§ 1881.3 - Protests.

(a) Computation of payments shall be based upon Federal land records, population data from the Bureau of the Census, payments made to units of local government through State government under the laws listed in section 4 of the Act as reported by State Governors, Federal payments made directly to units of local government under the laws listed in section 4 of the Act as reported by the disbursing Federal agency.

(b) Any affected unit of local government may protest the results of the computations of its payment to the authorized officer.

(c) Any protesting unit of local government shall submit sufficient evidence to show error in the computations or the data on which the computations are based.

(d) All protests to the authorized officer shall be filed by the first business day of the calendar year following the end of the fiscal year for which the payments were made.

(e) The authorized officer shall consult with the affected unit of local government and the administering agency to resolve conflicts in land records and other data sources.