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MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part I - Unemployment Insurance Fund|Section 8-404 - General Operation of Unemployment Insurance Fund

    (a)    (1)    The State Treasurer is custodian of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.        (2)    The State Treasurer shall manage the Unemployment Insurance Fund in accordance with regulations that the Secretary adopts.    (b)    (1)    In the Unemployment Insurance Fund, the State Treasurer shall maintain as separate accounts:            (i)    a clearing account;            (ii)    an Unemployment Trust Fund Account; and            (iii)    a benefit account.        (2)    Under the direction of the Secretary, the Treasurer shall establish the benefit and clearing accounts in any financial institution in which the General Fund of the State may be deposited.        (3)    The Unemployment Trust Fund Account shall be the account of the State in the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund that is established and maintained in accordance with § 904 of the Social Security Act notwithstanding any State law to the contrary that relates to administration, deposit, disbursement, or release of money in the custody of the State.    (c)    (1)    On receipt of any money payable to the Unemployment Insurance Fund, the Secretary shall ensure immediate deposit of the money in the clearing account as required by the State Treasurer.        (2)    Except for monetary penalties assessed under § 8–809(b)(2) or § 8–1305(b)(1) of this title, all money deposited in the clearing account for the payment of fines, interest, or penalties shall be paid to the Special Administrative Expense Fund.        (3)    Subject to the direction of the Secretary, the State Treasurer may pay refunds under Subtitle 6, Part V of this title from the clearing account.    (d)    (1)    Immediately after payments that are made under subsection (c)(2) and (3) of this section have cleared, the State Treasurer shall deposit all money that remains in the clearing account with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the account of the State in the Unemployment Trust Fund that is established and maintained under § 904 of the Social Security Act.        (2)    Money that is requisitioned from the account of the State in the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be placed in the benefit account only for use in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection.        (3)    Subject to § 8–405 of this subtitle and in accordance with regulations that the Secretary adopts, money in the benefit account:            (i)    may be used to pay refunds under Subtitle 6, Part V of this title;            (ii)    shall be used to pay benefits; and            (iii)    may be used to pay administrative expenses incurred to carry out this title.    (e)    The Unemployment Insurance Fund may not be used to pay a deposit insurance premium in a financial institution in which the benefit and clearing accounts are deposited.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part I - Unemployment Insurance Fund|Section 8-406 - Checks for Benefits and Refunds

    A check that the State Treasurer issues to pay benefits or refunds shall:         (1)    be issued only on a warrant signed by the Secretary;        (2)    bear the signature of the State Treasurer; and        (3)    be countersigned by an authorized agent.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part I - Unemployment Insurance Fund|Section 8-407 - Federal Advances

    (a)    In accordance with and to obtain the advantages under Title XII of the Social Security Act the Secretary:        (1)    may apply for an advance to the Unemployment Insurance Fund; and        (2)    has responsibility for repayment of the advance.    (b)    Interest required to be paid on an advance under subsection (a) of this section:        (1)    shall be paid in a timely manner; and        (2)    may not be paid directly or indirectly from contributions or from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part I - Unemployment Insurance Fund|Section 8-408 - Discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund

    (a)    The provisions of this Part I of this subtitle that relate to the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be effective only while:        (1)    the Unemployment Trust Fund continues to exist; and        (2)    the United States Secretary of the Treasury:            (i)    keeps in the Unemployment Trust Fund a separate account for the State from which no other state is allowed to make withdrawals; and            (ii)    credits to that Account the State’s share of earnings of the Unemployment Trust Fund.    (b)    If the Unemployment Trust Fund ceases to exist or the State Unemployment Trust Fund Account no longer is kept, money, property, and securities that belong to the Unemployment Trust Fund of the State shall be transferred to the State Treasury and deposited in the Unemployment Insurance Fund.    (c)    If money is deposited in the Unemployment Insurance Fund under subsection (b) of this section the State Treasurer:        (1)    shall hold, invest, transfer, sell, deposit, and release money in the Unemployment Insurance Fund in a manner that is approved by the Secretary and is in accordance with this title;        (2)    shall invest the money in readily marketable bonds or other readily marketable interest bearing obligations of:            (i)    the United States;            (ii)    the State; or            (iii)    a political subdivision of the State;        (3)    shall make investments that are readily convertible into cash when cash is needed to pay benefits; and        (4)    may dispose of securities or other property bought with money that belongs to the Unemployment Insurance Fund only under the direction of the Secretary.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part I - Unemployment Insurance Fund|Section 8-409 - Limitation on Claims of Employers and Employees

