---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 264.3"
title: "45"
number: "264.3"
heading: "How can a State avoid a penalty for failure to comply with the five-year limit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/264.3"
---

# §264.3. How can a State avoid a penalty for failure to comply with the five-year limit?

- (a) We will not impose the penalty if the State demonstrates to our satisfaction that it had reasonable cause for failing to comply with the five-year limit on Federal assistance or it achieves compliance under a corrective compliance plan, pursuant to §§ [262.5](/cfr/45/262.5.md) and [262.6](/cfr/45/262.6.md) of this chapter.
- (b) In addition, we will determine a State has reasonable cause if it demonstrates that it failed to comply with the five-year limit on Federal assistance because of federally recognized good cause domestic violence waivers provided to victims of domestic violence in accordance with provisions of [subpart B of part 260](/cfr/45/part260-subpartB.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 17896, Apr. 12, 1999; 64 FR 40292, July 26, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 608, 609, 654, 1302, 1308, and 1337.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 17896, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 17896, Apr. 12, 1999; 64 FR 40292, July 26, 1999]