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    Definitions; presumption; limitation
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    Welfare Fraud
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    Welfare fraud in the fourth degree
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    SECTION 158.05

    Welfare fraud in the fifth degree

    Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE J, ARTICLE 158

    § 158.05 Welfare fraud in the fifth degree.

    A person is guilty of welfare fraud in the fifth degree when he or she
    commits a fraudulent welfare act and thereby takes or obtains public
    assistance benefits.

    Welfare fraud in the fifth degree is a class A misdemeanor.