39-720. Penalty relating to fraudulent acts; civil actions, evidence.
39-720
39-720. Penalty relating to fraudulent acts; civil actions,evidence.Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any otherperson to obtain, by means of a willfully false statement orrepresentation, or by impersonation, collusion, or other fraudulentdevice, assistance to which the applicant or client is not entitled,shall be guilty of the crime of theft, as defined by K.S.A.21-3701; and he shall be required to remit to the secretary the amountof any assistance given him under such fraudulent act. In any civilaction for the recovery of assistance on the grounds the assistance wasfraudulently obtained, proof that the recipient of the assistancepossesses or did possess resources which does or would have rendered himineligible to receive such assistance shall be deemed prima facieevidence that such assistance was fraudulently obtained.
History: L. 1937, ch. 327, § 18; L. 1951, ch. 288, § 5; L. 1972, ch. 170, §1; L. 1973, ch. 186, § 14; Jan. 1, 1974.