{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-1717","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1717","heading":"Prohibitions on expenditures - Violations - Penalties","body":"A. No expenditure may be authorized or made by any employee or\n\nmember of the board which exceeds any fund balance for any fund of\n\nthe budget as adopted or amended or which exceeds the appropriation\n\nfor any fund of the budget as adopted or amended. Any balance\n\nremaining in a fund at the end of the budget year shall be carried\n\nforward to the credit of the fund for the next budget year.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful for any employee or member of the board\n\nin any budget year:\n\n1. To create or authorize creation of a deficit in any fund; or\n\n2. To authorize, make or incur expenditures or encumbrances in\n\nexcess of ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation for any fund of\n\nthe budget as adopted or amended until revenues in an amount equal\n\nto at least ninety percent (90%) of the appropriation for the fund\n\nhave been collected. Any fund balance which is included in the\n\nappropriation for the fund is considered revenue in the budget year\n\nfor which it is appropriated. Expenditures may then be made and\n\nauthorized so long as any expenditure does not exceed any fund\n\nbalance.\n\nC. Any obligation that is contracted or authorized by any\n\nmember or employee of the board in violation of this act shall\n\nbecome the obligation of the member or employee himself and shall\n\nnot be valid or enforceable against the district. Any member or\n\nemployee who violates this act shall forfeit his position and shall\n\nbe subject to such civil and criminal punishments as are provided by\n\nlaw. Any obligation, authorization for expenditure or expenditure\n\nmade in violation of this act shall be illegal and void.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"230b0fc44455d0cff5b28cec6a90dda56b9bd7c0409b0432445b1a87b88051b0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-1716","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-1718"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}