79R8288 ATP-D


By:  Castro                                                       H.B. No. 1231

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1231:                                   

By:  Laney                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 1231



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of counties to establish petty cash 
funds.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 130.909, Local Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.909.  PETTY CASH FUNDS FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS [IN 
POPULOUS COUNTY].
	SECTION 2.  Section 130.909(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commissioners court of a county [with a population 
of 3.3 million or more] may set aside from the general fund of the 
county an amount approved by the county auditor, or the county 
treasurer if there is no county auditor, for the establishment of a 
petty cash fund for any county or district official or department 
head approved by the commissioners court.  The petty cash fund must 
be established under a system provided and installed by the county 
auditor or county treasurer, as applicable, and the county 
purchasing agent or the county officer who performs the duties of a 
county purchasing agent.  Reports relating to the petty cash fund 
must [with reports to] be made to the auditor or treasurer, as 
applicable, and the purchasing agent or other officer performing 
the duties of the purchasing agent as those officers [the auditor 
and/or purchasing agent] require.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.