§ 20-38. Powers and duties of Director generally.  


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  • The Director of Finance, under the general direction of the County Executive, must:
    (a) Review and audit of claims, vouchers, etc. review and audit accounts, claims, invoices, demands, or vouchers presented to the County for payment.
    (b) Accounting system, etc. prescribe the system of accounts, reports, and expenditure and receipt documents to be used by all of the officers of the County government, except as prescribed by law.
    (c) Financial records. keep the financial records of the County government, including payroll.
    (d) Annual Financial Report. prepare an Annual Financial Report containing a detailed account of all funds received and paid by the County in accordance with applicable accounting and financial reporting standards.
    (e) Inventory, storage, etc., management. coordinate the development and implementation of inventory, storage and other materials, management policies and practices of the County. (1986 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 2; 1989 L.M.C., ch. 42, § 4; , § 1.)
    Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated discussing public purpose funds and non-public purpose funds. See County Attorney Opinion dated 1/8/08 regarding collection of debts owed to the County.
    , § 3, states: Sec. 3. Any regulation in effect when this Act takes effect that implements a function transferred to another Department or Office under Section 1 of this Act continues in effect, but any reference in any regulation to the Department from which the function was transferred must be treated as referring to the Department to which the function is transferred. The transfer of a function under this Act does not affect any right of a party to any legal proceeding begun before this Act took effect.