§ 61-131. Splitting of contracts - Punishment and fine.

No contract shall be split into partial contracts for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of this act.  All such partial contracts shall be void.  Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1974, c. 298, § 31, operative Aug. 1, 1974.  Amended by Laws 1979, c. 28, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 1979; Laws 1998, c. 365, § 5, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2000, c. 363, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2006, c. 78, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2006, c. 271, § 26, eff. July 1, 2006.