[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: 20CFR606.42]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 606--TAX CREDITS UNDER THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT; ADVANCES UNDER TITLE XII OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart E--Relief from Interest Payment
 
Sec. 606.42  High unemployment delay.

    (a) Applicability. Paragraph (9) of section 1202 (b) of the Social 
Security Act permits a State to delay for a period not exceeding nine 
months the interest payment due prior to October 1 if, for the most 
recent 12-month period prior to such October 1 for which data are 
available, the State had an average total unemployment rate of 13.5 
percent or greater.
    (b) Delayed due date. An interest payment delayed under paragraph 
(9) must be paid in full not later than the last official Federal 
business day prior to the following July 1; at the State's option 
payment of delayed interest may be accelerated. No interest shall accrue 
on such delayed payment.
    (c) Application for delay in payment and determination. (1) The 
Governor of a State which has decided to request delay in payment of 
interest under paragraph (9) shall apply to the Secretary of Labor no 
later than July 1 of

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the taxable year for which the delay is requested.
    (2) The UIS Director will determine whether delay is or is not 
granted on the basis of seasonally unadjusted civilian total 
unemployment rate data published by the Department's Bureau of Labor 
Statistics.