85R2584 DMS-F     By: Miles S.B. No. 1802       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to petty cash funds for county welfare departments in   certain populous counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 130.905(a), Local Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of   1.3 million or more, for the support of paupers through a county   welfare department, may authorize the disbursement of an amount set   by the commissioners court [not to exceed $2,500] to the head of the   county welfare department for use as a petty cash fund in order that   cash is immediately available for transportation and other expenses   of the paupers. The petty cash fund must be established under a   system provided and installed by the county auditor with reports to   be made to the auditor, as the auditor may require, by the head of   the county welfare department.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.