Statutes > 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.

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.