This chapter applies to a State benefit for which application, which includes a bid or proposal for a competitively bid procurement contract that is not federally funded in any way, is made after June 30, 2022. If a State agency receives an application from an entity for a State benefit after June 30, 2022, but before the entity files the Annual Report first due by April 15, 2023, the State agency shall require that the entity provide directly to the State agency either the information required under Regulation .03A of this chapter or the affidavit described in of Regulation .03B of this chapter. Except as provided in §D of this regulation, after the filing deadline of the 2023 Annual Report, a State agency that receives an application from an entity for a State benefit shall require the entity to provide either the information required under Regulation .03A of this chapter or the affidavit described in Regulation .03B of this chapter . An entity that has been formed or registered, but which has not yet reached an Annual Report filing deadline and seeks to be considered for a State benefit, shall be permitted to satisfy the requirements of Regulation .03A of this chapter by providing information directly to the State agency providing the benefit. An entity that was not required to complete the Corporate Diversity Addendum for a prior fiscal year because it was one of the types of entities described in Regulation .03B of this chapter, but to which the corporate diversity requirements become applicable before an Annual Report filing deadline in a subsequent fiscal year, shall be permitted to satisfy the requirements of Regulation .03A of this chapter by providing information directly to the State agency providing the benefit. An entity may file an Annual Report or an amended Annual Report: To file the Corporate Diversity Addendum necessary to satisfy the requirements of Regulation .03A of this chapter; or To update or correct information on the Annual Report or the Corporate Diversity Addendum.