(a) Pass-through appropriations are prohibited. An agency director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate directing or permitting a pass-through appropriation shall be subject to disciplinary action or dismissal, or both, by the appropriate appointing authority.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 3 monthsup to $500
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-19A-4

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) An agency director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor unless the agency director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate did not know and did not have reason to know of the pass-through appropriation. Acts constituting a violation of this chapter shall not be the basis for a violation of any other criminal law by the agency director, assistant director, executive assistant, or any similar direct subordinate or any other person.
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