248 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 91

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 23, 1960.

CHAPTER 91

(Senate Bill 21)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 17 (d),
(e) and (f) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Unemployment Insurance Law", sub-title
"Penalties", to provide for recoupment of unemployment insur-
ance benefits when the claimant is found to have been ineligible
at the time when they were received, to provide penalties for
false statements or misrepresentation by claimants for the pur-
pose of obtaining benefits, and to provide for trials of fraudu-
lent benefit cases by trial and police magistrates.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 17 (d), (e) and (f) of Article 95A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Unemployment Insurance
Law", sub-title "Penalties", be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

17 (d). '[Receipt of benefits by reason of nondisclosure of mis-
representation of material fact. —Any person, who, by reason of
the nondisclosure or misrepresentation by him or by another, of a
material fact (irrespective of whether such non-disclosure or mis-
representation was known or fraudulent) has received any sum as
benefits under this article while any conditions for the receipt of
benefits imposed by this article were not fulfilled in his case, or
while he was disqualified from receiving benefits, shall, in the dis-
cretion of the Executive Director, either be liable to have such sum
deducted from any future benefits payable to him under this article
or shall be liable to repay to the Executive Director for the Un-
employment Insurance Fund, a sum equal to the amount so received
by him, and such sum shall be collectible in the manner provided in
Section 15 (f) of this article for the collection of past-due contri-
butions. ]

Recoupment of benefits paid. —When any person has received
any sum for benefits for which he is found by the Executive
Director to have been ineligible, the amount thereof may be
recovered from benefits payable to him or which may be pay-
able to him in the future, or in the manner provided in Section
15 (f) of this article for the collection of past-due contributions.
Such sums may be recouped by either of these methods provided
that whenever the Executive Director decides that any sum re-
ceived by the claimant shall be recouped, either because he has re-

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.