Montana Code Annotated
Part 6. Local Government Accounting
7-6-615. Authorization to maintain petty cash fund

7-6-615. Authorization to maintain petty cash fund. (1) A county or municipal governing body may set aside a sum out of the general fund, which must be known as a petty cash fund. The petty cash fund must be used for the purpose of paying incidental expenses, such as freight charges, express charges, postage, and other similar expenses that must be immediately paid in cash.
(2) In counties that have a county auditor, the county auditor is responsible for expenditures from the petty cash fund. In counties that do not have a county auditor, the county clerk is responsible for expenditures from the petty cash fund.
History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 278, L. 2001.

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