Section 28-1-83 - Unauthorized supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits--Penalty

28-1-83. Unauthorized supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits--Penalty.Any person convicted of an offense under subdivision28-1-82(1) or (2) with a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program EBT card value of one thousand dollars or less is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person convicted of an offense under subdivision28-1-82(1) or (2) with a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program EBT card value of more than one thousand dollars is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Amounts involved in the acquisition or transfer of EBT cards in violation of subdivisions28-1-82(1) and (2), committed pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct in any twelve-month period, may be aggregated in determining the degree of the offense. Any person convicted of an offense under subdivision28-1-82(3) or (4) is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2005, ch 148, §2; SL 2023, ch 94, §3.