SECTIONS 37201-37210 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 37201-37210

37201. Demands against the city for money or damages are governed
by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with
Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1, except as provided therein,
or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.

37202. Except as provided in Section 37208, the legislative body
shall approve or reject demands only after such demands have been
audited in the manner prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Such
audited demands may be submitted separately or a register of audited
demands may be submitted to the legislative body for approval or
rejection and shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the
officer submitting the demands certifying as to the accuracy of the
demands and the availability of funds for payment thereof.

37203. Upon allowing a demand or approving a register of audited
demands, the mayor shall draw a warrant or warrants upon the city
treasurer specifying the purpose for which drawn and the fund from
which payment is to be made. The city clerk shall countersign the
warrant. The legislative body, by ordinance or resolution, may
prescribe an alternative method of drawing warrants and checks.

37204. When an order or demand is not approved for want of funds
and its amount does not exceed the income and revenue for the year in
which the indebtedness was incurred, the city clerk shall endorse on
it: "Not approved for want of funds," with the date of presentation
and his signature.

37205. The clerk shall number the endorsement, register the order
or demand in his records, and deliver it to the claimant, or his
order. From delivery the order or demand bears interest at 6 percent
a year. Orders or demands shall be paid in the order they are
registered.

37206. By ordinance or resolution, the legislative body shall
prescribe the time and method of paying salaries and wages of
officers and employees.

37207. Department heads shall certify or approve departmental pay
rolls or attendance records for employees in their departments. The
city clerk shall certify or approve pay rolls or attendance records
of other officers and employees.

37208. (a) Payroll warrants or checks need not be audited by the
legislative body prior to payment. Payrolls shall be presented to the
legislative body for ratification and approval at the first meeting
after delivery of the payroll warrants or checks.
(b) Warrants or checks drawn in payment of demands certified or
approved by the city clerk as conforming to a budget approved by
ordinance or resolution of the legislative body need not be audited
by the legislative body prior to payment.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), budgeted payrolls
and demands paid by warrants or checks may be presented to the
legislative body for ratification and approval in the form of an
audited comprehensive annual financial report.

37209. The duties imposed upon the city clerk by this article may
be transferred to a director of finance when such office has been
established and the powers and duties thereof defined by ordinance.
Such an ordinance shall require the execution by the director of
finance of the bond required of the city clerk by Section 36518 of
this code.

37210. Newly incorporated cities that have not received revenues
from property taxes may issue temporary non-negotiable notes bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding 6 percent per annum to pay lawfully
incurred current expenses and the salaries and wages of officers and
employees. Said notes must be repaid on or before the last day of the
fiscal year in which the money is borrowed and the maturity date of
said notes shall not be later than said last day. The aggregate
amount of said notes shall not exceed 85 percent of the anticipated
revenues for the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed. Said
notes shall be repaid only from revenues received during or allocable
to the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed.