Sentences with phrase «improper use of funds»

Estate litigation involves disputes over wills and powers of attorney, capacity issues, and improper use of funds or dealing with property.

So, one instance of improper use of funds could shut down a school.

Not exact matches

Once this is resolved, the U.S association said it plans to file another lawsuit claiming improper use of an advertising fund franchisees pay into.

The group has also backed a franchisee's class - action lawsuit filed in Canada over the company's alleged improper use of a national advertising fund.

A state education commissioner's ruling, issued in 2000, states that «it is improper to use public funds to subsidize a trip that is essentially a private recreational experience and not a part of a school district's educational program.»

«Sadly, today's news is the latest in a long line of wrong and improper use of discretionary funds,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral contender.

The committee concluded it was «at the least, an improper use of parliamentary allowances: at worst, it was a serious diversion of public funds».

The commission also conducted «dozens of interviews» with public officials, lobbyists and their clients, political insiders, whistleblowers and both «expert and lay witnesses,» and sought lawmakers» payrolls, timesheets, per diems and travel expenses, records of when they entered and exited official buildings, and any other records that could «potentially improper personal and political uses of public funds,» according to the report.

In December, Darr agreed to an $ 11,000 fine imposed by the Arkansas Ethics Commission and accepted its finding of 11 breaches of regulations and statutes including converting campaign funds to personal use and receiving improper expense reimbursements from taxpayer funds.

We also made clear that a proposal to add $ 2.5 million of additional debt to the taxpayers property taxes through Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 to build a police storage shed in Clarkstown was possibly both improper and illegal due to the co-mingling of the use of sewer department funds for purposes not sewer - related.

Sources within the Republican party are reporting that they suspect improper use of campaign funds by the Independence Party has occurred and that these suspicions are being forward to the Rockland County District Attorney and other authorities.

If that proves to be the case then this appears to be a clearly improper and possibly illegal use of these funds.

Meanwhile, the Coalition to Invest in Public Schools, representing many of the lead plaintiffs in the current funding adequacy case, has adopted as one of its principles adamant opposition to «the use of public funds to provide financial resources to private elementary and secondary schools through funding of programs or materials, tax credits, virtual charters, and / or vouchers, and considers such funding an improper use of tax revenue and public monies.»

Defined by the NCEA as «the illegal or improper use of an elder's funds, property, or assets,» financial elder exploitation is surprisingly common.