1538                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 267

The Executive Director is hereby authorized to

compromise, settle and adjust any contributions and/or
interest assessed against any employer where in the judgment
of the Executive Director the best interests of the State of
Maryland will be promoted or served thereby and in such
cases accept in full settlement of the contributions and/or
interest assessed an amount less than that assessed.

(e) Contributions unpaid on the date on which they are
due and payable, as prescribed by the Executive Director,
shall bear interest at the rate of [1] 1.5 per centum per
month OR FRACTION OF A MONTH from and after such date until
payment plus interest is received by the Executive Director.
Interest collected pursuant to this subsection shall be paid
into the Special Administrative Expense Fund.

(k) Any employer refusing to make reports required
under this Article, after ten days' written notice sent by
the Executive Director to the employer's last known address
by registered OR CERTIFIED mail, may be enjoined from
operating in violation of the provisions of this article
upon the complaint of the Executive Director, in any court
of competent jurisdiction, until such reports shall have
been made. When an [execution has been returned to the
Executive Director unsatisfied] ASSESSMENT HAS BECOME FINAL
PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, and the
employer, after ten days' written notice sent by the
Executive Director to the employer's last known address by
registered OR CERTIFIED mail, refuses to pay contributions
covered by the [execution] ASSESSMENT, such employer may be
enjoined from operating in violation of the provisions of
this article upon the complaint of the Executive Director,
in any court of competent jurisdiction, until such
contributions have been paid.

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(d) 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 payable to him in
the future, or in the manner provided in § 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
received by the claimant shall be recouped, either because
he has received or has been retroactively awarded wages, was
not unemployed 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,] WEEKS with
respect 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