[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1626.9]

[Page 330]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1626--PROCEDURES--AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1626.9  Referral to and from State agencies; referral States.

    (a) The Commission may refer all charges to any appropriate State 
agency and will encourage State agencies to refer charges to the 
Commission in order to assure that the prerequisites for private law 
suits, as set out in section 14(b) of the Act, are met. Charges so 
referred shall be deemed to have been filed with the Commission in 
accordance with the specifications contained in Sec. 1626.7(b). The 
Commission may process any charge at any time, notwithstanding 
provisions for referral to and from appropriate State agencies.
    (b) States to which all ADEA charges may be referred: Alaska, 
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, 
Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Utah, Virgin Islands, West Virginia, and 
Wisconsin.
    (c) States to which only specified classes of charges are referred: 
Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and 
Washington.