8 Wash. App. 706 - State v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 4 Wash. App. 103 - State v. Carter · 7 Wash. App. 726 - State v. Hutton · 37 Wash. 2d 926 - State Ex Rel. Gilroy v. Superior Court · 41 Wash. 2d 29 - State v. Moser · 79 Wash. 2d 835 - State v. Knowles
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“If a recipient receives public assistance for which he is not eligible, or receives public assistance in an amount greater than that for which he is eligible, the portion of the payment to which he is not entitled shall be a debt due the state: Provided, That if any part of any assistance payment is obtained by a person as a result of a wilfully false statement, or representation, or impersonation, or other fraudulent device, or wilful failure to reveal resources or income, one hundred twenty-five percent of the amount of assistance to which he was not entitled shall be a debt due the state and shall become a lien ... It shall be the duty of recipients of public assistance to notify the department within twenty days of the receipt or possession of all income [ [3] ] or resources [ [4] ] not previously declared to the department, and any failure to so report shall be prima facie evidence of fraud : ...”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he gravamen of the statutory crime [RCW 74.08.331] is obtaining (or attempting to obtain, or aiding or abetting another to obtain) public assistance to which one is not entitled (or greater public assistance than that to which one is justly entitled) “by means of” one or more of the statutorily condemned devices: (1) willfully false statement (or representation or impersonation); or (2) willful failure to reveal any material fact, condition or circumstance, affecting eligibility or need, as required by law; or (3) willful failure to promptly notify the department as required by law of (A) any change in status in respect to resources, or income, or need, or family composition, etc., or (B) any other change in circumstances affecting eligibility or need for assistance; or (4) other fraudulent device.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“For reasons best known to itself, the legislature deliberately determined in 1957 that it would limit a recipient's statutory duty to notify the department solely to notification of the receipt or possession of income or resources not previously reported to the department. We know of no statutory requirement which would impose an affirmative duty upon a recipient to notify the department (in contrast to an affirmative duty to fully reveal the material facts at the time of application, reapplication, or review) that he (or she) has entered upon a meretricious relationship of questionable duration with another.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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