shall be liable to the State of Georgia for a civil penalty of not less than $5,500.00 and not more than $11,000.00 for each false or fraudulent claim, plus three times the amount of damages which the state or local government sustains because of the act of such person.
the court may assess not more than two times the amount of the actual damages which the state or local government sustained because of the act of such person.
History. Code 1981, § 23-3-121 , enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 127, § 1-2/HB 822.
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For article, “The Georgia Taxpayer Protection and False Claims Act,” see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2013).
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