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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of certain payments by a community |
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supervision and corrections department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 76.004(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The judges described by Section 76.002 may appoint for |
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the department a fiscal officer, other than the county auditor. The |
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fiscal officer is responsible for: |
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(1) managing and protecting funds, fees, state aid, |
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and receipts to the same extent that a county auditor manages county |
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funds and funds of other local entities; |
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(2) ensuring that financial transactions of the |
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department are lawful and allowable; [and] |
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(3) prescribing accounting procedures for the |
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department; and |
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(4) approving, processing, and signing warrants on |
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department funds deposited in the county treasury. |
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SECTION 2. Section 113.043, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 113.043. COUNTERSIGNATURE BY COUNTY AUDITOR. In a |
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county with a county auditor, the county treasurer and the county |
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depository may not pay a check or order for payment unless it is |
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countersigned by the county auditor to validate it as a proper and |
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budgeted item of expenditure. This section does not apply to a check |
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or order: |
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(1) for jury service or for restitution collected on |
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behalf of an individual as authorized by law; or |
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(2) drawn against funds of a community supervision and |
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corrections department that has a fiscal officer appointed under |
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Section 76.004(c), Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |