Ch. 129                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 129
(House Bill 153)

AN ACT concerning

Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits - Interest

FOR the purpose of providing that interest due on benefits fraudulently received by a
claimant may not be recovered by deduction from benefits payable to the claimant
in the future; and generally relating to the recovery of benefits.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 8-809

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Labor and Employment

8-809.'

(a)     The Secretary may recover benefits paid to a claimant if the Secretary finds
that the claimant was not entitled to the benefits because:

(1)     the claimant was not unemployed;

(2)     the claimant received or retroactively was awarded wages; or

(3)     due to a redetermination of an original claim by the Secretary, the
claimant is disqualified or otherwise ineligible for benefits.

(b)     If the Secretary finds that a claimant knowingly made a false statement or
representation or knowingly failed to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase a
benefit or other payment under this title, in addition to disqualification of the claimant,
the Secretary may recover from the claimant:

(1)     all benefits paid to the claimant for each week for which the false
statement or representation was made or for which the claimant failed to disclose a
material fact; and

(2)     interest of 1.5% per month on the amount accruing from the date that
the claimant is notified by the Secretary that the claimant was not entitled to benefits
received.                                                                                                                     

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