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AB 2878: Statute of limitations: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2024-03-18

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-05-16: In committee: Held under submission.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law prescribes the time after the commission of a crime in which a criminal action is required to be commenced, referred to as a statute of limitations. Existing law provides that prosecution for unauthorized use of personal identifying information shall be commenced within 3 years after the commission of the offense. Existing law provides that prosecution for offenses, including grand theft and insurance fraud, shall be commenced within 4 years after discovery of the offense, or within 4 years after completion of the offense, whichever is later.

For offenses involving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud through the Employment Development Department, this bill would extend the statute of limitations for each of the above-described prosecutions to 12 years.

Existing law defines the term code enforcement officer as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified. Existing law requires each local jurisdiction that employs code enforcement officers to develop safety standards appropriate for the code enforcement officers employed in their jurisdiction. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.

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