Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 1 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR › Chapter 3 - PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE › Subchapter A - GENERAL GRANT PROGRAM PROVISIONS › Section 3.3 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) applicant: an
				  agency or organization that has submitted a grant application or grant renewal
				  documentation;
(b) approved budget
				  categories: budget categories (including personnel, contractual and
				  professional services, travel, equipment, construction, supplies and other
				  direct operating expenses, and indirect costs) that contain a line item with a
				  dollar amount greater than zero that is approved by the OOG through a grant
				  award or a budget adjustment;
(c)
				  CJAC: Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, a component of a COG. A CJAC must
				  have a multi-disciplinary representation of members from the region. This
				  representation must contain members from the following groups: citizens or
				  parents, counties, municipalities, substance abuse prevention, education,
				  juvenile justice, law enforcement, mental health, nonprofit organizations,
				  prosecution or courts, and victim services. No single group or discipline may
				  constitute more than one-third (1/3) of the CJAC;
(d) COG: a regional planning commission,
				  council of governments, or similar regional planning agency created under
				  Chapter 391, Texas Local Government Code;
(e) 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;
(f) condition of funding: a prerequisite
				  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 OOG-funded portion of a grant project;
(g) eGrants: the online grant management
				  system used by PSO grant programs;
(h) 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;
(i) executive
				  director: the executive director of PSO, who also serves in the capacity
				  required by Texas Government Code
				  RSA
				  772.006(b);
(j) grant funds: OOG-funded and matching
				  funds portions of a grant project;
(k) grantee: an applicant that receives a
				  grant award;
(l) HSAC: Homeland
				  Security Advisory Committee, a component of a COG. HSACs must consist of
				  representatives from counties, municipalities, non-profit organizations,
				  disciplines, and/or other stakeholders from within the region who are
				  knowledgeable about terrorism preparedness and the threats, vulnerabilities and
				  consequences relevant to the COG region;
(m) indirect costs: those costs incurred for
				  a common or joint purpose benefitting more than one cost objective, and not
				  readily assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefitted, without
				  effort disproportionate to the results achieved;
(n) information technology systems: computing
				  devices, ancillary equipment, software, firmware, and similar procedures,
				  services (including support services), and related resources;
(o) liquidation date: the date specified in
				  an original grant award or a subsequent grant adjustment upon which a grantee
				  must expend all outstanding liabilities;
(p) matching funds: the grantee's share of
				  the projectcosts;
(q) OCM: the
				  Office of Compliance and Monitoring of the OOG;
(r) OMB: the Executive Office of the
				  President of the United States, Office of Management and Budget;
(s) OOG: the Office of the
				  Governor;
(t) program income: gross
				  income earned by the grantee that is directly generated by a supported activity
				  of the grant or earned as a result of the grant award during the period of
				  performance. Program income includes, but is not limited to, forfeitures, fees
				  for services performed, the use of rental or real or personal property acquired
				  under an award, the sale of commodities or items fabricated under an award, and
				  license fees and royalties on patents and copyrights. Interest earned on
				  advances of grant funds is not program income. Except as otherwise provided in
				  applicable law, regulations or the terms and conditions of the award, program
				  income does not include rebates, credits, discounts and interest earned on any
				  of them;
(u) PSO: the Public Safety
				  Office of the OOG. The PSO includes the following divisions:
(1) CJD: the Criminal Justice
				  Division;
(2) CSTT: the Child Sex
				  Trafficking Team;
(3) GAD: the
				  Grants Administration Division; and
(4) HSGD: the Homeland Security Grants
				  Division;