County purchases and treasury payments need commission control, requisitions, and approval in specified cases.
(a) No warrant shall be issued or check drawn on the county treasury or county depository by any person except the chair of the commission, or such other officers as may be designated by the commission unless otherwise provided by law; and officers who are authorized to pay claims which have not been first approved by the commission, shall issue orders for warrants or checks which shall be presented to the officer so authorized to issue warrants payable out of the county treasury or county depository. (b) Purchase orders shall be made by a requisition from the respective county department head or associate commissioner and the requisition order shall show the description, use, need, and approximate cost for the article, machinery, equipment, services, or materials of every kind to be purchased. (c) Every officer, agent, and department of the county in need of materials, equipment, supplies, and services of any kind for which the county is chargeable shall make requisition upon the commission or its designated officer, one or both, before obtaining the same. All purchases made for supplies, goods, services, merchandise, and materials of every kind for use of the county and which may be lawfully paid out of the county treasury or county depository, shall be first asserted to, made, or allowed, by the commission or designated officer or agent, either one or both. (d) The commission may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in complying with this subpart for the acquisition of supplies, materials, equipment, and supplies. (e) Purchases of materials and supplies not allocated in the county budget or for materials and supplies in excess of the allocated budget shall be approved by the commission. (f) Any other sections or subsections of this subpart to the contrary notwithstanding, the purchase of materials, equipment, and supplies exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) shall be approved by the commission. (g) All purchases shall comply with the state bid law applying to county governing bodies.