Any officer willfully or knowingly contracting, incurring, acknowledging, authorizing, allowing or approving any indebtedness, or any officer issuing, drawing, or attesting any warrant or certificate of indebtedness in excess of the estimate made and approved by the excise board for such purpose for the current fiscal year or in excess of the specific amount authorized for such purpose by a bond issue, or who violates any other provision of Section 471 et seq. of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not to exceed one (1) year, or by both the fine and imprisonment, and shall forfeit and be removed from office pursuant to Section 1181 et seq. of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 91 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 80, p. 183, § 10. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 236, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 88, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
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