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

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § 12650 et seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or Contractora consultant, who submits a false claim, invoice, or request for reimbursement (“false claim”), shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which that the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act violation shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 11,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, contractor or subcontractor or Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. : a knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim for payment or of approval; b. ; 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 District; c. ; c conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. ; d has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or of receipt; e. ; e is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or of to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. ; f knowingly buys, buys or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. ; g 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractorProvider, subcontractor or Contractora consultant, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, contractor or subcontractor or Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. i. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim for payment or of approval; b. ii. 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 District; c. iii. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. iv. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or of receipt; e. v. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or of to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. vi. knowingly buys, buys or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. vii. 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 District; or h. viii. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, claim and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor Service Provider or Contractora Service Provider’s sub-processors, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any “Person” (defined by the statute to include any natural person, including a contractorcorporation, subcontractor firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business, or Contractortrust), who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person Person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person Person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the personPerson: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person Person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person Person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, contractor or subcontractor or Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. i. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim for payment or of approval;; DRAFT b. ii. 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 District; c. iii. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. iv. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or of receipt; e. v. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or of to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. vi. knowingly buys, buys or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. vii. 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 District; or h. viii. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, claim and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or Contractora consultant, who submits a false claim, claim shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or a Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to conceal, avoidav oid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or Contractora consultant, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District SCCOE for three times the amount of damages which the District SCCOE sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District SCCOE for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District SCCOE for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District SCCOE if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the DistrictSCCOE, a false claim 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 DistrictSCCOE; c. conspires to defraud the District SCCOE by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the DistrictSCCOE; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District SCCOE and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District SCCOE and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 DistrictSCCOE; or h. ▇. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the DistrictSCCOE, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District SCCOE within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or a Contractor, who submits a false claim, claim shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. : knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. ; conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. ; has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. ; is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. ; knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. ; 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 District; or h. or is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government San Francisco Administrative Code § 12650 et seq.§21.35, any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or Contractor, consultant who submits a false claim, claim shall be liable to the District City for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claimstatutory penalties set forth in that section. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties contractor, subcontractor or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, for each false claim. A person consultant will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District City if the person: a. contractor, subcontractor or consultant: (a) knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, City a false claim or request for payment or approval; b. ; (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 District; c. City; (c) conspires to defraud the District City by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. City; (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 DistrictCity; or h. or (e) is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the DistrictCity, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District City within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim. Payment of any taxes, including possessory interest taxes and California sales and use taxes, levied upon or as a result of this Agreement, or the services delivered pursuant hereto, shall be the obligation of Contractor. Contractor recognizes and understands that this Agreement may create a “possessory interest” for property tax purposes. Generally, such a possessory interest is not created unless the Agreement entitles the Contractor to possession, occupancy, or use of City property for private gain. If such a possessory interest is created, then the following shall apply: Contractor, on behalf of itself and any permitted successors and assigns, recognizes and understands that Contractor, and any permitted successors and assigns, may be subject to real property tax assessments on the possessory interest; Contractor, on behalf of itself and any permitted successors and assigns, recognizes and understands that the creation, extension, renewal, or assignment of this Agreement may result in a “change in ownership” for purposes of real property taxes, and therefore may result in a revaluation of any possessory interest created by this Agreement. Contractor accordingly agrees on behalf of itself and its permitted successors and assigns to report on behalf of the City to the County Assessor the information required by Revenue and Taxation Code section 480.5, as amended from time to time, and any successor provision. Contractor, on behalf of itself and any permitted successors and assigns, recognizes and understands that other events also may cause a change of ownership of the possessory interest and result in the revaluation of the possessory interest. (see, e.g., Rev. & Tax. Code section 64, as amended from time to time). Contractor accordingly agrees on behalf of itself and its permitted successors and assigns to report any change in ownership to the County Assessor, the State Board of Equalization or other public agency as required by law. Contractor further agrees to provide such other information as may be requested by the City to enable the City to comply with any reporting requirements for possessory interests that are imposed by applicable law.

Submitting False Claims; Monetary Penalties. Pursuant to Government Code § §12650 et et. seq., any person, including a contractor, subcontractor or a Contractor, who submits a false claim, shall be liable to the District for three times the amount of damages which the District sustains because of the false claim. A person who commits a false claim act shall also be liable to the District for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the District for a civil penalty of up to eleven ten thousand dollars ($11,000.00), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, 10,000) for each false claim. A person will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the District if the person: a. knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the District, a false claim 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 District; c. conspires to defraud the District by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the District; d. has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used or to be used by the District and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered less property than the amount for which the person receives a certificate or receipt; e. is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying receipt of property used or to be used by the District and knowingly makes or delivers a receipt that falsely represents the property used or to be used; f. knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property from any person who lawfully may not sell or pledge the property; g. 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 District; or h. is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the District, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the District within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.