4-8-2. Payments and obligations to be authorized by law--Liability to state for unauthorized payments.
No payment shall be made and no obligation shall be incurred against any appropriation unless such payment or obligation has been authorized as provided by law. Every official authorizing payments in violation of this section or §4-8-1, or taking part therein, and every person receiving such payment, or any part thereof, shall be jointly and severally liable to the state for the full amount so paid or received.
Source: SL 1963, ch 353, §11.