---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 233.23"
title: "45"
number: "233.23"
heading: "When assistance shall be paid under retrospective budgeting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/233.23"
---

# §233.23. When assistance shall be paid under retrospective budgeting.

- (a) A State which uses retrospective budgeting shall specify in its plan that it will make assistance payments within the following time limits to recipients who file a completed report on time, and to those who are not required to file a report. A State shall choose one of two time periods for making assistance payments. The State plan shall provide that payment must be made:
  - (1) Within 25 days from the close of the budget month; or
  - (2) **Between 25 and 45 days from the close of the budget month.**
- (b)
  - (1) Where a State makes payments between 25 and 45 days from the close of the budget month, the State plan shall provide that the State will make supplemental payments as provided in [§ 233.27](/cfr/45/233.27.md).
  - (2) If a State makes payments within 25 days from the close of the budget month, and also makes supplemental payments as provided in [§ 233.27](/cfr/45/233.27.md), the State plan shall so specify.
- (c) **In States which issue two checks for each payment month, these time periods apply to the first check.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 26083, May 4, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 301, 602, 602 (note), 606, 607, 1202, 1302, 1352, and 1382 (note).

### Amendments

[44 FR 26083, May 4, 1979]