Any appropriation made or claim allowed by the fiscal court in excess of any budget fund, and any warrant or contract not within the budget appropriation, shall be void. No member of the fiscal court shall vote for any such illegal appropriation or claim. The county treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the amount of any county warrant willfully or negligently signed or countersigned by him in excess of the budget fund out of which the warrant is payable.
KRS 68.300
Expenditures in excess of budget fund void and illegal
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Estill County v. Noland, County Judge (1943)
Most recently applied in Carroll Fiscal Court v. McClorey (May 1970)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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