Indiana § 36-1-8-2 - Cash change fund; establishment; use
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 36-1-8-2 — Cash change fund; establishment; use, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-1-8-2. Cash change fund; establishment; use
Sec. 2. (a) The fiscal body of a political subdivision may permit any of its officers or employees having a duty to collect cash revenues to establish a cash change fund. Such a fund must be established by a warrant drawn on the appropriate fund of the political subdivision in favor of the officer or employee, in an amount determined by the fiscal body, without need for appropriation to be made for it.
(b) The officer or employee who establishes a cash change fund shall convert the warrant to cash, shall use it to make change when collecting cash revenues, and shall account for it in the same manner as is required for other funds of the political subdivision.
(c) The fiscal body shall require the entire cash change fund to be returned to the appropriate fund whenever there is a change in the custodian of the fund or if the fund is no longer needed.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-18-1.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.211, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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