Texas Education Code
§ 44.032 — ENFORCEMENT OF PURCHASE PROCEDURES: CRIMINAL PENALTIES; REMOVAL; INELIGIBILITY
ED § 44.032Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 44. FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Art. B. PURCHASES; CONTRACTS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Component purchases" means purchases of the component parts of an item that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(2)"Separate purchases" means purchases, made separately, of items that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(3)"Sequential purchases" means purchases, made over a period, of items that in normal purchasing practices would be purchased in one purchase.
(b)An officer, employee, or agent of a school district commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence makes or authorizes separate, sequential, or component purchases to avoid the requirements of Section 44.031(a) or (b). An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor and is an offense involving moral turpitude.
(c)An officer, employee, or agent of a school district commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence violates Section 44.031(a) or (b) other than by conduct described by Subsection (b). An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor and is an offense involving moral turpitude.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1225, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.