2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4: Counties
Article 38: Board of County Commissioners, 4-38-1 through 4-38-42
Section 4-38-29: Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.
4-38-29. [Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.]
Any county commissioner who shall vote to approve any account, or order any money paid to any officer or individual, except as provided by law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars [($500)], and the money so illegally ordered to be paid shall be recovered in a suit brought in the name of the county on his official bond.
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