Section 9-1-412 - Offenses by auditor and treasurer; penalties(a) If the state treasurer willfully refuses to pay any warrant lawfully drawn upon the treasury, the holder of the warrant may recover four (4) times the amount of the warrant in a civil action against the state treasurer and his sureties. Upon conviction, the treasurer is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) If the state auditor knowingly issues any warrant upon the state treasury not authorized by law, he is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than four (4) times the amount of the warrant, imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.(c) Repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 75, § 5; 1983, ch. 171, § 3.(d) A person who violates W.S. 9-1-403(b) or W.S. 9-1-409(a) commits a felony punishable by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years.