Any sum paid contrary to this chapter or in excess of the amount legally due for services rendered may be recovered in an action maintained by the city or by any taxpayer of the city from an officer who made, approved or authorized such payment, whoever is culpable, or from the sureties of the official bond of any such officer. All moneys recovered in any such action shall be paid into the city treasury and credited to the fund from which they were disbursed.
(1953 Code, ch. 10, § 12; Ord. No. 7369, § 11, 3-12-90; Ord. No. 9675, § 2, 2-25-02)
Editors Note: It should be noted that the provisions of Ord. No. 9675 become effective June 30, 2002.