35-196. Illegal withholding or expenditure of
state monies; civil liability


Any state officer or employee who illegally withholds, expends or otherwise converts
any state money to an unauthorized purpose shall be liable, either individually or on his
bond, for the amount of such money, plus a penal sum of twenty per cent thereof, and an
action may be instituted by the director of the department of administration or the
attorney general immediately upon the discovery thereof.