Each state department, institution, board, commission or other state agency and each official and employee thereof, including the clerks of the Superior Court, receiving any money or revenue for the state, shall, within twenty-four hours of its receipt, account for and, if the total of the sums received amounts to five hundred dollars or more, pay the same to the Treasurer or deposit the same in the name of the state in depositories designated by the Treasurer under such regulations as the Treasurer prescribes. Total daily receipts of less than five hundred dollars may be held until the total receipts to date amount to five hundred dollars, but not for a period of more than seven calendar days. The Treasurer is authorized to make exceptions to the limitations herein prescribed upon written application from the head of any state department, institution, board, commission or other state agency stating that compliance would be impracticable and giving the reasons therefor. The Treasurer shall make a written statement of any such exception and shall file copies thereof with the Comptroller and the Auditors of Public Accounts.

(1949 Rev., S. 273; 1953, S. 101d; February, 1965, P.A. 247; P.A. 75-530, S. 2, 35; P.A. 77-452, S. 45, 72; P.A. 78-302, S. 6, 11; P.A. 97-65, S. 1, 2.)

History: 1965 act made provisions for common pleas and superior court clerks; P.A. 75-530 included common pleas and superior court clerks under provisions of section, deleting prior language excepting them from provisions in certain cases; P.A. 77-452 deleted reference to court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-302 deleted provisions concerning petty cash funds for agencies; P.A. 97-65 increased from $100 to $500 the amount to be paid over to Treasurer within 24 hours of receipt, effective July 1, 1997.