When the Legislature passes any law directing any officer, board, or commission to do anything which might legitimately come under his or its jurisdiction and control which requires the expenditure of money and which Legislature fails to provide the necessary funds therefor by appropriation or otherwise, it shall not be competent for such officer, board, or commission to use any other funds under his or its control appropriated for a specific purpose by which such fund shall be depleted, nor shall any funds appropriated by the Legislature for a specific purpose be used for any purpose other than that for which it was appropriated. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 4-8-4
Statutory direction of act without providing funds--Funds appropriated for specific purpose not to be used for another purpose--Misdemeanor
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Pennington County v. State ex rel. Unified Judicial System (2002)
Most recently applied in Pennington County v. State ex rel. Unified Judicial System (February 2002)
Source: SL 1923, ch 245; SDC 1939, § 55.2201; SL 1980, ch 24, § 58.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.