Common use of Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties Clause in Contracts

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 6, Article V [OR] Section 21.35, any contractor, subcontractor, or consultant who submits a false claim shall be liable to the TJPA for three times the amount of damages which the TJPA sustains because of the false claim, plus a civil penalty of up to $10,000, and other damages as provided by statute. A contractor, subcontractor or consultant will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the TJPA if the contractor, subcontractor or consultant (a) knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the TJPA a false claim or request for payment or approval; (b) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to get a false claim paid or approved by the TJPA; (c) conspires to defraud the TJPA by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the TJPA; (d) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the TJPA; or (e) is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the TJPA, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the TJPA within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 6, Article V [OR] Section 21.35V, any contractorContractor, subcontractor, or consultant who submits a false claim shall be liable to the TJPA for three times the amount of damages which the TJPA sustains because of the false claim, plus a civil penalty of up to $10,000, and other damages as provided by statute. A contractorContractor, subcontractor or consultant will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the TJPA if the contractorContractor, subcontractor or consultant (a) knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the TJPA a false claim or request for payment or approval; (b) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to get a false claim paid or approved by the TJPA; (c) conspires to defraud the TJPA by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the TJPA; (d) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the TJPA; or (e) is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the TJPA, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the TJPA within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.