Section 9076 Of Chapter 6. Finances From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 8. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed,
and paid by the board of trustees by warrants drawn on the county
treasurer.
(b) As an alternative to subdivision (a), the board of trustees
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 trustees.
(c) The county treasurer shall pay the warrants in the order in
which they are presented.
(d) 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 of Title 5 of the Government Code.