Common use of FALSE CLAIMS Clause in Contracts

FALSE CLAIMS. Pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code § 21.35, any Party to this Agreement who submits a false claim shall be liable to the City and County of San Francisco for the statutory penalties set forth in that section. A Party will be deemed to have submitted a false claim to the City and County of San Francisco if the Party: (a) knowingly presents or causes to be presented to an officer or employee of the City and County of San Francisco 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 City and County of San Francisco; (c) conspires to defraud the City and County of San Francisco by getting a false claim allowed or paid by the City and County of San Francisco; (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 City and County of San Francisco; or (e) is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim to the City and County of San Francisco, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the City and County of San Francisco within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim.