72 Pa. Stat. § 3422

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-79
Section 3422 - Drawing or paying warrants in excess of appropriation; penalty

If the auditor-general shall draw any warrant for an amount exceeding any appropriation, or if the state treasurer shall pay out for any appropriation named in an appropriation bill, a greater sum than is named therein for each appropriation, excepting the interest on the public debt, or for salaries of the judiciary, or for pensions and gratuities, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, for each and every offence.

72 P.S. § 3422

1870, April 6, P.L. 17, § 54.