---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 44.53"
title: "43"
number: "44.53"
heading: "What will the Department do if a State enacts distribution legislation?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/44.53"
---

# §44.53. What will the Department do if a State enacts distribution legislation?


If a State enacts distribution legislation, the Department will:

- (a) Notify the State that a single payment will be disbursed to the designated State government office beginning with the Federal fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the State enacted legislation; and
- (b) Provide the State with information that identifies the entitlement lands data on which the Department bases the payment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Public Law 94-565, 90 Stat. 2662, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 6901-6907.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 70559, Dec. 7, 2004, unless otherwise noted.