When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law on February 17, 2009, it marked the beginning of a 45-day window for each state to claim the funds allocated to it by the act.

In order to receive funds from the ARRA, governors have 45 days to certify that they will first of all "request and use" funds from the ARRA and second of all use them to create jobs and promote economic growth.

If a governor does not accept funds allocated to his or her state before that window expires, the state's legislature then has the option of certifying those two conditions itself.

Check out the list/map below to see the certifications submitted by states.

State Certification Alabama View Certification  Alaska View Certification  American Samoa View Certification  Arizona View Certification  Arkansas View Certification  California View Certification  Colorado View Certification  Connecticut View Certification  Delaware View Certification  District of Columbia View Certification  Florida View Certification  Georgia View Certification  Guam View Certification  Hawaii View Certification  Idaho View Certification  Illinois View Certification  Indiana View Certification  Iowa View Certification  Kansas View Certification  Kentucky View Certification  Louisiana View Certification  Maine View Certification  Maryland View Certification  Massachusetts View Certification  Michigan View Certification  Minnesota View Certification  Mississippi View Certification  Missouri View Certification  Montana View Certification  Nebraska View Certification  Nevada View Certification  New Hampshire View Certification  New Jersey View Certification  New Mexico View Certification  New York View Certification  North Carolina View Certification  North Dakota View Certification  Northern Mariana Islands View Certification  Ohio View Certification  Oklahoma View Certification  Oregon View Certification  Pennsylvania View Certification  Puerto Rico View Certification  Rhode Island View Certification  South Carolina View Certification  South Dakota View Certification  Tennessee View Certification  Texas View Certification  U.S. Virgin Islands View Certification  Utah View Certification  Vermont View Certification  Virginia View Certification  Washington View Certification  West Virginia View Certification  Wisconsin View Certification  Wyoming View Certification

For your reference, here is the relevant language from the legislation regarding state certifications.

Text of Section 1607:

SEC. 1607. (a) CERTIFICATION BY GOVERNOR..Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for funds provided to any State or agency thereof, the Governor of the State shall certify that: (1) the State will request and use funds provided by this Act; and (2) the funds will be used to create jobs and promote economic growth.

(b) ACCEPTANCE BY STATE LEGISLATURE..If funds provided to any State in any division of this Act are not accepted for use by the Governor, then acceptance by the State legislature, by means of the adoption of a concurrent resolution, shall be sufficient to provide funding to such State.

(c) DISTRIBUTION..After the adoption of a State legislature's concurrent resolution, funding to the State will be for distribution to local governments, councils of government, public entities, and public-private entities within the State either by formula or at the State's discretion.