45 CFR § 263.9 - May a State avoid a penalty for failing to meet the basic MOE requirement through reasonable cause or corrective compliance?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s263.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 263.9 - May a State avoid a penalty for failing to meet the basic MOE requirement through reasonable cause or corrective compliance?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "263.9"
section_name: "May a State avoid a penalty for failing to meet the basic MOE requirement through reasonable cause or corrective compliance?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "263"
part_name: "EXPENDITURES OF STATE AND FEDERAL TANF FUNDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 604, 607, 609, and 862a; Pub. L. 109-171."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 17893, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "263"
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# 263.9 May a State avoid a penalty for failing to meet the basic MOE requirement through reasonable cause or corrective compliance?

No. The reasonable cause and corrective compliance provisions at §§ 262.4, 262.5, and 262.6 of this chapter do not apply to the penalties in § 263.8.