Sec. 114.026. COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AT REGULAR TERM. (a) At least once a month at a regular term of the commissioners court, the county treasurer shall make a detailed report of:

(1) money received and disbursed;

(2) debts due to and owed by the county; and

(3) all other proceedings in the treasurer's office.

(b) At least once a month at a regular term of the commissioners court, the county treasurer shall exhibit the books and accounts of the treasurer's office for the inspection of the court and shall submit the vouchers relating to the books and accounts for audit and approval.

(c) After the commissioners court has compared and examined the treasurer's report and has determined that the report is correct, the court shall enter an order in its minutes approving the report. The order must separately state the amount received and paid from each fund since the county treasurer's preceding report and any balance remaining in the treasurer's custody. The court shall properly credit the treasurer's accounts.

(d) Before the adjournment of a regular term of the commissioners court, the county judge and each county commissioner shall give an affidavit stating that the requirements of Subsection (c) have been met at that term. The affidavit must state the amount of the cash and other assets that are in the custody of the county treasurer at the time of the examination. The affidavits must be filed with the county clerk and must be recorded in the minutes of the court for the term in which the affidavits are filed. The affidavits must be published once in a newspaper published in the county if there is such a newspaper or, if the county has an Internet website, on the county's website.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (H.B. 3439), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.