(a) A person who has received assistance under this chapter shall pay the state for the assistance if the person was not entitled to it at the time indigency was determined.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover payment from a person described in (a) of this section who refuses to make the payment. The action shall be brought within six years after the conclusion of the proceeding for which the assistance was provided.
(c) [Repealed, § 5 ch 16 SLA 1974.] (d) Amounts recovered under this section shall be paid into the state general fund.