If the state treasurer willfully refuses to pay any warrant or any check lawfully drawn upon him or her, he or she shall forfeit and pay to the holder thereof four times the amount thereof, which forfeiture may be recovered by action of debt against him or her and the sureties on his or her official bond, or otherwise according to law, and he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 1238, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 132-3-9. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1391), ch. 328, p. 1449, § 4, effective June 5.