Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 330 - Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency › Chapter 70 - Performance Based Contract Administration Program Rules › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 330:70-1-5 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional capitalized terms used in the Contract Administration
				  Program are defined in the Federal Register, Volume 64, Number 96, 27357
				  (5/19/99), amendment no. 1 (8/2/99) and amendment no. 2 (11/15/99). When a
				  conflict exists between the following definitions and the Federal Register, the
				  Federal Register shall control.
"ACC"
means the Annual Contributions Contract
				  awarded to OHFA by HUD.
"Administrative Fees"
refer to the fees paid to
				  OHFA by HUD under the ACC.
"Contract Administration Program"
means the
				  federal (HUD) Performance Based Contract Administration Program administered by
				  OHFA pursuant to the ACC.
"Covered individual or entity"
means an
				  individual or entity that is a member of any of the following classes:
(A) a member, officer or director of OHFA, or other OHFA
				  official with administrative functions or responsibility concerning contract
				  administration under the ACC.
(B) an employee of OHFA.
(C) an OHFA contractor, subcontractor or agent with
				  administrative functions or responsibility concerning contract administration
				  under the ACC, or any principal or other interested party of such contractor,
				  subcontractor or agent.
(D) an individual who has administrative functions or
				  responsibility concerning contract administration under the ACC, including an
				  employee of an OHFA contractor, subcontractor or agent.
(E) a public official, member of a governing body, or State
				  or local legislator, who exercises functions or responsibilities concerning
				  contract administration under the ACC.
"Covered Units"
means the Section 8 assisted
				  units under HAP contracts assigned to OHFA for contract administration under
				  the ACC during the ACC term.
"Guidebook"
refers to the current and published
				  HUD manual for the Contract Administration Program, as may be amended from time
				  to time.
"HAP"
means Housing Assistance Payment.
"HUD"
means the United States Department of
				  Housing and Urban Development.
"Immediate family member"
means the spouse,
				  parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sister, or brother of any covered
				  individual.
"OHFA"
means Oklahoma Housing Finance
				  Agency.
"Owner(s)"
means the property owner(s) of
				  covered units receiving project-based Section 8 assistance payments.
"Performance Based Contract Administrator"
means
				  a PHA administering the Contract Administration Program pursuant to an ACC.
				  OHFA is the Performance Based Contract Administrator for the State.
"PHA"
means
"public housing agency"
as defined in Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (
				  42
				  U.S.C. 1437 a(b)(6) ).
"Program Center"
means the HUD Office of
				  Oklahoma City.
"Section 8"
means Section 8 of the United States
				  Housing Act of 1937 (
				  42
				  U.S.C. 1437 f ).
"Service Area"
means the area where OHFA
				  provides contract administration services under the ACC.
"State"
means the State of Oklahoma.
"Voucher"
means a request submitted to OHFA from
				  a project-based Section 8 owner for payment of eligible covered units. The
				  format of the owner's submission must be an electronic file followed by a
				  mailed copy with the owner's original signature.
Added at 21 Ok Reg 2327,
				  eff 7-12-04