Section 1347 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Nondisclosure or misrepresentation(a) Any person who fails, without good cause, to make reasonable efforts to secure suitable work when directed to do so by the employment office or the Commissioner and has received any amount as benefits under this chapter with respect to weeks for which the person is determined to be ineligible because of the failure, and any person who by nondisclosure or misrepresentation by the person, or by another, of a material fact (irrespective of whether the nondisclosure or misrepresentation was known or fraudulent) has received any amount as benefits under this chapter while any conditions for the receipt of benefits imposed by this chapter were not fulfilled in the person's case or while the person was disqualified from receiving benefits, shall be liable for amount. Notice of determination in such cases shall specify that the person is liable to repay to the Fund the amount of overpaid benefits, the basis of the overpayment, and the week or weeks for which the benefits were paid. The determination shall be made within three years after the date of the overpayment.(b) Any person who receives remuneration described in subdivision 1344(a)(5) of this subchapter that is allocable in whole or in part to prior weeks during which the person received any amounts as benefits under this chapter shall be liable for all such amounts of benefits or those portions of the amounts equal to the portions of the remuneration properly allocable to the weeks in question. Notice of determination in such cases shall specify that the person is liable to repay to the Fund the amount of overpaid benefits, the basis of the overpayment, and the week or weeks for which the benefits were paid. The determination shall be made within three years after the date of the overpayment or within one year after the date of receipt of the remuneration, whichever period is longer.(c) The person liable under this section shall repay the amount to the Commissioner for the Fund. In addition to the repayment, if the Commissioner finds that a person intentionally misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact with respect to the person's claim for benefits, the person shall pay an additional penalty of 15 percent of the amount of the overpaid benefits. Any additional penalty amount collected shall be deposited in the Fund. The amount may be collectible by civil action in the Superior Court, in the name of the Commissioner.(d) In any case in which under this section a person is liable to repay any amount to the Commissioner for the Fund, the Commissioner may withhold, in whole or in part, any future benefits payable to the person, and credit the withheld benefits against the amount due from the person until it is repaid in full, less any penalties assessed under subsection (c) of this section.(e) In addition to any repayment required pursuant to subsections (a)-(d) of this section, when it is found by the Commissioner that a person intentionally misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact with respect to the person's claim for benefits and in the event the person is not prosecuted under section 1368 of this subchapter and the penalty provided in section 1373 of this subchapter is not imposed, the person shall be disqualified and shall not be entitled to receive benefits to which the person would otherwise be entitled after the determination for such number of weeks not exceeding 26 as the Commissioner shall deem just. The notice of determination shall also specify the period of disqualification imposed pursuant to this subsection. (f) Interested parties shall have the right to appeal from any determination under this section and the same procedure shall be followed as provided for in subsection 1348(a) and section 1349 of this title.Amended by 2024 , No. 85, § 197, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. 3/1/1961; 1961, No. 210, § 15, eff. 7/11/1961; 1965, No. 74, eff. 5/26/1965; 1969, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.); 1973, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. 3/15/1974; 1981, No. 86, § 14, eff. 5/10/1981; 1987, No. 100, § 3; 1993, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1995, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.) , §§ 1, 2; 1997, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.) , § 4; 2011, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), E. § 401.2; 2013, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), E. § 400.1; 2017 , No. 74, § 53.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.