By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 829
	(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2005; March 10, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 4, 2005, reported favorably, as amended, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 4, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                                By:  Deuell


Amend S.B. No. 829 by adding a new subsection to Section 130.909 to 
read as follows:
	(a-2) Falsifying documents or reports relating to the petty 
cash fund is an offense according to Section 32.21 or 37.10, Penal 
Code.


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, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) 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] for the 
establishment of a petty cash fund for any county or district 
official or department head approved by the commissioners court, an 
amount approved by:
		(1)  the county auditor, for a county with a population 
of 3.3 million or more; or
		(2)  the commissioners court, for a county with a 
population of less than 3.3 million.
	(a-1)  The petty cash fund must be established under a system 
provided and installed by the county auditor and, in a county with a 
population of 3.3 million or more, the county purchasing agent.  
Reports relating to the petty cash fund must [with reports to] be 
made to the auditor and, if applicable, the purchasing agent as the 
auditor or [and/or] purchasing agent requires [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.



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