State agency liabilities.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (i) Coupon shortages and losses that occur any time after coupons have been accepted by receiving points within the State and that occur during storage or the movement of coupons between bulk storage point issuers and claims collection points within the State; (ii) Losses resulting from authorization documents lost in transit from a manufacturer to the State agency and untransacted authorization documents lost in transit from an issuer to the State agency; and (iii) The value of coupons overissued and coupons issued without authorization, except for those duplicate issuances in the correct amount that are the result of replacement issuances made in accordance with § 274.6. Overissuances and unauthorized issuances for which State agencies are liable include, but are not limited to: Single unmatched issuances, duplicates made that are not in accordance with § 274.6, and transacted authorization documents that are altered, counterfeit, from out-of-State or expired (including those unsigned by the designated household member and/or not date stamped by the issuer). (2) Coupon shortages and/or losses for which State agencies shall be held strictly liable include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) Thefts; (ii) Embezzlements; (iii) Cashier errors (e.g., errors by the personnel of issuance offices in the counting of coupon books); (iv) Coupons lost in natural disasters if a State agency cannot provide reasonable evidence that the coupons were destroyed and not redeeme

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 276.2