41240-41256

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 41240-41256




41240.  The Mojave Desert district may adopt a schedule of fees,
levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover its
costs of implementing this chapter, pursuant to Section 42311 and
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5.




41241.  Pursuant to Section 41231, the district may undertake
programs which may include, but are not limited to, financial
assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or
operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial or other
assistance to encourage the sale and distribution of cleaner burning
fuels, and financial assistance or other incentives for the purchase
and operation of ridesharing vehicles.



41243.  The Mojave Desert district board may borrow money and incur
indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in
which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year. That
indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of the estimated
revenue for either the current year or the ensuing year.




41244.  Upon adoption of a resolution by the Mojave Desert district
board to implement the procedure to issue warrants pursuant to
Sections 41245 to 41256, inclusive, the procedure shall be
implemented on the first day of the second month following the date
of adoption of the resolution. If, at any time, the Mojave Desert
district board determines that the accounting controls of the Mojave
Desert district have become inadequate, it may revoke its
authorization effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year.



41245.  The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint a treasurer,
who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of
the Mojave Desert district and who shall make payments only upon
warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized by the
Mojave Desert district board. The treasurer shall keep an account of
all receipts and disbursements.



41246.  The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a controller, who
may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the
Mojave Desert district and who shall exercise general supervision
over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the
Mojave Desert district.


41247.  The Mojave Desert district board may, by resolution, cause
to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except
funds for debt service, of the Mojave Desert district in the treasury
for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Mojave Desert
district.



41248.  The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing,
the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the
individual Mojave Desert district employees for the respective
amounts due each employee so that each employee may be furnished with
a statement of the amount earned and an itemization of the amounts
withheld.



41249.  The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing,
the controller to issue warrants in favor of the persons entitled to
payment of all claims chargeable against the Mojave Desert district
which have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the
Mojave Desert district board. The controller shall issue warrants on
the treasurer for all those claims against the Mojave Desert
district.



41250.  The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Mojave
Desert district board and approved by the treasurer.



41251.  Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall
be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data
relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the
Mojave Desert district pursuant to this article.




41252.  The Mojave Desert district shall provide the officials of
the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, in the
form prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement
reports and maintain records required by law.




41253.  All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be
kept by the Mojave Desert district.



41254.  Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any
other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed
by the county auditor, if the Mojave Desert district treasurer is a
county treasurer, the county treasurer shall pay the warrant if money
is available and a person authorized to sign the warrant has signed
it. The county treasurer may charge the Mojave Desert district for
the cost of fiscal services he or she renders.



41255.  The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount
fixed by the Mojave Desert district board conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his or her duties. A county auditor shall not
be liable under the terms of his or her bond or otherwise for a
warrant issued pursuant to this article. This section shall not be
applied so as to impair the obligation of any contract in the bond of
the officers in effect on July 1, 1993.



41256.  If the auditor of the Mojave Desert district is a county
auditor, he or she shall be provided, upon his or her request, a
monthly listing of the warrants issued under this section reporting
the warrant number, the date and amount of the warrant, the name of
the payee, the name of the fund on which the warrant is drawn, and a
statement showing for the current fiscal year to date, for each
required expenditure classification, the amount budgeted, actual
expenditures, encumbrances, and unencumbered balances. The form of
the listing and statement shall be as prescribed by the Mojave Desert
district board and approved by the county auditor.