§351-64.5  Recovery of compensation
paid.  (a)  Any person who has received under this chapter any amount as
compensation to which the person was not entitled shall be liable for that
amount unless the overpayment was received without fault on the part of the
recipient and its recovery would be against equity and good conscience.  The
order or decision shall specify that the person is liable to repay to the fund
the amount of overpaid compensation and the basis of the overpayment.



(b)  The person liable shall, in the discretion
of the commission, either repay any amount to the crime victim compensation
special fund or have such amount deducted from any future compensation payable
to the person under this chapter.



(c)  Failure to comply with the provisions of
this section by the person liable to repay overpaid compensation may at the
discretion of the commission, result in civil action in the name of the State
by the attorney general. [L 1996, c 236, §2; am L 1998, c 240, §7; am L 1999, c
18, §9]



 



Revision Note



 



  In subsection (b), "special fund" substituted for
"fund".