2.2-1825 - Issuance of warrants for payment of claims; Comptroller to keep and sign register of warrants issued; signing of checks drawn on such warrants; electronic payment systems.

VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

2.2-1825 - Issuance of warrants for payment of claims; Comptroller to keep and sign register of warrants issued; signing of checks drawn on such warrants; electronic payment systems.

§ 2.2-1825. Issuance of warrants for payment of claims; Comptroller to keepand sign register of warrants issued; signing of checks drawn on suchwarrants; electronic payment systems.

After the allowance of any claim that is payable out of the state treasury,under any of the provisions of this title, a warrant shall be issued for thesum to be paid. A register of all warrants so issued shall be kept by theComptroller, which register and a duplicate register shall, from time totime, be signed by the Comptroller or by such deputy he may designate forthat purpose. The Comptroller shall not be required to sign the warrants.

All checks drawn upon warrants shown by the register and duplicate register,signed by the Comptroller or his deputy, shall be signed by the StateTreasurer, or by such deputy as he may designate for that purpose. Thesignature may be made by means of a mechanical or electrical device selectedby the State Treasurer. The device shall be safely kept so that no one willhave access to it except the State Treasurer and his deputies authorized tosign warrants.

However, when deemed appropriate, the State Treasurer may utilize variouselectronic payment systems in lieu of issuing checks drawn upon warrants.

(Code 1950, § 2-206; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-231; 1984, c. 374; 2001, c. 844.)