Any officer or agent of the state who shall be empowered to expend any public moneys, or to direct such expenditures, is hereby prohibited from making any contract for the erection or repair of any building, or for any other purpose, whereby the expenditure of any greater sum of money shall be contemplated, agreed to, or required, than is expressly authorized by law; and any officer or agent of the state violating this law shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement of the amount in excess of that expressly authorized by law, and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement and hard labor not exceeding five years, or in the county jail not less than six months.
K.S.A. 75-3025
Contracts for excessive expenditures; penalty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State Ex Rel. Fatzer v. Anderson (1956)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. Fatzer v. Anderson (June 1956)
L. 1886, ch. 103, § 1; February 27; R.S. 1923, 75-3025.
Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.