Section 61052 Of Chapter 4. District Officers From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 6. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4.
61052
. (a) Except as provided by Section 61053, the county
treasurer of the principal county shall be treasurer of the district
and shall be the depositary and have the custody of all of the
district's money.
(b) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed, and
paid by the board of directors by warrants drawn on the county
treasurer.
(c) As an alternative to subdivision (b), the board of directors
may instruct the county treasurer to audit, allow, and draw his or
her warrant on the county treasury for all legal claims presented to
him or her and authorized by the board of directors.
(d) The county treasurer shall pay the warrants in the order in
which they are presented.
(e) If a warrant is presented for payment and the county treasurer
cannot pay it for want of funds in the account on which it is drawn,
the treasurer shall endorse the warrant, "NOT PAID BECAUSE OF
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS" and sign his or her name and the date and time
the warrant was presented. From that time until it is paid, the
warrant bears interest at the maximum rate permitted pursuant to
Article 7 (commencing with Section 53530) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of
Division 2.