Purpose of Petty Cash Funds - Restriction as to Amounts Expended.
Los Angeles Administrative Code § 5.152
in effectSec. 5.152. Purpose of Petty Cash Funds - Restriction as to Amounts Expended.
Such petty cash funds so established in a department shall be used solely for the purpose of:
(1) Reimbursing any employee for damage, destruction or loss of any property, prosthesis or tool where an application for reimbursement has been approved and the amount thereof determined pursuant to the provisions of Article 7.1 of Chapter 2 of Division 4 of this Code;
(2) Making emergency purchases pursuant to Section 9.3 of this Code or making small dollar purchases pursuant to Section 9.4 of this Code;
(3) Making change in those departments receiving money for fees or other charges.
Petty cash disbursements shall not exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), exclusive of any applicable tax, for any one item, provided, however, that reimbursement for petty cash expenditures shall be approved by the officers, general managers or employees having budget authority to make such expenditures. Provided further, however, that the City Attorney may make such expenditures out of said petty cash fund as may be deemed necessary by that office for court costs, fees for juries, witnesses, interpreters and notaries within the limitations of the budget allowance for the fiscal year within which such expenditures are made without restrictions as to amount.
All disbursements from petty cash fund shall coordinate with the item of expenditure to be made during the fiscal year, in accordance with the provisions of the Annual Budget in effect on the first day of July of each fiscal year.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 59,495.
Amended by: Para. 1, Ord. No. 9364; Para. 2, Ord. No. 134,821; Para. 3, Ord. No. 150,678, Eff. 5-11-78; Subsec. (2), Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79; Second unnumbered para., Ord. No. 159,313, Eff. 9-29-84; Subsec. (2) and second Para. Subsec. (3), Ord. No. 170,223, Eff. 2-10-95; Ord. No. 173,186, Eff. 5-22-00.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-22202Fetched: 10/24/2026