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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 293
H.P. 1209 - L.D. 1709

An Act Regarding Errors and Inconsistencies in the Maine Employment Security Law

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§9, ¶G, as amended by PL 1971, c. 538, §5, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§11, ¶A-1, as amended by PL 1979, c. 541, Pt. A, §179, is further amended by amending sub-¶(3) to read:

     Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§19, ¶B, as amended by PL 1985, c. 348, §2, is further amended by amending sub-¶(1-A) to read:

     Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §1051, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1983, c. 305, §1, is further amended to read:

     5. Refusal to repay erroneous payments; waiver of repayment. If, after due notice, any person refuses to repay amounts erroneously paid to him that person as unemployment benefits, the amounts due from that person shall be are collectible in the manner provided in subsection 6 or in the discretion of the commission the amount erroneously paid to such person may be deducted from any future benefits payable to him that person under this chapter; provided that there shall be is no recovery of payments from any person who, in the judgment of at least 2 commission members, is without fault on his part and where, in the judgment of the commission, such recovery would defeat the purpose of benefits otherwise authorized or would be against equity and good conscience. No recovery may be attempted until the determination of an erroneous payment is final as to law and fact and the individual has been notified of the opportunity for a waiver under this subsection.

     Sec. 5. 26 MRSA §1194, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 691, is amended to read:

     12. Collateral estoppel. Except for proceedings under this chapter, no finding of fact or conclusion of law contained in a decision of a deputy, an administrative hearing officer, the Unemployment Insurance Commission commission, the commissioner or a court, obtained under this chapter, has preclusive effect in any other action or proceeding.

This provision applies to decisions issued on or after the effective date of this subsection July 14, 1990.

     Sec. 6. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§10, ¶A, as amended by PL 1979, c. 651, §44, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 7. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§11, ¶E, as amended by PL 1975, c. 462, §5, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 8. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§11, ¶F, as amended by PL 1977, c. 694, §479, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 9. 26 MRSA §1251, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 131, is further amended to read:

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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