The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-08-31
Article X
GENERAL PROVISIONS

2. Assignment of benefits; exceptions.
3. Limitation of fees.
4. Records and reports.
5. Attorney fees.
g. Standardization
7. False representation.
8. Misrepresentation
g. Penalty for deduction or waiver.
TO- General penalty.
IL. Information.
IL. Representation in court.
49, Criminal actions.
a. Non-liability of state.
Is. Constitutionaity.
16 Acts repealed.
II. Savings clause.
Section 1. Waiver of Rights. An
agreement to waive, release or COM
mute rights to benefits, or other
rights, accruing under this chapter
shall be invalid.
An agreement by an Individual to
pay all or any portion of an employ
er's payment shall be invalid.
Sec. 2. Assignment of Benefits; Ex-
ceptiOns. An assignment, pledge or
encumbrance of any benefit due or
payable under this chapter shall be
invalid. Right to benefits shall be ex-
empt from levy, execution, attachment,
or other processes for the collection
Of debt. Benefits received by an in
dividual so long as they are not ming
led with other funds of the recipient,
shall be exempt from process for the
| collection of a debt The waiver of
any exemption provided in this sec
tion shall be void
Collection of debts incurred for
necessaries furnished to an individual,
his spouse, or dependents, during
period of unemployment shall be ex-
empt from the operation of the above
provision.
Sec 3. Limitation of Fees. No fees
shall be charged an individual in any
proceeding under this act by the de-
partment or it's representatives.
Sec. 4. Records and Reports; Mis-
cellaneous. An employing unit shall
keep true and accurate work records
containing such information as the di-
rector may prescribe. The record
shall be open to inspection and be SUBJ
ject to being copied by the director
or his authorized representatives at
any reasonable time.
This act shall take effect as of Janu-
ary first, one thousand nine hundred
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The provisions Of this act shall be
construed as severable, and should any
provision be held unconstitutional, or
for any other reason invalid, the re-
naming provisions shall not be affect
ed thereby.
Acts or parts of acts in conflict with
or superseded by the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed.
Explanatory Note
| The last three paragraphs of the
foregoing section constitute the three
final paragraphs of the amending Act
passed March 8, 1887, and are printed
here in the same position which they
occupied in the amending Act, al
though applicable only to the amend
ing Act itself.
Sec 5, Attorney Fees. An individual
may be represented by counsel or
authorized agent before the board of
review, an appeal tribunal or ex-
aminer, or a court; but the amount
of the fee for such service shall be
subject to the regulation of the board.
A person who charges or accepts a
fee for such service in an amount un-
approved by the board shall be guilty
of misdemeanor. Charging an un-
approved amount shall constitute
grounds for disbarment.
Sec. 6. Standardization. A person
shall not be excused from attending
and testifying or producing books,
papers, correspondence, memoranda,
or other records before the director
or the board or in obedience to the
subpoena of the board or the director,
or duly authorized representative of
the board or the director, in any pro-
ceedimg brought under this chapter on
the ground that the testimony or evil
dence may tend to incriminate him, or
subject him to penalty or forfeiture
An individual shall not be prosecuted
or subjected to penalty or forfeiture
on account Of testimony given, or evil
dence produced subject to such SUBJ
poena, if prior to giving such testi-
mony or producing such evidence he
has claimed his privilege against self
incrimnation.
This section shall not exempt an in
dividual from prosecution and punish
ment for perjury.
Sec. 7. False Representation. A per-
son who makes a false statement or
representation, knowing it to be false
or who knowingly fails to disclose a
material fact in order to obtain or in
crease benefit under this chapter,
either for himself or another, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction punished by fine Of not
less than twenty dollars nor more
than fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment
for not longer than thirty days, or
both.
Each false statement or representa-
ton, or failure to disclose material
fact shall constitute a separate Of
fense
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