PRINTER'S NO. 2815
No. 2159 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY DiCARLO AND LINCOLN, FEBRUARY 25, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, FEBRUARY 25, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
2 act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
3 welfare laws of the Commonwealth," adding penalties for the
4 fraudulent acquisition of Federal food order stamps.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 481, act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
8 No.21), known as the "Public Welfare Code," is amended to read:
9 Section 481. False Statements; Penalty.--(a) Any person who,
10 either prior to, or at the time of, or subsequent to the
11 application for assistance, by means of a wilfully false
12 statement of misrepresentation, or by impersonation or other
13 fraudulent means, secures, or attempts to secure, or aids or
14 abets any person in securing assistance or Federal food order
15 stamps under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
16 upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
17 exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or to undergo
18 imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, and also shall be
19 sentenced to make restitution of any moneys he has received by
1 reason of any such false statement, misrepresentation,
2 impersonation, or fraudulent means.
3 (b) Any person who, either prior to or at the time of or
4 subsequent to the application for assistance, by means of a
5 wilfully false statement or misrepresentation, or by
6 impersonation or other fraudulent means, secures or attempts to
7 secure assistance or Federal food order stamps not exceeding
8 three hundred dollars ($300) under this article shall, upon
9 conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to make
10 restitution of such assistance, and to pay a fine of not more
11 than two hundred dollars ($200), and, in default of making
12 restitution and the payment of the fine imposed, to undergo
13 imprisonment not exceeding sixty days.
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