(a) The applicable State. The applicable State for an individual
shall be the State to which the individual's Federal civilian service
and Federal wages are assigned or transferred under this section. The
applicable State law for the individual shall be the State law of such
State.
(b) Assignment of service and wages. (1) An individual's Federal
civilian service and Federal wages shall be assigned to the State in
which the individual had his or her last official station prior to
filing a first claim unless:
(i) At the time a first claim is filed the individual resides in
another State in which, after separation from Federal civilian service,
the individual performed service covered under the State law, in which
case all of the individual's Federal civilian service and wages shall be
assigned to the latter State; or
(ii) Prior to filing a first claim an individual's last official
station was outside the States, in which case all of the
individual's Federal civilian service and Federal wages shall be
assigned to the State in which the individual resides at the time the
individual files a first claim, provided the individual is personally
present in a State when the individual files the first claim.
(2) Federal civilian service and wages assigned to a State in error
shall be reassigned for use by the proper State agency. An appropriate
record of a reassignment shall be made by the State agency which makes
the reassignment.
(3) Federal civilian service and Federal wages assigned to a State
shall be transferred to another State where such transfer is necessary
for the purposes of a combined-wage claim filed by an individual.
(c) Assignment deemed complete. All of an individual's Federal
civilian service and Federal wages shall be deemed to have been assigned
to a State upon the filing of a first claim. Federal civilian service
and Federal wages shall be assigned to a State only in accordance with
paragraph (b) of this section.
(d) Use of assigned service and wages. All assigned Federal civilian
service and Federal wages shall be used only by the State to which
assigned or transferred in accordance with paragraph (b) of this
section.
