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79R4395 PAM-F

By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 924



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a petty cash fund in certain 
counties.     
	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 IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
[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 county 
auditor [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.  The petty cash fund must be established under a system 
provided and installed by the county auditor and the county 
purchasing agent with reports to be made to the auditor and the 
purchasing agent as 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.