Section 47.25.985. Violations; penalty.

   (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person
        (1) knowingly acquires, possesses, uses, alters, or transfers food stamp allotments in violation of AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.980 or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980;
        (2) presents food stamp allotments or causes them to be presented for payment or redemption knowing them to have been transferred, received, altered, or used in a manner violating AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.980 or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980;
        (3) knowingly acquires, uses, alters, or transfers a wage subsidy authorized under AS 47.25.975(b) in violation of AS 47.25.975 - 47.25.980, AS 47.27.025(e), or the regulations adopted under AS 47.25.980 or AS 47.27.025(e).
   (b) Upon conviction a person shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

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History

(Sec. 1 ch 113 SLA 1965; am Sec. 6 ch 116 SLA 1975; am Sec. 42 ch 143 SLA 1982; am Sec. 12 ch 69 SLA 2002)