§40-85  Imprest fund for immediate
welfare payments, emergency assistance, and work-related expenses.  (a)  In
addition to the petty cash funds authorized by section 40-84, emergency
assistance funds under subsection (b), work-related expenses under subsection
(c), and, upon approval by the comptroller, the amount necessary and sufficient
to enable the department of human services to make immediate welfare money
payments to eligible recipients shall be advanced from the general fund of the
State to be used by the department of human services on an imprest basis in
those cases only which require more immediate payment than that possible under
the usual procedure for disbursing state funds provided in section 40-51.



(b)  Amounts necessary and sufficient to enable
the department of human services to make immediate emergency assistance grants
shall be advanced from the general fund of the State to be used by the
department as provided under section 346-65.



(c)  Amounts necessary and sufficient to enable
the department of human services to provide cash assistance to eligible
applicants and recipients of education, training, and employment programs,
shall be advanced from the general fund of the State to be used by the
department as provided under section 346-270.



The imprest fund for work-related expenses
shall be used to assist applicants and recipients enrolled in employment
training programs with extraordinary work-related expenses related to
education, training, and employment activities or with emergency cash
assistance during family crises.



(d)  In granting approval, the comptroller may
impose such conditions as the comptroller may deem necessary for the proper
administration and accountability of the fund and of the funds advanced.



(e)  The imprest fund shall be replenished at
the end of each quarter and may be replenished at other times as required by
the usage of the fund.  In no case, however, may disbursements, from the
imprest fund and under the usual procedure for disbursing state funds, exceed
the amounts appropriated and allotted for a fiscal period. [L 1971, c 36, §1;
gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 160, §2; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1993, c 138, §1]



 



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  Section 346-270 referred to in text is repealed.