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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-629" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Contributions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an employing unit fails to submit a contribution and employment report under § 8-626 of this subtitle, the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may assess the penalty imposed under that section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall mail written notice of the assessment to the employer at the last known address of the employer or otherwise deliver the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an employing unit fails to submit a separation notice under § 8-627 of this subtitle, the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may assess the penalty imposed under that section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall mail written notice of the assessment to the employer at the last known address of the employer or otherwise deliver the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an employing unit submits a report for determination of the amount of contributions due under this title but fails to pay the contributions or interest, the Secretary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may assess the amount of contributions or interest due on the basis of the information in the report;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall mail written notice of the assessment to the employing unit at the last known address of the employing unit or otherwise deliver the notice; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>notwithstanding subsection (f) of this section, may make an additional assessment if the report subsequently is found to be incorrect.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an employing unit under an election fails to make a reimbursement payment or pay interest on the payment, the Secretary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may assess the amount of the payment or interest due; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall mail written notice of the assessment to the employing unit at the last known address of the employing unit or otherwise deliver the notice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Payments made by checks or other negotiable instruments returned for insufficient funds shall be considered a failure to pay contributions or reimbursements due under this subsection and are subject to an additional penalty of $25.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an employing unit fails to submit a report under an election or for determination of the amount of contributions due on or before the date required by regulation, or if the Secretary determines that a report submitted by an employing unit is incorrect or insufficient, the Secretary shall require by written notice that the employing unit submit a correct and sufficient report.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An employing unit shall submit a correct and sufficient report within 10 days after the Secretary requires it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an employing unit fails to comply with paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>make an assessment on the basis of any information that the Secretary is able to obtain; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>mail written notice of assessment to the employing unit at the last known address of the employing unit or otherwise deliver the notice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Regardless of whether the time allowed under this title for submitting reports or contributions or making reimbursement payments has expired, if the Secretary believes that collection will be jeopardized by delay, the Secretary immediately may assess a contribution, reimbursement payment, or interest.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall mail written notice to an employing unit of an assessment under paragraph (1) of this subsection at the last known address of the employing unit or otherwise deliver the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An assessment under this section is final unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>within 30 days after the assessment was sent, an employing unit requests a review determination under § 8–604 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on its own motion, the Board of Appeals grants a hearing to consider whether the contribution or interest should be reduced.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After a hearing held under this subsection, the Board of Appeals shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>pass an order to affirm, modify, or set aside the assessment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>promptly give an employing unit written notice of its decision.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except in the case of a fraudulent report or in the case of a period for which a report under § 8–626 of this subtitle was not filed, a notice under this section shall be sent to the employer within 3 years of the last day of the period at issue in the notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an employing unit fails to pay an assessment under this section, the Secretary may file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the employing unit’s principal place of business is located and any other county a notice of lien that states:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the employing unit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the address of the employing unit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the amount of the assessment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>that the time for filing an appeal for judicial review has expired without an appeal having been taken.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On the filing of a notice of a lien under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the clerk of the court shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>record and index the lien; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>enter the lien in the judgment docket of the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The docket entry shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the person whose property is subject to the lien; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount and date of the lien.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On entry in the judgment docket of the information under subsection (e) of this section, the amount of the assessment, court costs, recording costs, and interest that continues to accrue on the assessment are a lien on the real and personal property of the employer against whom the assessment is made in the same manner and having the same force and effect as a judgment lien.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>No property that an employer uses in connection with its business is exempt from the lien.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
