Florida Administrative Code › 11 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT › 11B - Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission › Chapter 11B-18 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING TRUST FUND › Section 11B-18.003 - Operational Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of this rule chapter, the definitions of
				  "Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officer, " "Auxiliary Correctional Officer, "
				  "Auxiliary Correctional Probation Officer, " "Commission, " "Correctional
				  Officer, " "Correctional Probation Officer, " "Criminal Justice Training
				  School, " "Commission staff, " "Program, " "Employing Agency, " "Law
				  Enforcement Officer, " "Officer, " "Part-time Law Enforcement Officer, "
				  "Part-time Correctional Officer, " "Part-time Correctional Probation Officer, "
				  "Private Criminal Justice Training School, " "Public Criminal Justice Training
				  School, " "Support Personnel, " and "Training Center Director, " pursuant to
				  Section  943.10, F.S., shall apply. The
				  operational definitions are as follows:
(1) "Advanced Training Program" means
				Commission-approved courses that are limited to training that enhances an
				officer's knowledge, skills, and abilities for the job an officer performs
				pursuant to section  943.17(1)(b),
				F.S.
(2) "Budget Amendment" means a
				transfer of funds from one budget category to another budget category within an
				approved regional training budget.
(3) "Budget Cycle" means the process and
				procedure for the development, preparation, review, approval, implementation,
				or execution of a regional training budget, and is identified with a fiscal
				year beginning July 1, and ending June 30 of the following calendar
				year.
(4) "Regional Training
				Council" means a Local Regional Training Council or a State Regional Training
				Council established in this rule chapter pursuant to section
				 943.25(4),
				F.S.
(5) "Criminal Justice
				Standards and Training Trust Fund" means "Officer Training Monies" appropriated
				by the Legislature to provide Commission-approved Advanced and Specialized
				Training Program Courses for law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
				probation officers pursuant to section
				 943.25(2),
				F.S.
(6) "Department" means the
				Florida Department of Law Enforcement pursuant to section
				 943.02(1),
				F.S.
(7) "Distribution Formula"
				means the Commission-approved distribution formula established in this rule
				chapter used to calculate the distribution of Officer Training Monies to the
				training regions pursuant to section
				 943.25(4)(b),
				F.S.
(8) "Encumbered Funds" means
				Officer Training Monies that have been obligated during a given fiscal year by
				proper execution of a purchase order or other formal agreement that is
				enforceable as a contract for disbursement of those funds.
(9) "Fiscal Year" means July 1 of one year
				through June 30 of the next year.
(10) "Local Regional Training Council" means
				a Regional Training Council established pursuant to section
				 943.25(4),
				F.S., and is composed of representatives of Commission-certified training
				schools, and local law enforcement and local correctional agencies within a
				region.
(11) "Operating Budget"
				means an approved regional budget that includes proposed expenditures for a
				given fiscal year in the categories of administrative expenditures, training
				costs, and operating capital outlay.
(12) "Personal Property" means all things
				other than real property that are subject to ownership.
(13) "Programmatic Change" means any change
				made within a budget category.
(14)
				"Real Property" means land, and generally whatever is erected or growing upon
				or affixed to the land.
(15)
				"Reciprocal Payment" means reimbursement to a region for the expense of
				training a trainee from another region pursuant to section
				 943.25(5)(a),
				F.S.
(16) "Fiscal Agent" means the
				person(s) appointed or approved by a training center director(s) or Regional
				Training Council, who is responsible for providing fiscal assistance and
				expertise to the Regional Training Council(s) and school(s). The fiscal agent
				is responsible for the records, accountings, and other materials or information
				regarding expenditures from Officer Training Monies.
(17) "Specialized Training Program Courses, "
				defined in rule  11B-35.007, F.A.C., are
				Commission-approved courses delivered through a Commission-certified training
				school, that demonstrate job relevance, instructional quality, and training
				needed at the local level.
(18)
				"State Regional Training Councils" means the two training councils, one of
				which is comprised of representatives from state law enforcement agencies, and
				the other from the Florida Department of Corrections.
(19) "Year End Fiscal Report" means the
				report prepared at the close of the budget cycle, which is used to advise
				Commission staff and the Commission of all expended, encumbered, and unexpended
				Officer Training Monies within the operating budget.
(20) "Expenditure Formula" means the formula
				established by the Commission specifying the expenditure of a training region's
				budget.
(21) "Emergency Budget
				Amendment" means a transfer of Officer Training Monies from one budget category
				to another budget category, which requires a revision to the expenditure
				formula.
(22) "Advanced Training
				Course" on or after July 1, 1985, means a Commission-approved Advanced Training
				Program course that enhances an officer's knowledge, skills, and abilities for
				the job performed, pursuant to section
				 943.17(1)(b),
				F.S., and for the purpose of this rule chapter, means Commission-approved
				Training Program Courses.
(23)
				"Commission-certified training school" means a training school pursuant to
				section  943.10(16),
				F.S.
(24) "Training funded with
				Officer Training Monies" means Commission-approved Advanced and Specialized
				Training Program Courses funded in whole or in part with Officer Training
				Monies.
(25) "Student fees funded
				with Officer Training Monies" means payment for tuition, lab fees, and other
				related fees, for Commission-approved Advanced and Specialized Training Program
				Courses that have been approved by an accredited college or school district, as
				defined in section  943.22,
				F.S.
Rulemaking Authority
					 943.03(4),
					 943.12(1), (2)
					 FS. Law Implemented 943.12(5),
					 943.25(3) FS.
					 (Supp. 1998).
New 1-13-81, Amended 7-28-82, 1-26-83, 1-7-85, 1-28-86,
					 Formerly 11B-18.03, Amended 7-13-87, 5-23-88, 12-13-92, 1-2-97, 7-7-99,
					 8-22-00, 11-5-02, 11-30-04, 3-13-13.