Sec. 44.052.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BUDGET REQUIREMENTS;  PENALTY.  (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.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 1365), Sec. 3.01, eff. September 1, 2021.