Hawaii § 351-64.5 - Recovery of compensation paid.
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§ 351-64.5. Recovery of compensation paid.
(a) Any person who has received under this chapter any amount as compensation to which the person was not entitled shall be liable for that amount unless the overpayment was received without fault on the part of the recipient and its recovery would be against equity and good conscience. The order or decision shall specify that the person is liable to repay to the fund the amount of overpaid compensation and the basis of the overpayment. (b) The person liable shall, in the discretion of the commission, either repay any amount to the crime victim compensation special fund or have such amount deducted from any future compensation payable to the person under this chapter. (c) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section by the person liable to repay overpaid compensation may at the discretion of the commission, result in civil action in the name of the State by the attorney general. [L 1996, c 236, §2; am L 1998, c 240, §7; am L 1999, c 18, §9] Previous Vol07_Ch0346-0398 Next
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Section 351-64.5 ("Recovery of compensation paid.") is part of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Hawaii. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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