Cal. PRC § 5788.23
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5788.23, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
(a) All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
(b) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed, and paid by the board of directors by warrants drawn on the treasurer.
(c) As an alternative to subdivision (b), the board of directors may instruct the county auditor to audit, allow, and draw his or her warrant on the county treasurer for all legal claims presented to him or her and authorized by the board of directors.
(d) The treasurer shall pay the warrants in the order in which they are presented.
(e) If a warrant is presented for payment and the 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.
(b) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed, and paid by the board of directors by warrants drawn on the treasurer.
(c) As an alternative to subdivision (b), the board of directors may instruct the county auditor to audit, allow, and draw his or her warrant on the county treasurer for all legal claims presented to him or her and authorized by the board of directors.
(d) The treasurer shall pay the warrants in the order in which they are presented.
(e) If a warrant is presented for payment and the 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.
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