It shall be the duty of every officer and employee receiving money or collecting funds for the county to issue a receipt to the person paying the money or remitting the funds when the payment or remittance is in cash. The receipt shall show the date, amount and purpose of payment or remittance. When payments or remittances are made by check, a receipt shall not be required to be issued, except upon request of the payor; and the canceled check, properly validated through the county collection system, shall constitute the payor’s receipt. It shall be the duty of every officer and employee disbursing money for the county to keep a record of the date, payee, check number, amount, and purpose of every disbursement made. The purpose of payment or remittance and disbursement may be shown by written description or a numerical code, as approved by the director of finance. (1986 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 2.)
Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated 6/3/08 discussing public purpose funds and non-public purpose funds.