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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 13:59:49+00:00

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(8) Conspires to commit any of the conduct described in this subsection, shall be liable to the county for a civil penalty of not less than $5,500 and not more than $11,000, plus three times the amount of damages that the county sustains due to the act of that person.
(3) At the time the person furnished the county with the information about the violation, no criminal prosecution, civil action, or administrative action had commenced under this title with respect to the violation, and the person did not have actual knowledge of the existence of an investigation into the violation; the court may assess not less than two times the amount of damages that the county sustains because of the act of the person. A person violating subsection (a) shall also be liable to the county for the costs and attorneys’ fees of a civil action brought to recover the penalty or damages.
The county corporation counsel or county attorney shall investigate any violation under section 46-171. If the corporation counsel or county attorney finds that a person has violated or is violating section 46-171, the corporation counsel or county attorney may bring a civil action under this section.
An action for false claims to a county pursuant to this part shall be brought within six years after the false claim is discovered or by exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered and, in any event, no more than ten years after the date on which the violation of section 46-171 is committed.
(a) A person may bring a civil action for a violation of section 46-171 for the person and for a county. The action shall be brought in the name of the county. The action may be dismissed only with the written consent of the court, taking into account the best interests of the parties involved and the public purposes behind this part.
(e) Notwithstanding section 46-175, the county may elect to pursue its claim through any alternate remedy available to the county, including any administrative proceedings to determine civil monetary penalties. If any alternate remedy is pursued in another proceeding, the person initiating the action shall have the same rights in the proceedings as the person would have had if the action had continued under this section. Any finding of fact or conclusion of law made in the other proceeding that becomes final shall be conclusive on all parties to an action under this section.
A county shall not be liable for expenses or fees, including attorney fees, that a person incurs in bringing an action under this part and shall not elect to pay those expenses or fees.
§ 661-21 Actions for false claims to the State; qui tam actions.
(3) At the time the person furnished the State with the information about the violation, no criminal prosecution, civil action, or administrative action had commenced under this title with respect to the violation, and the person did not have actual knowledge of the existence of an investigation into the violation; the court may assess not less than two times the amount of damages that the State sustains because of the act of the person. A person violating subsection (a) shall also be liable to the State for the costs and attorneys’ fees of a civil action brought to recover the penalty or damages.
(d) This section shall not apply to any controversy involving an amount of less than $500 in value. For purposes of this subsection, "controversy" means the aggregate of any one or more false claims submitted by the same person in violation of this part. Proof of specific intent to defraud is not required.
“Claim” means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property, and whether or not the State has title to the money or property, that is presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the State or is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, if the money or property is to be spent or used on the State’s behalf or to advance a state program or interest, and if the State provides or has provided any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded or will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded. "Claim" shall not include requests or demands for money or property that the State has paid to an individual as compensation for employment or as an income subsidy with no restrictions on that individual’s use of the money or property.
§ 661-22 Civil actions for false claims.
§ 661-23 Evidentiary determination; burden of proof.
§ 661-24 Statute of limitations.
§ 661-25 Action by private persons.
§ 661-26 Rights of parties to qui tam actions.
(c) If the State elects not to proceed with the action, the person who initiated that action shall have the right to conduct the action. If the State so requests, it shall be served with copies of all pleadings filed in the action and shall be supplied with copies of all deposition transcripts at the State’s expense.
§ 661-27 Awards to qui tam plaintiffs.
§ 661-29 Fees and costs of litigation.
§ 661-30 Relief from retaliatory actions.
§ 661-31 Certain actions barred.
(3) By the news media, unless the action is brought by the attorney general or the person bringing the action is an original source of the information.

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