Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-22-109

Current through 11/5/2024 election

Section 24-22-109 - Willful refusal to pay warrant or check - penalty

If the state treasurer willfully refuses to pay any warrant or any check lawfully drawn upon him or her, the state treasurer shall forfeit and pay to the holder thereof four times the amount thereof, which forfeiture may be recovered by action of debt against the state treasurer and the sureties on his or her official bond, or otherwise according to law, and the state treasurer commits a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.R.S. § 24-22-109

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§410, eff. 3/1/2022.

Amended by 2014 Ch. 328,§4, eff. 6/5/2014.

L. 71: R&RE, p. 1238, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 132-3-9. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1391), ch. 1449, p. 1449, § 4, effective June 5.

Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).