Tex. Education Code § 44.052
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 44.052, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 44.052. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BUDGET REQUIREMENTS; PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) Any county superintendent approving any expenditure of school funds in excess of the item or items appropriated in the adopted budget or a supplementary or amended budget commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) A person who fails to comply with the person's duties with regard to the preparation or the following of a county school budget or a budget of a school district or who violates any provision of Section 44.002 commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) A trustee of a school district who votes to approve any expenditure of school funds in violation of a provision of this code, for a purpose for which those funds may not be spent, or in excess of the item or items appropriated in the adopted budget or a supplementary or amended budget commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) Charges of the violation of this section may be instituted by the proper county or district attorney or by the attorney general.
(b) A person who fails to comply with the person's duties with regard to the preparation or the following of a county school budget or a budget of a school district or who violates any provision of Section 44.002 commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(c) A trustee of a school district who votes to approve any expenditure of school funds in violation of a provision of this code, for a purpose for which those funds may not be spent, or in excess of the item or items appropriated in the adopted budget or a supplementary or amended budget commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) Charges of the violation of this section may be instituted by the proper county or district attorney or by the attorney general.
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