(a) The commissioner may bring an action to recover any sum paid contrary to any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder from: (1) Any employee who made, approved or authorized such payment or who signed or countersigned a voucher, payroll, check or warrant for such payment;(2) The sureties on the official bond of any such officer; or(3) Any employee who incorrectly or improperly received any payment from the state.(b) All moneys recovered in any such action shall be paid into the state treasury. Acts 2012, ch. 800, § 20.
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