§46-45  Excessive expenditures; penalty. 
No council, or other board, committee, department, bureau, officer, or employee
of any county shall expend, or aid or participate in expending, during any
period of time for any purpose, except for and in the exercise by the county of
the power of eminent domain, any sum in the absence of an appropriation for the
purpose for the period, or any sum in excess of an appropriation, if any, for
the purpose for the period, or incur, authorize, or contract, or aid or participate
in incurring, authorizing, or contracting, during any fiscal year, liabilities
or obligations, whether payable during the fiscal year or not, for any or all
purposes, except for and in the exercise by the county of the power of eminent
domain, in excess of the amount of money available for the purposes for the
county during the year.  Any person who violates this section shall be fined
not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [L 1911, c
72, §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 excess
of money available.  25 H. 381.



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