SECTIONS 29800-29808 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 29800-29808

29800. All warrants issued by the county auditor shall be numbered
consecutively within each series. The number, date, amount of each,
and the name of the person to whom payable, shall be stated thereon.
The auditor shall enter the warrants in his register at the time they
are issued.

29801. Separate series of numbers may be used for the different
kinds of warrants, such as pay roll warrants, general warrants drawn
for miscellaneous supplies and expenses, and special warrants drawn
on court orders.

29802. (a) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, any warrant
issued is void if not presented to the county treasurer for payment
within six months after its date.
Whenever, under the provisions of this section, warrants drawn on
trust funds became void, the moneys in the county treasury
represented by the warrants may be transferred to the general fund of
the county by the county auditor unless disposition is otherwise
provided by law.
(b) Any time within two years from the date on which the original
warrant became void, the payee or assignee of any warrant which is
void as provided in this section may present the warrant to the
governing body of the agency on which the warrant was drawn, or
declare by affidavit that the warrant has been lost or destroyed, and
the governing body may by resolution authorize the auditor to draw
new warrants within the limitations prescribed by the resolution
without prior individual order of the governing body, provided the
limitations prescribed by this section have been complied with. The
new warrant shall be subject to the same limitations as the original
warrant which it replaces.
(c) If, at any time after a period of two years from the date on
which the original warrant became void, or during such other period
of time as specified by ordinance, the payee or assignee presents
such warrant to the governing body of the agency on which the warrant
was drawn, the governing body may adopt an order instructing the
county auditor to draw a new warrant in favor of the payee or
assignee in the same amount as the original warrant, or the governing
body, by resolution, may authorize the auditor, without prior
individual order of the governing body, to draw warrants within the
limitations prescribed by the resolution in any case in which the
auditor determines that it would be inequitable or unreasonable not
to draw the warrant, and money is available in the county treasury to
make payment on the indebtedness. If the auditor deems it necessary,
he or she may present a voided warrant to the governing body for its
review, approval, and appropriation of funds. Any such new warrant
shall be subject to the same limitations as the original warrant
which it replaces.

29803. Except as provided in Section 53912, the auditor shall issue
warrants on the treasurer in favor of the persons entitled thereto
in payment of all claims chargeable against the county which have
been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the board of
supervisors.

29804. Except as provided in Section 53912, the auditor shall issue
warrants on the treasurer for all debts and demands against the
county when the amounts are fixed by law or are authorized by law to
be allowed by a person or tribunal other than the board.

29806. Warrants drawn by order of the board on the county treasury
for the current expenses during each year shall be paid in the order
of presentation to the treasurer. If the fund is insufficient to pay
any warrant, the warrant shall be registered and paid in the order of
its registration.

29807. Whenever any district, public corporation or public agency
uses the county treasury as the depository of its moneys, the county
auditor, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may, in lieu of
complying with any other procedure for the withdrawal of moneys from
the county treasury, prepare his warrant on the county treasury for
the same amount as the order, requisition, or other authorization
from the district, public corporation or public agency. The warrant
shall show the name of the fund upon which the warrant is drawn, date
issued, payee's name, as well as any other information deemed
appropriate by the auditor.

29808. The auditor may direct the transfer of the amount of the
order, requisition or other authorization, from the account or funds
of the district, public corporation or public agency to one or more
clearing funds in the county treasury to the end that warrants for
all districts, public corporations or public agencies may be drawn
against one or more clearing funds.