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[CITE: 31USC328]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 3--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
                      SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATIVE
 
Sec. 328. Accounts and payments of former disbursing officials

    (a) If a chief disbursing official or a director of a disbursing 
center of the Department of the Treasury dies, resigns, or leaves 
office, the deputy chief disbursing official or the deputy director of 
the disbursing center designated by the Secretary of the Treasury may 
continue the accounts and payments in the name of the former disbursing 
official or director through the last day of the 2d month after the 
month in which the death, resignation, or separation occurs. The 
accounts and payments shall be allowed, audited, and settled as provided 
by law. The Secretary shall honor checks signed in the name of the 
former disbursing official or director in the same way as if the former 
disbursing official or director had continued in office.
    (b) Only the deputy chief or deputy director designated under 
subsection (a) of this section is liable for actions taken in the name 
of the former disbursing official under subsection (a).

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 883.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                    Source (U.S. Code                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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328(a)...............................  31:1014(1st, 2d sentences).     Dec. 24,
 1942, ch. 821, 56 Stat. 1086;
                                                                        restate
d Aug. 1, 1947, ch. 438, 61 Stat.
                                                                        717; Ju
ne 6, 1972, Pub. L. 92-310, Sec.
                                                                        231(dd)
, 86 Stat. 213.
328(b)...............................  31:1014(last sentence).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``director of a disbursing center'' are 
substituted for ``any regional disbursing officer of the Fiscal Service, 
Treasury Department'' to reflect the title of the position now presently 
authorized. The words ``dies, resigns, or leaves office'' are 
substituted for ``In case of the death or of the resignation or 
separation from office'' for consistency with other titles of the United 
States Code. The words ``designated by an official of the Treasury 
Department authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury to make such 
designation'' are omitted as unnecessary because of the source 
provisions restated in section 321 of the revised title. The word 
``through'' is substituted for ``for a period of time not to extend 
beyond'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``as provided by 
law'' are substituted for ``in the General Accounting Office'', for 
consistency with other titles of the Code. The word ``Secretary'' is 
substituted for ``Treasurer of the United States'' because of the source 
provisions restated in section 321 of the revised title.
    Subsection (b) is substituted for 31:1014(last sentence) for clarity 
and to eliminate unnecessary words.
