§40-57  Warrants on account of contracts. 
All warrants for bills on account of state contracts shall be made payable to
the order of the person to whom the State is directly indebted, except as
provided in section 40-58, and only after an original warrant voucher shall
have been presented to the comptroller accompanied by all original bills and
any other supporting document as may be required by the comptroller.  The
original warrant voucher shall have indorsed thereon the approval of the
officer in whose department the contracts have been made, and the appropriation
to which it is chargeable; and further, each original bill shall be specially
certified to by the subordinate officer of the State supervising the work
performed, or receiving the materials and supplies as specified in the
contracts, that the work has been faithfully performed and that the materials
and supplies were in a good and merchantable condition when received, unless
the bill is for an advance payment or a deposit to be paid as specified in the
department's contract, in which case the certification of the original bill by
the subordinate officer is not required.  No warrant shall be issued unless a
copy of the contract or bid shall have been filed with the comptroller,
together with a statement by the head of the department or agency that made the
contract or accepted the bid, naming the appropriation to which the contract or
bid is to be chargeable. [L 1898, c 39, §11F; RL 1925, §1453; RL 1935, §580; RL
1945, §1584; RL 1955, §34-34; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-57; am L 1975, c
71, §4; am L 1986, c 3, §2 and c 94, §2]