(30 ILCS 545/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.51)
Sec. 1.
Whenever the General Assembly shall pass any enactment for the
construction or repair or any public work or improvement, of the state, of
any character or name whatsoever, and the said enactment, shall have become
a law, and plans, specifications and estimates for the construction or
repair of said public work or improvement have been submitted to and
approved by the authorities designated in said law, and an appropriation
has been made to defray the estimated expense thereof; any person or
persons, commissioner or commissioners, or other officer or officers,
entrusted with the execution of said public work or improvement, who shall
so change, alter or modify, or permit or connive at such change, alteration
or modification by any person or persons under his or their direction or
control, directly or indirectly, so as to incur a greater cost and expense
in the construction or repair of such public work or improvement, than was
specified by the law authorizing it, and the appropriation made in
pursuance thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 77-2596.)
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