Sec. 1. When, under the provisions of this article, any report or reports are certified to the attorney general by the state examiner of the state board of accounts charging any public official, any former public official, and/or any other person named in such report with having illegally received, and/or having illegally retained, and/or failed to account for and pay over any money so received, and/or having illegally expended public moneys or any moneys placed in custody of such public official or former public official by authority of law, and the attorney general brings an action for the recovery of such moneys, such action shall be brought in the name of the state of Indiana upon the relation of the attorney general as plaintiff.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.101, s.1. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.42.