Bill Text: TX HB3798 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3798-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3798 |
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relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 775.073, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 775.073. EXPENDITURES [ |
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Except as otherwise provided by this section, district [ |
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funds may be disbursed only by check, draft, order, or other | ||
instrument that: | ||
(1) is signed by at least a majority of the board's | ||
commissioners; or | ||
(2) is signed by the treasurer and countersigned by | ||
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(b) The board by resolution may allow a district employee | ||
who has executed a bond in an amount equal to the amount required | ||
for the district treasurer to sign an instrument to disburse | ||
district funds. An expenditure of more than $2,000 may not be paid | ||
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expenditure is presented to the board and the board approves the | ||
expenditure. | ||
(c) The board may authorize the disbursement of district | ||
funds transferred by federal reserve wire system. The board by | ||
resolution may authorize wire transfers to accounts in the | ||
district's name or accounts not in the district's name. | ||
(d) Any property, including an interest in property, | ||
purchased or leased using district funds, wholly or partly, must | ||
remain the property of the district, regardless of whether the | ||
property is used by a third party under a contract for services or | ||
otherwise, until: | ||
(1) the property is sold to a third party following the | ||
procedures authorized under Section 263.003, 263.007, or 263.008, | ||
Local Government Code; or | ||
(2) the property is disposed of in accordance with | ||
Subchapter J. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3798 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3798 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |