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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 249

(d) In the event of default by employer in the payment
of any sum assessed pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section, the Executive Director may file with the clerk of
the circuit court of the county or the Superior Court of
Baltimore City, wherein the employer has his principal place
of business, and a copy thereof with the clerk of the
circuit court of any other county or the Superior Court of
Baltimore City, as the case may be, a certificate under its
official seal stating: (1) The name of the employer; (2) his
address; (3) the amount of the contributions and interest
assessed and in default; and (4) that the time in which a
judicial review is permitted, pursuant to subsection (c) of
this section, has expired without such appeal having been
taken and thereupon such clerk shall enter in the judgment
docket of the court, the name of the employer mentioned in
the certificate, the amount of such contributions and
interest assessed and in default and the date such
certificate is filed. Thereupon, the amount of such
assessment so docketed, PLUS COURT COSTS, RECORDING COSTS
AND ACCUMULATED INTEREST ON THE ASSESSMENT, shall become a
lien upon the title to and interest in THE real property,
[and the] chattels real, AND PERSONALTY of the employer
against whom the assessment is made in the same manner as,
[and] for all the purposes of, AND HAVING THE SAME FORCE AND
EFFECT AS a judgment of the court [docketed, and no] DULY
DOCKETED. NO property OF THE EMPLOYER used in connection
with the business of [such] THE employer shall be exempt
from levy.

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 may in such
cases accept in full settlement of the contributions and/or
interest assessed an amount less than that assessed.

(h) Any individual or employing unit which acquires
the organization, trade, or business or a substantial part
of the assets thereof from an employer, shall notify the
Executive Director in writing by registered mail not later
than [five] 10 days prior to the acquisition. Unless such
notice is given such acquisition shall be void as against
the Executive Director if, at the time of acquisition, any
contributions or interest are due and unpaid by the previous
employer; and the Executive Director shall have the right to
proceed against such successor for the collection of such
contributions or interest due in the manner prescribed in
this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.