44 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 21

on his experience with payrolls and benefits combined with the ex-
perience of his predecessor or predecessors, as of the regular com-
putation date for that fiscal year. A successor employer shall be
deemed to have met the requirements of subsection (c) [(3)] (2) of
this section if he or any one of his predecessors has had the [36-
month.; ] experience with benefit charges and; [the 4-year experience
with] payrolls which is required by subsection (c) [(3)] (2).

(6) For the purposes of the experience-rating provisions of this
subsection, in any case where a claim for benefits is filed, an em-
ployer's account shall not be charged with benefits paid, for the
purposes of any computation made for any fiscal year beginning after
the date of separation from employment, if such individual left the
service of the employer voluntarily without good cause attributable to
his employer; or if such individual left or was suspended from the
service of the employer by reason of any circumstances under which
he was disqualified for benefits under the provisions of Section 6 of
this article, or under which he could have been so disqualified had he
filed claim during the period for which such disqualification would
have been effective.

In the event that it is determined by the Executive Director that an
individual has received benefits which are recoverable by the Execu-
tive Director under the terms of Sections 17(d) or 17(e) of this
article, the benefits so received shall not, for the purposes of the
experience rating provisions of this subsection, be charged against the
account of any employer in any computation made for any fiscal
year commencing after the date of the determination by the Execu-
tive Director, provided no benefit charges shall be removed from the
employer's account if the payment of such benefits was made as a
direct or indirect result of the employer's failure to provide informa-
tion to the Executive Director as required by this article or the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(7) As used in this subsection:

(i) The term "fiscal year" means the twelve-month period from
July 1 of each year through June 30 of the next year.

(ii) The term "computation date" with respect to rates of con-
tribution for any fiscal year means March 31 of the preceding fiscal
year.

(iii) The term "annual payroll" means the total amount of wages
for employment paid by an employer within any calendar year with
respect to which contributions have been paid on or before the com-
putation date.

(iv) The term "principal base period employer" means the em-
ployer by whom an individual was paid the largest amount of his
base period wages.

(v) The term "base period wages" means the wages paid to an
individual during his base period for insured work.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 8(c-a) of Article
95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1959 Supplement), title
"Unemployment Insurance Law", sub-title "Contributions", be and it
is hereby repealed.