SECTIONS 53910-53914 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 53910-53914

53910. In addition to any other provision of law for the issuance
and payment of warrants of any county, city and county, city,
district, or other political subdivision of the state, the governing
body thereof, or, in the case of school districts not issuing their
own warrants, the governing body of the appropriate issuing officer,
may by resolution authorize practices with respect to form, issuance,
delivery, endorsement and payment of warrants it deems convenient,
efficient and in the public interest, conforming substantially to
those practices specified in Sections 53911, 53912, 53913, or 53915.

53911. The governing body may authorize the use of check-warrant
forms, to be drawn by its appropriate warrant issuing officer or
officers upon the custodian of its funds, so prepared that the
custodian may, by subscribing a direction to the depository of the
funds to pay the funds to the order of the payee, convert the
instrument to a check or, by subscribing an endorsement that the
warrant is not paid for want of funds, convert the instrument to an
interest bearing warrant and the governing body may direct that
check-warrants shall not be delivered to the payees named therein
until the direction or indorsement has been subscribed by the
custodian of its funds.

53912. The governing body, or, in the case of school districts not
issuing their own warrants, the governing body of the appropriate
issuing officer, may provide that when funds are available for the
payment of approved claims, the approval of claims for payment shall,
without the issuance of any warrant, be authority to the custodian
of its funds to pay the claims by check or electronic transfer.
Registers and transfers shall contain substantially the same
information as required by law to be maintained for a warrant.

53913. When authorized by the governing body, the custodian of
funds may direct the depository of the funds to pay any warrant drawn
upon the custodian upon presentment of the warrant to the
depository, to the same extent and with the same effect as though the
warrant were a check drawn upon the depository by the custodian. The
direction shall be in writing and shall identify by name and
signature the warrant issuing officer or officers and the depository
may rely upon such direction and identification in the payment of
warrants.

53914. Nothing contained in this chapter (commencing with Section
53910) shall be construed as requiring any county, city and county,
city, district or other political subdivision or any custodian of
public funds to exercise any of the powers conferred by this chapter.