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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in |
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certain populous counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.905(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of |
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1.3 million or more, for the support of paupers through a county |
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welfare department, may authorize the disbursement of an amount set |
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by the commissioners court [not to exceed $2,500] to the head of the |
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county welfare department for use as a petty cash fund in order that |
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cash is immediately available for transportation and other expenses |
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of the paupers. The petty cash fund must be established under a |
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system provided and installed by the county auditor with reports to |
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be made to the auditor, as the auditor may require, by the head of |
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the county welfare department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |