(70 ILCS 810/45) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6448)
Sec. 45.
Any member of the board of a district to which this Act
applies or any other person holding any other office, trust or
employment under such a district who shall wilfully violate any of the
provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a business offense and shall
be fined not to exceed $10,000 and shall forfeit his right to his
office, trust or employment and shall be removed therefrom. Any such
member or other person shall be liable for any sum that may be
unlawfully diverted from such working cash fund or otherwise used to be
recovered by such district or by any taxpayer in the name of and for the
benefit of such district, in an appropriate civil action. Such taxpayer
shall give bond for costs and be liable for all costs assessed against
the district in such suit, and judgment shall be rendered accordingly.
Nothing herein shall bar any other remedies.
(Source: P.A. 80-320.)
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