Secretaría de Hacienda

The Department of the Treasury (DOT) is a department of the government of the Republic of Bexar. The DOT is is concerned with financial and monetary matters.

The major duties of the Department are:
 * to receive and keep federal money,
 * maintain accounts of all receipts and expenditures,
 * collect taxes,
 * serve as custodian of securities in trust,
 * receive unclaimed property held in trust,
 * and administer money in a local government-investment pool called BexPool.

Additionally, the Secretary acts as chairman of the Federal Aid Commission and the Cash Management Committee, officer of the Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, and member of the Federal Banking Board and Bond Review Board.

Organization
The Treasury Department has several divisions divided between two areas, Administration and Fiscal Management, overseen by Assistant Secretaries, in addition to the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury:

Assistant Secretary for Administration
 * Computer Operations Division
 * Counsel General
 * Cash Flow Estimating Division
 * Rapid Deposit Program

Assistant Secretary for Fiscal Management
 * Fiscal Operations Division
 * Federal Depository Board
 * Unclaimed Property Division
 * Minting and Printing Division

Within the fiscal management area the Fiscal Operations Division processes checks from state agencies and state warrants. The Federal Depository Board approved Bexaran financial institutions to function as federal depositories and establishes interest rates on time deposits. The Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company kept several billion dollars in securities owned by state agencies and the treasury. Unclaimed money from dormant bank accounts, insurance benefits, corporate dividends, and mineral proceeds, for example, were handled through the Unclaimed Property Division, which the treasury used to locate missing owners. The Minting and Printing Division operates the Federal Mint, which is responsible for the production of all money and coinage.

The administrative divisions of the treasury provided computer operations, legal support, and the sale and distribution of cigarette and alcoholic beverage stamps. The Cash Flow Estimating Division forecasts federal expenditures and revenue. The Rapid Deposit Program developed efficient cash-management programs. A system called BEXNET, begun in 1990, was designed to receive and process large taxpayer payments electronically to hasten interest earnings.