§ 3-3. Petty cash checking account.

(a) Director of Finance may authorize.

Baltimore City departments and agencies which maintain imprest {advanced} funds, which are petty cash funds containing certain constant amounts of money, and are maintained by the department or agency with monies advanced by the City, are hereby authorized to set aside a certain percentage of that fund for the establishment of a checking account, providing such checking account is specifically authorized by the Director of Finance and the Board of Estimates.

(b) Designated depository.

All monies set aside for the checking account under the provisions of this section must be deposited in a depository or depositories designated by the Board of Finance from time to time.

Funds placed in said depositories as aforesaid may be withdrawn therefrom by check to pay expenses duly incurred by the City departments and agencies maintaining the imprest funds.

(d) Signature requirements.

(1) Said checks shall bear the signature of:

(i) the director of the City department or agency or his designee; and

(ii) 1 other person designated by the director to sign as Disbursing Officer.

(2) Such designation shall be made by the director and filed with the depositories on which such checks are drawn.

(3) Any signature on any such checks may be manual or facsimile.

(e) Surety bond.

The director of any City department or agency maintaining an imprest {advanced} fund, his designee, and the Disbursing Officer designated by the director as aforesaid, before performing any act under the provisions of this section, shall give bond to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in such amount, in such form, and upon such conditions as may be determined appropriate by the Director of Finance.