New York § 148 Penalty for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public welfare district

New York Statutes

§ 148 — Penalty for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public welfare district

New York § 148

Law SOSSocial Services

Title 1General Provisions

Art. 5Assistance and Care

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N.Y. Social Services § 148 (2026).

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  § 148. Penalty for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public\nwelfare district.  No person shall, without legal authority, send or\nbring, or cause to be sent or brought, any needy person into a public\nwelfare district with the purpose of making him a charge on such public\nwelfare district, or for the purpose of avoiding the responsibility of\nassistance or care in the public welfare district from which he is\nbrought or sent.  Any person found guilty of such an act shall be guilty\nof a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of fifty dollars, recoverable in\nthe name of the public welfare district.\n

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§ 148. Penalty for unlawfully bringing a needy person into a public\nwelfare district. No person shall, without legal authority, send or\nbring, or cause to be sent or brought, any needy person into a public\nwelfare district with the purpose of making him a charge on such public\nwelfare district, or for the purpose of avoiding the responsibility of\nassistance or care in the public welfare district from which he is\nbrought or sent. Any person found guilty of such an act shall be guilty\nof a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of fifty dollars, recoverable in\nthe name of the public welfare district.\n