    This title does not grant an employer or employee any prior claim or right to money the employer pays into the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-412 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part II - Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund|Section 8-412 - Established

    There is an Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund in the State Treasury.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-413 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part II - Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund|Section 8-413 - Administration

    (a)    The Secretary shall administer the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.    (b)    The State Treasurer shall keep the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund as a nonlapsing fund separate from other State money.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-414 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part II - Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund|Section 8-414 - Composition; Use

    (a)    The Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund shall consist of:        (1)    money received from a unit of the federal government or of another state to pay for a facility or service provided to the unit;        (2)    money received under an insurance policy or surety bond or from any other source for loss that the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund sustains or for damage to equipment or supplies bought with money from the Fund;        (3)    money transferred from the Special Administrative Expense Fund under § 8-422(d) of this subtitle;        (4)    proceeds from the disposal of surplus equipment or supplies that were bought with money from the Fund; and        (5)    money received under the Wagner-Peyser Act for use in accordance with that Act and money for administration of this title that:            (i)    is appropriated by the General Assembly;            (ii)    subject to § 8-405 of this subtitle, is received from a unit of the federal government; or            (iii)    is received from any other source.    (b)    (1)    Subject to § 8-405 of this subtitle and paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall use the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund to pay the administrative costs of this title including the costs of:            (i)    office space in accordance with § 8-421(c) of this subtitle; and            (ii)    the surety bond of the State Treasurer under § 5-102.1 of the State Government Article for the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.        (2)    Money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund received from a unit of the federal government or appropriated by the General Assembly to carry out this title may be used only for the purposes and in the amounts that the United States Secretary of Labor finds necessary to administer this title efficiently and properly.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-415 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part II - Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund|Section 8-415 - General Operation of Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund

    (a)    The State Treasurer is custodian of the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.    (b)    (1)    Subject to § 8-405(b) of this subtitle, money shall be deposited, administered, and disbursed from the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund in the same manner as money is deposited and disbursed for other special funds in the custody of the State Treasurer.        (2)    Money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund shall be secured in accordance with § 6-209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.    (c)    Money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund shall be available to the Secretary whenever it is needed for payment of expenses under this title.    (d)    The Secretary may transfer money to the Special Administrative Expense Fund in accordance with § 8-422(e) of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-416 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part II - Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund|Section 8-416 - Reimbursement

    (a)    If the United States Secretary of Labor finds that money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund received under Title III of the Social Security Act or the Wagner-Peyser Act has been lost or spent for purposes other than or in amounts exceeding those found necessary by the United States Secretary of Labor for the proper administration of this title, it is the policy of the State to replace the money with money that is appropriated from the General Fund of the State in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.    (b)    (1)    On receipt of notice that the United States Secretary of Labor has found that money from the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund was misused, the Secretary promptly shall give the Governor notice of the money required for replacement.        (2)    At the earliest opportunity, the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a request for appropriation of the money required.    (c)    If money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund is used for payment of costs of administration that are found not to be properly chargeable against federal money credited to the Fund, the Secretary shall use money in the Special Administrative Expense Fund to pay for those costs.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-419 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part III - Special Administrative Expense Fund|Section 8-419 - Established

    There is a Special Administrative Expense Fund in the State Treasury.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-420 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part III - Special Administrative Expense Fund|Section 8-420 - Administration

