§46-45  Excessive expenditures; penalty. No council, or other board, committee, department, bureau, officer, or employeeof any county shall expend, or aid or participate in expending, during anyperiod of time for any purpose, except for and in the exercise by the county ofthe power of eminent domain, any sum in the absence of an appropriation for thepurpose for the period, or any sum in excess of an appropriation, if any, forthe purpose for the period, or incur, authorize, or contract, or aid or participatein incurring, authorizing, or contracting, during any fiscal year, liabilitiesor obligations, whether payable during the fiscal year or not, for any or allpurposes, except for and in the exercise by the county of the power of eminentdomain, in excess of the amount of money available for the purposes for thecounty during the year.  Any person who violates this section shall be finednot more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [L 1911, c72, §1; RL 1925, §2178; RL 1935, §2315; am L 1941, c 247, §1; RL 1945, §6006;RL 1955, §138-10; HRS §46-45]

 

Case Notes

 

  Contract void without prior appropriation.  33 H. 817.

  Indictment of supervisors for incurring liabilities in excessof money available.  25 H. 381.

  Requirements of statute do not apply where another statuteexpressly mandates payment.  33 H. 731.