Florida Statutes § 129.09 — County auditor not to sign illegal warrants.
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Any clerk of the circuit court, acting as county auditor, who shall sign any warrant for the payment of any claim or bill or indebtedness against any county funds in excess of the expenditure allowed by law, or county ordinance, or to pay any illegal charge against the county, or to pay any claim against the county not authorized by law, or county ordinance, shall be personally liable for such amount, and if he or she shall sign such warrant willfully and knowingly he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History
History.—s. 2, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 5333; CGL 7466; s. 5, ch. 71-14; s. 78, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 71-305; s. 829, ch. 95-147.
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