Expenditure of monies in excess of funds appropriated; removal from office ACTIVE

The expenditure of any monies in excess of the funds appropriated or otherwise allocated for expenditure by any board, commission, department, or agency of the state during any fiscal year shall constitute reasonable cause for removal from office of the officer or officers, whether elected or appointed, responsible therefor in accordance with the provisions of Article X of the Constitution of Louisiana, unless the officer first has obtained approval therefor of the interim emergency board and of the legislature by a two-thirds vote of the members thereof taken by ballot conducted by the clerk of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Senate as provided in R.S. 39:461.1; provided, however, that the provisions of the Section shall not apply to the Department of Military Affairs or the Department of Public Safety and Corrections when a state of emergency has been declared by the governor so long as the department heads shall certify to the governor that the expenditure of funds is necessary as a direct result of said state of emergency.