California Health and Safety Code

§ 25299.80

HSC § 25299.80 Effective Sep 25, 2014Div. 20 · Ch. 6.75 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)A person who makes a misrepresentation in any claim, including, but not limited to, a record, report, certification, application, invoice, form, or other document that is submitted to the fund relating to a claim, is subject to civil liability of not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for each violation of this subdivision.

(b)Except as provided in subdivision (d), the Attorney General, upon request of the state board, shall bring an action in superior court to impose the civil liability specified in subdivision (a).

(c)Except as provided in subdivision (d), the executive director of the board may impose the civil liability specified in subdivision (a) administratively in the same manner as the executive director of the board is authorized to impose civil liability pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13323) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of the Water Code.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 547, Sec. 22. (SB 445) Effective September 25, 2014. Inoperative January 1, 2036, pursuant to Section 25299.81.