California Government Code 61052 – (a) Except as provided by Section 61053, the county treasurer of …
(a) Except as provided by Section 61053, the county treasurer of the principal county shall be treasurer of the district and shall be the depositary and have the custody of all of the district’s money.
(b) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed, and paid by the board of directors by warrants drawn on the county treasurer.
Terms Used In California Government Code 61052
- Board of directors: means the board of directors of a district that establishes policies for the operation of the district. See California Government Code 61002
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- District: means a community services district created pursuant to this division or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Government Code 61002
- Principal county: means the county having all or the greatest portion of the entire assessed valuation, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property in the district. See California Government Code 61002
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(c) As an alternative to subdivision (b), the board of directors may instruct the county treasurer to audit, allow, and draw his or her warrant on the county treasury for all legal claims presented to him or her and authorized by the board of directors.
(d) The county treasurer shall pay the warrants in the order in which they are presented.
(e) If a warrant is presented for payment and the county treasurer cannot pay it for want of funds in the account on which it is drawn, the treasurer shall endorse the warrant, “NOT PAID BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT FUNDS” and sign his or her name and the date and time the warrant was presented. From that time until it is paid, the warrant bears interest at the maximum rate permitted pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 53530) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 249, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)