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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-602" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Contributions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>whether the employer is an employing unit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>which employment is covered;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the contribution rate to be assigned;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>benefits charged to an employer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>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</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whether the employer has violated § 8–614 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>include a statement of the supporting facts found by the Secretary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>advise the employer of the employer’s right to request a review determination as provided under § 8–604 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board of Appeals shall allow the appeal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary shall be a party to the appeal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board of Appeals shall give the parties a reasonable opportunity for a fair hearing as provided under Subtitle 5A of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