    (a)    The Secretary shall administer the Special Administrative Expense Fund.    (b)    (1)    The State Treasurer shall keep the Special Administrative Expense Fund as a nonlapsing fund.        (2)    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, money in the Special Administrative Expense Fund may not be transferred to any other fund.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-422 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 4 - Funds|Part III - Special Administrative Expense Fund|Section 8-422 - Operation of Special Administrative Expense Fund

    (a)    The State Treasurer is custodian of the Special Administrative Expense Fund.    (b)    Money in the Special Administrative Expense Fund shall be spent in accordance with appropriations in the State budget.    (c)    Money in the Special Administrative Expense Fund shall be available to the Secretary whenever it is needed for use in accordance with this subtitle.    (d)    When money is needed for reimbursement of interest and payment of administrative costs under § 8–421(b)(2)(i) and (ii) of this subtitle, the Secretary may make the reimbursement or payment from money that:        (1)    is in the Special Administrative Expense Fund; or        (2)    the State Treasurer transfers for that purpose from the Special Administrative Expense Fund to the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.    (e)    When the Secretary acquires, repairs, or maintains office space with money from the Special Administrative Expense Fund that will be reimbursed from federal funds, until the reimbursement, the Secretary may transfer from the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund to the Special Administrative Expense Fund money in an amount that:        (1)    does not exceed the amount of federal funds specifically made available to the Secretary; and        (2)    equals the fair reasonable rental value of:            (i)    land or buildings that the Secretary acquires to use to carry out this title; or            (ii)    the proportionate amount of space that the Secretary uses in a building constructed by the State for another unit.    (f)    On July 1 of each year, the Secretary shall direct the State Treasurer to transfer to the General Fund of the State the balance in the Special Administrative Expense Fund that:        (1)    the Secretary has not allocated or encumbered; and        (2)    exceeds $250,000.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 6 - Contributions|Part I - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 8-601 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Election” means an election to make reimbursement payments instead of paying contributions in accordance with Part III of this subtitle.    (c)    “Predecessor employer” means an employer that sells or otherwise transfers all or part of its assets, business, organization, or trade to another employer.    (d)    “Reimbursement payment” means a payment that an employing unit makes under an election to reimburse the Unemployment Insurance Fund for benefits paid.    (e)    “Taxable wage base” means the amount of wages under § 8-607 of this subtitle for which an employing unit pays contributions.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 6 - Contributions|Part I - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 8-602 - Determination of Liability

    (a)    On the Secretary’s own initiative or on application of an employer, the Secretary shall, on the basis of facts that the Secretary finds, determine:        (1)    whether the employer is an employing unit;        (2)    which employment is covered;        (3)    the contribution rate to be assigned;        (4)    benefits charged to an employer; and        (5)    (i)    the status of the employer under § 8–613 of this subtitle, including whether the employer is a reorganized employer, a predecessor employer, or a successor employer; and            (ii)    whether the employer has violated § 8–614 of this subtitle.    (b)    (1)    The Secretary shall send notice of the determination under subsection (a) of this section to the employer at its last known address or otherwise deliver notice to the employer.        (2)    The notice shall:            (i)    include a statement of the supporting facts found by the Secretary;            (ii)    advise the employer of the employer’s right to request a review determination as provided under § 8–604 of this subtitle; and            (iii)    advise the employer that the determination is final and not subject to appeal if the employer does not request a review determination in accordance with § 8–604 of this subtitle.    (c)    (1)    An employer may appeal a determination of the Secretary to the Board of Appeals within 15 days after the Secretary mailed or otherwise delivered the notice under subsection (b) of this section.        (2)    The Board of Appeals shall allow the appeal.        (3)    The Secretary shall be a party to the appeal.        (4)    The Board of Appeals shall give the parties a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing as provided under Subtitle 5A of this title.    (d)    Except in the case of fraud or a period for which a report under § 8–626 of this subtitle was not filed, a determination made under subsection (a) of this section shall be sent to the employer within 3 years of the last day for the period at issue in the determination.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 6 - Contributions|Part I - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 8-603 - Information for Employees

