§ 10-a. Prohibition; penalties. (a) During any emergency period (i) no
officer or employee of the city of Troy or of any of the covered
organizations shall make or authorize an obligation or other liability
in excess of the amount available therefor under the financial plan as
then in effect; (ii) no officer or employee of the city of Troy or of
any of the covered organizations shall involve the city of Troy or any
of the covered organizations in any contract or other obligation or
liability for the payment of money for any purpose required to be
approved by the supervisory board unless such contract has been so
approved and unless such contract or obligation or liability is in
compliance with the financial plan as then in effect.

(b) No officer or employee of the city of Troy or any of the covered
organizations shall take any action in violation of any valid order of
the supervisory board or shall fail or refuse to take any action
required by any such order or shall prepare, present or certify any
information (including any projections or estimates) or report for the
supervisory board or any of its agents that is false or misleading, or,
upon learning that any such information is false or misleading, shall
fail promptly to advise the supervisory board or its agents thereof.

(c) In addition to any penalty or liability under any other law, any
officer or employees of the city of Troy or any of the covered
organizations who shall violate subdivision (a) or (b) of this section
shall be subject to appropriate administrative discipline, including,
when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty without pay or removal
from office by order of either the governor or the chief executive
officer; and any officer or employee of the city of Troy or any of the
covered organizations who shall knowingly and willfully violate
subdivision (a) or (b) of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty
of a misdemeanor.

(d) In the case of a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of this
section by an officer or employee of the city of Troy or any of the
covered organizations, the chief executive officer or the chief
executive officer of such covered organization shall immediately report
to the supervisory board all pertinent facts together with a statement
of the action taken thereon.