331.437 - EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING APPROPRIATIONS. - Iowa Statutes

331.437 EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING APPROPRIATIONS. It is unlawful for a county official, the expenditures of whose office come under this part, to authorize the expenditure of a sum for the official's department larger than the amount which has been appropriated for that department by the board. A county official in charge of a department or office who violates this law is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The penalty in this section is in addition to the liability imposed in section 331.476.          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 123, § 21, 209