1-1     By:  Lewis of Orange (Senate Sponsor - Lucio)         H.B. No. 1741

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1997;

 1-3     April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on

 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; April 22, 1997, reported favorably, as

 1-5     amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 22, 1997,

 1-6     sent to printer.)

 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Lucio

 1-8     Amend H.B. 1741 as follows:

 1-9     On line 31, strike "provided" and substitute "retained".

1-10                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-11                                   AN ACT

1-12     relating to the reconciliation of county checks and warrants.

1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-14           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 113, Local Government Code,

1-15     is amended by adding Section 113.008 to read as follows:

1-16           Sec. 113.008.  RECONCILIATION OF COUNTY CHECKS AND WARRANTS.

1-17     (a)  The county depository shall provide all canceled checks and

1-18     warrants and supporting statements to the county treasurer.

1-19           (b)  Subsection (a)  does not apply if the checks and

1-20     warrants are payable from funds under the direct authority of an

1-21     official other than the county treasurer as provided by statute.

1-22     The exemption provided by this subsection does not apply if the

1-23     official requests the county treasurer to be responsible for the

1-24     reconciliation of  the checks and warrants payable from the funds

1-25     that are under the direct authority of the official.

1-26           (c)  In fulfilling the requirements of Subsection (a), the

1-27     county depository shall provide, at the direction of the county

1-28     treasurer:

1-29                 (1)  original canceled checks and warrants; or

1-30                 (2)  optical images of the front and back of canceled

1-31     checks and warrants if the optical images are provided in

1-32     accordance with the rules adopted by the Texas State Library and

1-33     Archives Commission.

1-34           (d)  The county treasurer shall:

1-35                 (1)  reconcile the canceled checks and warrants with

1-36     the account records of the depository; and

1-37                 (2)  ensure all financial adjustments are made

1-38     regarding the depository account as required.

1-39           (e)  In this section, a reference to the county treasurer

1-40     includes a person performing the duties of the county treasurer.

1-41           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-42     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-43     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-44     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-45     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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