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Article 4. Financial Provisions of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 4.
The Antelope Valley district may adopt a schedule of fees,
levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover the
cost of implementing this chapter, pursuant to Section 42311 and
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5.
The Antelope Valley district may undertake programs that may
include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet
operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission
motor vehicles, financial or other assistance to encourage the sale
and distribution of cleaner burning fuels, and financial assistance
or other incentives for the purchase and operation of ridesharing
vehicles.
On January 1, 2002, the Antelope Valley district shall
succeed to all funds, property, and obligations of the Antelope
Valley Air Pollution Control District.
The Antelope Valley district board may borrow money and
incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current
year in which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year.
That indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of estimated
revenue for either the current year or the ensuing year.
Upon adoption of a resolution by the Antelope Valley
district board to implement a procedure to issue warrants pursuant to
Sections 41335 to 41346, inclusive, the procedure shall be
implemented on the first day of the second month following the date
of adoption of the resolution. If, at any time, the Antelope Valley
district board determines that the accounting controls of the
Antelope Valley district have become inadequate, it may revoke its
authorization effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year.
The Antelope Valley district board shall appoint a
treasurer, who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian
of funds of the Antelope Valley district and who shall make payments
only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized
by the Antelope Valley district board. The treasurer shall keep an
account of all receipts and disbursements.
The Antelope Valley district shall appoint a controller, who
may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the
Antelope Valley district and who shall exercise general supervision
over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the
Antelope Valley district.
The Antelope Valley district board may, by resolution, cause
to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except
funds for debt service, of the Antelope Valley district in the
treasury for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Antelope
Valley district.
The Antelope Valley district board may authorize, in
writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the
names of the individual Antelope Valley district employees for the
respective amounts due each employee so that each employee may be
furnished with a statement of the amount earned and an itemization of
the amounts withheld.
The Antelope Valley district board may authorize the
controller, in writing, to issue warrants in favor of the persons
entitled to payment of all claims chargeable against the Antelope
Valley district that have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered
paid by the Antelope Valley district board. The controller shall
issue warrants on the treasurer for all those claims against the
Antelope Valley district.
The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Antelope
Valley district board and approved by the treasurer.
Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall
be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data
relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the
Antelope Valley district pursuant to this article.
The Antelope Valley district shall provide the officials of
the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, in the form
prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement reports and
maintain records required by law.
All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be
kept by the Antelope Valley district.
Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any
other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed
by the county auditor, if the Antelope Valley district treasurer is
a county treasurer, the county treasurer shall pay the warrant if
money is available and a person authorized to sign the warrant has
signed it. The county treasurer may charge the Antelope Valley
district for the cost of fiscal services he or she renders.
The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount
fixed by the Antelope Valley district board conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his or her duties. A county auditor shall not
be liable under the terms of his or her bond or otherwise for a
warrant issued pursuant to this article. This section shall not be
applied so as to impair the obligation of any contract in the bond of
the officers in effect on January 1, 2002.
If the auditor of the Antelope Valley district is a county
auditor, he or she shall be provided, upon his or her request, a
monthly listing of the warrants issued under this section reporting
the warrant number, the date, and amount of the warrant, the name of
the payee, the name of the fund on which the warrant is drawn, and a
statement showing for the current fiscal year to date, for each
required expenditure classification, the amount budgeted, actual
expenditures, encumbrances, and unencumbered balances. The form of
the listing and statement shall be as prescribed by the Antelope
Valley district board and approved by the county auditor.