    (a)    Each employer shall keep posted in places readily accessible to its employees printed statements that are provided without cost to the employer by the Secretary about:        (1)    the right to benefits;        (2)    claims for benefits;        (3)    the right of some employees to continuation of health insurance coverage under § 15-407 of the Insurance Article; and        (4)    any other matter relating to administration of this title that the Secretary requires by regulation.    (b)    In accordance with regulations that the Secretary adopts, each employing unit shall supply to its employees copies of printed statements or other material relating to claims for benefits provided to the employing unit without cost by the Secretary.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 6 - Contributions|Part I - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 8-604 - Request for Review Determination by Employer

    (a)    In this section, “employer” includes any employer, employing unit, governmental entity, or nonprofit organization entitled to notice of a determination under this subtitle.    (b)    (1)    This subsection applies to any determination under this subtitle for which the right to request a review determination is available.        (2)    An employer may request a review determination within 30 days after the date the Secretary’s determination was sent to the employer.        (3)    The request for a review determination shall state the reasons the employer disagrees with the Secretary’s determination.        (4)    (i)    Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, if an employer does not make a timely request for a review determination, the previously issued determination of the Secretary is final and not subject to appeal.            (ii)    If an employer makes a late request for a review determination, the Secretary may, in the Secretary’s discretion, accept the request for a review determination as if the request had been made timely.    (c)    (1)    The review determination shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.        (2)    The Secretary may adopt regulations establishing procedures for conducting a review determination.    (d)    (1)    After conducting a review determination, the Secretary shall issue a review determination decision and send it to the employer.        (2)    The review determination decision:            (i)    shall include a statement of the facts on which the decision is based;            (ii)    may accept, reconsider, or amend the Secretary’s initial determination; and            (iii)    may be appealed to the Lower Appeals Division in accordance with § 8–605 of this subtitle.    (e)    (1)    If the Secretary has not issued a review determination decision within 60 days after the date the review determination request was sent, the employer may request, in writing, that the Secretary adopt the previously issued determination as a final determination, which may be appealed to the Lower Appeals Division in accordance with § 8–605 of this subtitle.        (2)    On receipt of a request under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue and send to the employer a notice:            (i)    adopting the Secretary’s previously issued determination as a review determination decision; and            (ii)    advising the employer of the right to file an appeal to the Lower Appeals Division in accordance with § 8–605 of this subtitle.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 6 - Contributions|Part I - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 8-605 - Appeal of Review Determination Decision

    (a)    (1)    An employer may appeal a review determination decision issued under § 8–604 of this subtitle to the Lower Appeals Division within 30 days after the Secretary sent the review determination decision to the employer.        (2)    An appeal under this section shall identify all facts and issues on which the appeal is based.        (3)    The Lower Appeals Division shall allow the appeal.        (4)    A hearing examiner shall provide the parties with a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing in accordance with Subtitle 5 of this title.    (b)    The hearing examiner’s decision under this section and Subtitle 5 of this title is final if the employer or the Secretary does not file an appeal with the Board of Appeals in accordance with Subtitle 5A of this title within 30 days after the decision is sent to the employer.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-606 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 6 - Contributions|Part II - Contributions|Section 8-606 - Definitions

    (a)    In this Part II of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Annual payroll” means the total wages for covered employment that an employing unit pays to all employees in a calendar year on which the employing unit is required to pay contributions.    (c)    “Base period wages” means wages paid to an individual during the base period, as defined in § 8-101 of this title, of the individual for covered employment.    (d)    “Computation date” means the July 1 immediately preceding the calendar year for which a rate of contribution is assigned.    (e)    “Rating year” means the 12-month period beginning July 1 and ending June 30 immediately preceding the computation date.