§ 54-27-12 — Expenditure of amount in excess of appropriation for state institutions - Unlawful

Unlawful.
The administrative department, office, or board of any penal or charitable state institution, or
the state board of higher education, or any person thereof, in the transaction of the business of
any state institution under its direction or control, may not make nor authorize knowingly any
expenditure in the matter of the erection or improvement of any public building or structure, or
the purchase of any real property, in excess of any appropriation made by the legislative
assembly for such purpose. The president, superintendent, or managing officer of any state
institution conducted under the direction or control of any department, office, or board, or the
state board of higher education may not connive nor conspire knowingly with such departments,
offices, or boards, nor with any member thereof, to procure to be expended in the matter of the
erection or improvement of any public building or structure, or the purchase of any real property
at the state institution of which the person is president, superintendent, or managing officer, any
sum in excess of the appropriation therefor as made by the legislative assembly.