{"data":{"id":"us-pa/11-pa.c.s.-11018.7","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"11 Pa.C.S. § 11018.7","heading":"Payments not authorized by law.","body":"An ordinance may not be enacted and a resolution may not be adopted providing for the payment of money by the city without previous authority of law. An officer executing a document authorizing payment, making a payment or passing a voucher for a payment not authorized by law commits a misdemeanor. The officer shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $5,000 and to imprisonment for not more than one year.","path":["Title 11 - CITIES","PART V THIRD CLASS CITIES","CHAPTER 110 COUNCIL","SUBCHAPTER A.1 ORDINANCES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=11\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=110\u0026sctn=18\u0026subsctn=7","current_through":"2025-03-10 (Statute Update stamp, 11 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:30:53Z","sha256":"7d1b55eabe67a9be0df0b97325bcaba9ce3993571af596069e1135dc3905a837","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/11-pa.c.s.-11018.6","next":"us-pa/11-pa.c.s.-11018.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}