The State Treasurer shall be the disbursing agency of the state and shall draw either checks or warrants payable at the State Treasury, in payment of all claims, including payrolls, against the state which shall be by law directed to be paid out of the treasury. Each check or warrant shall specify the date of its issue and the name of the person to whom payable. Each check, or warrant, issued by the State Treasurer, shall specify on its face the gross amount, the amount of withholding if any, and net amount payable to the payee. At the end of each month the State Treasurer shall report to the Director of State Finance in such form as the Director of State Finance shall prescribe, all checks or warrants issued during the month. Effective July 1, 1947, and thereafter, checks or warrants issued by the State Treasurer shall be registered on the records of the State Treasurer in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Budget Director of State Finance; provided, that each check or warrant shall indicate thereon the fund against which the same shall be charged. The purpose of this section is to permit checks or warrants to be registered in the order in which they are drawn upon the State Treasury; provided, such checks or warrants indicate the treasury fund against which the same is charged.

Added by Laws 1947, SB 36, p. 378, § 18, emerg. eff. February 25, 1947; Amended by Laws 1947, HB 392, p. 383, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1020, c. 47, § 47, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979.