Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 1 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR › Chapter 3 - PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE › Subchapter H - TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM › Division 1 - CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM CERTIFICATION › Section 3.9000 - Certification

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The Texas Crime
					 Stoppers Council (Council) shall, on application by a crime stoppers
					 organization as defined by §
											RSA
					 414.001(2) of the Texas
					 Government Code (organization), determine whether the organization meets the
					 requirements to be certified to receive repayments of rewards under Articles
					 RSA 37.073
					 and
					 RSA 42.152
					 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments from a defendant under
					 Chapter 42A of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The Council shall certify a crime
					 stoppers organization to receive those repayments or payments if, considering
					 the organization, continuity, leadership, community support, and general
					 conduct of the organization, the Council determines that the repayments or
					 payments will be spent to further the crime prevention purposes of the
					 organization.
(c) Certification is
					 valid for two years from the date of issuance or, if applicable, the effective
					 date of continued certification. The Council may take action on a crime
					 stoppers organization's Application for Continuing Certification prior to the
					 expiration of the organization's current certification, and specify the
					 effective date of the continued certification, provided that the effective date
					 is no later than the expiration date of the current certification. If a crime
					 stoppers organization's certification expires, the organization is not eligible
					 to receive repayments of rewards under Articles
					 RSA 37.073
					 and
					 RSA 42.152
					 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments from a defendant under
					 Chapter 42A of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, until the organization
					 obtains certification.
(d) A
					 private, nonprofit crime stoppers organization must submit the following
					 information to the director of the Council in order to obtain initial
					 certification:
(1) Documentation from the
					 Internal Revenue Service granting the organization tax-exempt status;
(2) The dates and locations that the
					 following persons completed a training course provided by the Criminal Justice
					 Division of the Office of the Governor (CJD) and the Council, or their
					 designee, within the year prior to submission of the organization's application
					 for certification:
(A) one member of the
					 organization's board of directors; and
(B) one of the organization's law
					 enforcement/civilian coordinators; and
(C) the executive director of the
					 organization (if applicable);
(3) A completed and signed Conditions of
					 Certification Form;
(4) The name,
					 mailing address, email address, telephone number, occupation, and board
					 position of each member of the organization's board of directors;
(5) The name, mailing address, email address,
					 and telephone number of each of the organization's law enforcement/civilian
					 coordinators;
(6) The name, mailing
					 address, email address, telephone number, and occupation of the executive
					 director (if applicable);
(7) The
					 description of the geographic territory or jurisdiction to which the
					 organization desires to provide services; and
(8) Additional information specified by a
					 vote of the Council for inclusion in the application for certification that is
					 necessary for the Council to make the determination for certification required
					 by §
												RSA
					 414.011(a) of the Texas
					 Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
												RSA 414.005 of the
					 Texas Government Code. The director of the Council may request further
					 information needed to clarify a question raised in the examination of the
					 materials submitted as part of the application.