Section 331.437 - Expenditures exceeding appropriations1. 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.2. A county official in charge of a department or office who violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The penalty in this section is in addition to the liability imposed in section 331.476.Amended by 2019 Iowa, ch 59, s 105, eff. 7/1/2019.83 Acts, ch 123, §21, 209