Bill Text: TX SB1131 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of a designated officer of a navigation district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1131-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1131 | ||
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| relating to the powers and duties of a designated officer of a | ||
| navigation district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 62.153, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.153. DUTIES OF DISTRICT TREASURER; AUTHORITY OF | ||
| DESIGNATED OFFICER. (a) The district treasurer shall: | ||
| (1) open an account for all funds received by him for | ||
| the district and all district funds which he pays out; | ||
| (2) pay out money on vouchers signed by the chairman of | ||
| the commission, any two members of the commission, or the | ||
| commissioners court, or any two of any number of persons delegated | ||
| by the commission with authority to sign vouchers, provided that | ||
| the commission may, in such delegation, limit the authority of such | ||
| persons and may require that each furnish a fidelity bond in such | ||
| amount as the commission shall specify and subject to commission | ||
| approval; | ||
| (3) carefully preserve all orders for the payment of | ||
| money; and | ||
| (4) render a correct account to the commissioners | ||
| court of all matters relating to the financial condition of the | ||
| district as often as required by the commissioners court. | ||
| (b) A designated officer of a district may make a payment on | ||
| behalf of the district by a check drawn on a depository selected | ||
| under Section 62.155 in a manner consistent with the payment | ||
| procedures adopted under Section 60.271(f) without authorization | ||
| by the district treasurer. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1131 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1131 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
