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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-604" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Contributions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “employer” includes any employer, employing unit, governmental entity, or nonprofit organization entitled to notice of a determination under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to any determination under this subtitle for which the right to request a review determination is available.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An employer may request a review determination within 30 days after the date the Secretary’s determination was sent to the employer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The request for a review determination shall state the reasons the employer disagrees with the Secretary’s determination.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The review determination shall be conducted in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations establishing procedures for conducting a review determination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After conducting a review determination, the Secretary shall issue a review determination decision and send it to the employer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The review determination decision:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall include a statement of the facts on which the decision is based;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may accept, reconsider, or amend the Secretary’s initial determination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may be appealed to the Lower Appeals Division in accordance with § 8–605 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receipt of a request under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue and send to the employer a notice:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>adopting the Secretary’s previously issued determination as a review determination decision; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>advising the employer of the right to file an appeal to the Lower Appeals Division in accordance with § 8–605 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
