State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Connecticut > Title17b > Chap319s > Sec17b-128Sec. 17b-128. (Formerly Sec. 17-283). Reimbursement of towns or municipalities for relief. Recovery of overpayments. (a) Any person who receives relief from any town or municipality of this state shall be liable to reimburse such town or municipality for any moneys or relief received. Section 52-576 shall not be a bar to a recovery under this section.
(b) Any town that overpays a person receiving financial assistance under sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-256, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, shall recover such overpayment from such person's ongoing assistance. The amount of such recovery shall not exceed ten per cent of such person's ongoing benefit in any month.
(1949 Rev., S. 642; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 13, 89; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 50.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 added Subsec. (b) re recovery of overpayments; Sec. 17-283 transferred to Sec. 17b-128 in 1995 (Revisor's note: The references to "17b-115 to 17b-138" and "17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive", were changed editorially by the Revisors to "17b-116 to 17b-138" and "17b-689, 17b-689b", respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act.
See Sec. 17b-122 re reimbursement of town by pauper.
Cited. 38 CA 522.
