53245

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 53245




53245.  Any person now or hereafter employed by a county, city,
municipal corporation, district, or other public agency may file with
his appointing power a designation of a person who, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, shall, on the death of the employee, be
entitled to receive all warrants or checks that would have been
payable to the decedent had he survived. The employee may change the
designation from time to time. A person so designated shall claim
such warrants or checks from the appointing power. On sufficient
proof of identity, the appointing power shall deliver the warrants or
checks to the claimant. A person who receives a warrant or check
pursuant to this section is entitled to negotiate it as if he were
the payee.