Sec. 403.056.  PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANTS.  (a)  When a warrant is prepared, the comptroller shall record and maintain adequate information concerning the warrant.  This information shall consist of the records and data that the comptroller deems necessary. 
(b)  After the warrant has been prepared, it shall be delivered to the comptroller for the comptroller's authorization or signature as provided by law. 
(c)  The comptroller shall deliver the warrant to the person entitled to receive it.  The comptroller may require the person to give a receipt for the warrant.  The comptroller may file that receipt in the comptroller's office.
(d)  A warrant prepared under this section is considered for all purposes to be issued on the due date of the claim.
(e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the comptroller may deliver a warrant for payment of a bill for gas or water service provided to the state or a state agency directly to the utility that provided the service.  The comptroller may adopt rules to carry out this subsection, consistent with Chapter 2251.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 207, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 660, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(6), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 7.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.