O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 34-9-21 (2019)

Penalty for receiving unentitled to benefits

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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.

History

(Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, § 18; Code 1933, § 114-9907, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, § 13; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1508, § 1.)

Annotations

Law reviews. - For review of 1998 legislation relating to labor and industrial

relations, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 185 (1998).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Samuel v. Baitcher, 154 Ga. App. 602, 269 S.E.2d 96 (1980); Holt Serv. Co. v. Modlin, 163 Ga. App. 283, 293

S.E.2d 741 (1982); Meredith v. Atlanta Intermodal Rail Servs., 274 Ga. 809, 561 S.E.2d 67 (2002).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Fingerprinting required. - Misdemeanor offenses arising under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-21 are offenses for which those

charged are to be fingerprinted. 2011 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 2011-1.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers’ Compensation, §§ 530, 629.

C.J.S. - 100 C.J.S., Workmen’s Compensation, §§ 828, 829.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Smart Prof'l Photocopy Corp. v. Dixon, 456 S.E.2d 233 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995).

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Smart Prof'l Photocopy Corp. v. Dixon, 456 S.E.2d 233 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “OCGA §§ 34-9-21 and 34-9-18 provide penalties against parties who violate the rules of the Board and exclude Dixon’s use of common law remedies.”

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