[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 20, Volume 3] [Revised as of April 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 20CFR601.2] [Page 15-16] TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 601--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE--Table of Contents Subpart A--Approval, Certification and Findings With Respect to State Laws and Plans of Operation for Normal and Additional Tax Credit and Grant Purposes Sec. 601.2 Approval of State unemployment compensation laws. States may at their option submit their unemployment compensation laws for approval (section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954). (a) Submission. The States submit to the Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration (RAETA) two copies of the State unemployment compensation law properly certified by an authorized State official to be true and complete, together with a written request for approval. (b) Review of State law. The RAETA reviews the State law and forwards one copy to the central office of the Employment and Training Administration with his comments. The central office reviews the RAETA's comments and analyzes the State law from the standpoint of the requirements of section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (c) Approval. The Secretary of Labor determines whether the State law contains the provisions required by section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. If the State law is approved, the Secretary notifies the Governor of the State within 30 days of the submission of such law. (d) Certification. On December 31 of each taxable year the Secretary of [[Page 16]] Labor certifies, for the purposes of normal tax credit (section 3302(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954), to the Secretary of the Treasury each State the law of which he has previously approved. (See also Sec. 601.5.) (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1205-0222) [15 FR 5886, Aug. 31, 1950; 23 FR 1267, Mar. 1, 1958, as amended at 49 FR 18295, Apr. 30, 1984; 50 FR 51241, Dec. 16, 1985]