The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall notify in writing any person who received unemployment compensation pursuant to R.S. 43:21-1 et seq. of the availability of the earned income tax credit provided in section 32 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s. 32, and the New Jersey earned income tax credit provided in section 2 of P.L. 2000, c. 80(C.54A:4-7). The written notification shall use the statement developed by the State Treasurer pursuant to section 4 of P.L. 2005, c. 210(C.52:18-11.3) for this purpose. The notification shall be distributed in a manner deemed by the commissioner to be the most practicable and cost effective, but that will ensure personal notification of each person. The notification shall be distributed between January 1 and February 15 of each calendar year following the calendar year in which the person received the unemployment compensation.
N.J.S. § 43:21-4.2