PART III. WARRANTS; PAYMENTS OUT OF TREASURY

 

§40-51  Money drawn only on warrants. Excepting moneys paid for the redemption of bonds of the state debt, and theinterest coupons of the same, and for interest on overdue warrants, and draftsagainst special deposits and for the expenses of the legislature and thejudiciary, and payment authorized by the comptroller by means of electronicfunds transfers and through automated clearinghouses for the purposes ofimplementing an electronic benefits transfer system for the department of humanservices, no money shall be drawn from or out of the treasury except uponwarrants, substantially in the form of section 40-52, issued from thecomptroller's office; provided that upon request, the comptroller shall providefinancial services involving the issuance of warrants on behalf of thelegislature and the judiciary.  Every warrant shall be signed by thecomptroller or the comptroller's deputy or by means of any mechanical checksigner that may be adopted by the comptroller, and shall be made payable uponsuch date as may be approved by the director of finance to the order of theperson to whom the State is directly indebted. [L 1898, c 39, §11B; RL 1925,§1449; am L 1931, c 11, §1; RL 1935, §576; RL 1945, §1580; RL 1955, §34-29; amL 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §40-51;am L 1974, c 159, §7; gen ch 1985; am L 1996, c 231, §3]