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Rhode Island False Claims Act | Berg & Androphy
R.I. Gen. L. §§ 9-1.1-1 to 9-1.1-8
West’s General Laws of Rhode Island Annotated
Title 9. Courts and Civil Procedure–Procedure Generally
§ 9-1.1-1. Name of act
P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 18, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 1, 2007.
§ 9-1.1-2. Definitions
(f) “Custodian” means the custodian, or any deputy custodian, designated by the attorney general under § 9-1.1-6 of the Rhode Island general laws.
§ 9-1.1-3. Liability for certain acts
§ 9-1.1-4. Civil actions for false claims
(a) Responsibilities of the attorney general. The attorney general diligently shall investigate a violation under § 9-1.1-3 of this section. If under this section the attorney general finds that a person has violated or is violating section 9-1.1-3 the attorney general may bring a civil action under this section against the person.
§ 9-1.1-5. False claims procedure
(c) In any action brought under § 9-1.1-4, the state shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.
§ 9-1.1-6. Subpoenas
The attorney general may delegate the authority to issue subpoenas under this subsection (a) to the state police subject to conditions as the attorney general deems appropriate. Whenever a subpoena is an express demand for any product of discovery, the attorney general or his or her delegate shall cause to be served, in any manner authorized by this section, a copy of such demand upon the person from whom the discovery was obtained and shall notify the person to whom such demand is issued of the date on which such copy was served.
(i) [No corresponding (i) in original bill].
(1) Petition for enforcement. Whenever any person fails to comply with any subpoena issued under subsection (a), or whenever satisfactory copying or reproduction of any material requested in such demand cannot be done and such person refuses to surrender such material, the attorney general may file, in the superior court of the county in which such person resides, is found, or transacts business, or the superior court in the he county in which an action filed pursuant to § 9-1.1-4 is pending if the action relates to the subject matter of the subpoena and serve upon such person a petition for an order of such court for the enforcement of the subpoena.
§ 9-1.1-7. Procedure
§ 9-1.1-8. Funds
There is hereby created a separate fund entitled the false claims act fund. All proceeds of an action or settlement of a claim brought under this chapter shall be deposited in the Fund.
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