Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 3 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL › Chapter 60 - TEXAS CRIME VICTIM SERVICES GRANT PROGRAMS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ELIGIBILITY › Section 60.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following terms and abbreviations, when used in this
					 chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise:
(1) Application
				  Kit--The information that is required to be completed and submitted by an
				  applicant for a grant contract;
(2)
				  Applicant--An entity that files an application for a grant contract with the
				  OAG;
(3) CFR--Code of Federal
				  Regulations;
(4) Claimant--An
				  individual as defined in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article
				  56.32(a)(2);
(5) COG--Council of
				  Governments, a regional planning commission or similar regional planning agency
				  created under Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 391;
(6) Competitive allocation--The distribution
				  of grant funds to grantees based on an application process as well as an
				  evaluation and review process;
(7)
				  Computing devices--Machines used to acquire, store, analyze, process, and
				  publish data and other information electronically, including accessories (or
				  peripherals) for printing, transmitting and receiving, or storing electronic
				  information;
(8) CVSD--Crime Victim
				  Services Division, a division of the Office of the Attorney General;
(9) Eligible application--An application that
				  meets the minimum requirements set forth in the RFA and Application
				  Kit;
(10) Employee--A person under
				  the direction and supervision of the grantee, who is on the payroll of the
				  grantee and for whom the grantee is required to pay applicable income
				  withholding taxes; or a person who will be on the grantee's payroll and for
				  whom the grantee will pay applicable income withholding taxes once the grant is
				  awarded;
(11) Equipment--Tangible
				  personal property (including information technology systems) having a useful
				  life of more than one year and a per unit acquisition cost which equals or
				  exceeds the lesser of the capitalization level established by the grantee for
				  financial statement purposes or $5,000;
(12) Fringe benefits--Allowances and services
				  provided by the grantee to its employees as compensation in addition to regular
				  salaries and wages;
(13)
				  Grantee--An entity or sub-recipient of an entity that receives a grant contract
				  from the OAG;
(14) Indirect
				  costs--Any cost not directly identified with a single, final cost objective,
				  but identified with two or more final cost objectives or with at least one
				  intermediate cost objective;
(15)
				  Information technology systems--Computing devices, ancillary equipment,
				  software, firmware, and similar procedures, services (including support
				  services), and related resources;
(16) Local criminal prosecutor--A district
				  attorney, a criminal district attorney, a county attorney with felony
				  responsibility, or a county attorney who prosecutes criminal cases;
(17) Local law enforcement agency--The police
				  department of a municipality or the sheriff's department of any
				  county;
(18) OAG--Office of the
				  Attorney General;
(19) Other direct
				  operating expenses--Costs not included in other budget categories and which are
				  directly related to the day-to-day operation of the grant program;
(20) OVAG--Other Victim Assistance Grants
				  administered by the OAG;
(21)
				  Professional and consultant services--Any service for which the grantee uses an
				  outside source for necessary support;
(22) RFA--Request for Applications;
(23) Special condition--A condition placed on
				  a grant because of a need for information, clarification, or submission of an
				  outstanding requirement of the grant that may result in a hold being placed on
				  the OAG funded portion of a grant program. Special conditions may be placed on
				  a grant at any time;
(24) Statewide
				  program --An entity that actively offers or provides victim-related services or
				  assistance in six or more COG regions;
(25) Supplies--All tangible personal property
				  other than that described in paragraph (11) of this section. A computing device
				  is a supply if the acquisition cost is less than the lesser of the
				  capitalization level established by the grantee for financial statement
				  purposes or $5,000, regardless of the length of its useful life;
(26) UGMS--The Uniform Grant Management
				  Standards, promulgated by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts;
(27) VCLG--Victim Coordinator and Liaison
				  Grants administered by the OAG to provide the victim assistance coordinator and
				  crime victim liaison duties as provided in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure,
				  Article 56.04;
(28) Victim--Unless
				  otherwise allowed by law, an individual as defined in the Texas Code of
				  Criminal Procedure, Article 56.32(a)(11); and
(29) Victim-related services or
				  assistance--Pursuant to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article
				  56.32(a)(13), compensation, services, or assistance provided directly to a
				  victim or claimant for the purpose of supporting or assisting the recovery of
				  the victim or claimant from the consequences of criminally injurious
				  conduct.