Georgia § 34-9-21 - Penalty for receiving unentitled to benefits.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 34-9-21 — Penalty for receiving unentitled to benefits., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-9-21. Penalty for receiving unentitled to benefits.
Any employee who, with the intent to defraud, receives and retains any income benefits to which he or she is not entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 18; Code 1933, § 114-9907, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 13; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1508, § 1.) Law reviews. - For review of 1998 legislation relating to labor and industrial relations, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 185 (1998).
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