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ceived or has been retroactively awarded wages, was not unem-
ployed as that term is defined in this article, or was disqualified or
otherwise ineligible for such benefits, he shall promptly notify the
claimant of his decision and the reasons therefor. The decision and
the notice shall state the amount to be recovered, the weeks, with re-
spect to which such sum was received by or paid to the claimant, and
the provision of the law under which it is found that the claimant
was ineligible. The Executive Director may reconsider his decision
at any time within one year after the date when it was made. Such
decision or reconsidered decision may be appealed within the time
limits and under the procedure prescribed in Section 7 of this ar-
ticle for appeal from a determination, but on appeal the issue shall
be limited to whether or not the claimant was ineligible during the
weeks in question.
(e) Repayment of funds illegally received—[Any] When any
person is found by [who] the Executive Director [finds has] to have
made a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or
to have knowingly failed [fails] to disclose a material fact to ob-
tain or increase any benefit or other payment under this article,
such person shall be required to repay to [by] the Executive Di-
rector [to repay to him] for the fund a sum equal to [the amount of]
all of the benefits received by or paid to such individual [him as
a result of] for each week with respect to which such false state-
ment or representation was made or with respect to which he failed
[failure] to disclose a material fact and such person shall be dis-
qualified from the receipt of benefits for the period of one year from
the date on which the determination is made that an improper claim
was filed involving such false statement or representation or fail-
ure to disclose a material fact and thereafter while any sum pay-
able to the Executive Director for the fund under this subsection
is still due and unpaid.
(f) Limitation on prosecutions under subsections (a), (b) and
(c). —Prosecution under subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this sec-
tion must be commenced within two years from the date of the
commission of the offenses described therein and the trial magis-
trates in the various counties and the police magistrates in Balti-
more City shall have concurrent jurisdiction over such offenses with
the courts having criminal jurisdiction in this State.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.
Approved March 23, 1960.
CHAPTER 92
(Senate Bill 23)
AN ACT to repeal Section 3 of Article 37A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957) Edition), title "Fiduciaries", and to add new
EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing1 law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.
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