HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 5
CHAPTER 2.
(Senate Bill 2)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-sections
(c) (3) and (c) (5) of Section 7 of Article 95A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Un-
employment Compensation", sub-title "Contributions" (as
said sub-sections were amended by Chapters 270 and 768 of
the Acts of 1945), eliminating the provisions excluding cer-
tain employers from the benefits of the Merit Eating provi-
sions, and providing for a re-determination of the contribu-
tion rate of certain employers on and after October 1, 1945,
and providing that this Act shall not operate to discharge
any liability or obligation due or existing on September 30,
1945.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-sectipns (c) (3) and (c) (5) of Section 7 of
Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supple-
ment), title "Unemployment Compensation", sub-title "Contri-
butions", as said sub-sections were amended by Chapters 270
and 768 of the Acts of 1945, be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

CONTRIBUTIONS.

7. (c) (3) No employer's rate shall be varied from 2.7 per
cent for any fiscal year unless and until his experience-rating
record has been chargeable with benefits throughout the 36-con-
secutive-calendar-month period ending on the computation date
(as defined in Sub-section (c) (7) of this Section), and unless
and until each of his annual pay rolls, as defined herein, during
the four calendar years immediately preceding the computation
date for that fiscal year equals or exceeds $150.00.

(c) (5) If an employer subject to this Article shall transfer
his entire business, by sale or otherwise, to another employ-
ing unit, the Board shall combine the experience-rating records
of the two employing units, and shall for purposes of rate deter-
mination transfer to the successor employer the pay-roll record
and the benefit charges of the predecessor.

The successor employer shall be liable for the contributions
for such business from the date the transfer occurred.

If the successor is an employer at the time of the transfer,
and has been assigned a contribution rate pursuant to the pro-
visions of this sub-section, he shall continue to pay contribu-
tions at such previously assigned rate from the date the trans-
fer occurred through the next June 30.