Wis. Stat. § 49.29

This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 49.29, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.

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Loss of eligibility.

Official statutory text

If a court finds or it is determined after an administrative hearing that meets the requirements in regulations of the federal department of health and human services under 42 USC 616 (b) that an individual who is a member of a family applying for or receiving aid under s. 49.19 , for the purpose of establishing or maintaining eligibility for aid under s. 49.19 or of increasing the amount of aid received under s. 49.19 , intentionally made a false or misleading statement, intentionally misrepresented or withheld facts or committed an act intended to mislead or to misrepresent or withhold facts, the department shall consider the income and assets of the person but shall remove the needs of the person in determining the amount of any payment made to the person’s family under s. 49.19 as follows:

(1) Upon the first occurrence, for 6 months.

(2) Upon the 2nd occurrence, for one year.

(3) Upon the 3rd occurrence, permanently.

History: 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 313 ; 1993 a. 16 ; 1995 a. 27 ss. 2787 , 2919 .

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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