (2)  optical images of the front and back of canceled

1-22     checks and warrants if the optical images are provided in

1-23     accordance with the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and

1-24     Archives Commission.

1-25           (d)  The county treasurer shall:

1-26                 (1)  reconcile the canceled checks and warrants with

1-27     the account records of the depository; and

1-28                 (2)  ensure all financial adjustments are made

1-29     regarding the depository account as required.

1-30           (e)  In this section, a reference to the county treasurer

1-31     includes a person performing the duties of the county treasurer.

1-32           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-1     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-2     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-3     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-4     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.