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(c)     If the Secretary decides to recover benefits from a claimant under subsection
(a) or (b) of this section, the Secretary shall notify the claimant of:

(1)     the amount to be recovered;

(2)     the weeks for which benefits were paid; and

(3)     the provision of this title under which the Secretary determined that the
claimant was ineligible for benefits.

(d)     The Secretary may recover an amount under subsection (a) or (b) of this
section:

(1)     by deduction from benefits payable to the claimant in the future,
EXCLUDING INTEREST DUE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (B)(2) OF THIS SECTION; or

(2)     in the manner provided in § 8-630 of this title for the collection of past
due contributions.

(e)     (1) The Secretary may reconsider a decision to recover benefits under
subsection (a) of this section within 1 year after the date that the decision was made.

(2)     The Secretary may not make a determination to recover benefits under
subsection (a) or (b) of this section later than 3 years after the date that the benefits were
paid to the claimant.

(3)     If an amount has not been recovered within 5 years after the date of the
decision to recover the amount, the Secretary may consider the amount uncollectible.

(f)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary may
recover, under a governmental offset agreement, an overpayment of benefits paid to any
claimant under:

(1)     the unemployment insurance law of another state; or

(2)     a federal unemployment insurance benefit program.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 130
(House Bill 154)

AN ACT concerning

Unemployment Insurance - Allocation of Benefits

FOR the purpose of providing that employers will be charged for the pro rata share of
individuals' unemployment insurance benefits based on the proportion of wages

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