The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, will
have the following meanings, unless otherwise indicated:
(1) "Applicant" is a county or other eligible entity
that has submitted a grant application, grant renewal documentation,
or other request for funding from the Commission.
(2) "Application" is any formal request for funding
submitted to the Commission.
(3) "Program income" means 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, fees
for services performed.
(4) "Crime" means
(A) a misdemeanor punishable by confinement; or
(B) a felony.
(5) "Defendant" means a person accused of a crime or
a juvenile offense.
(6) "Improvement Grant" means discretionary funding
awarded on a competitive basis to implement or expand new programs
or processes in Texas counties designed to improve the quality of
indigent defense services, promote and assist counties' compliance
with the requirements of state law relating to indigent defense, or
build the knowledge base regarding indigent defense through research,
program evaluation, or pilot projects.
(7) "Extraordinary Disbursement Grant" means discretionary
funding to reimburse a county for actual extraordinary expenses for
providing indigent defense services in a case or series of cases causing
a financial hardship for the county.
(8) "Fair Defense Account" is an account in the general
revenue fund that may be appropriated to the Commission for the purpose
of implementing the Texas Fair Defense Act.
(9) "Fiscal Monitor" is an employee of the Commission
who monitors counties' fiscal processes and records to ensure that
financial data reported to the Commission is accurate and that grant
funds are spent appropriately in accordance with the Texas Fair Defense
Act, the Texas Grant Management Standards promulgated by the Comptroller,
and other applicable rules and standards.
(10) "Formula Grant" means funding awarded to counties
through a formula approved by the Commission.
(11) "Grant" is a funding award made by the Commission
to a Texas county or other eligible entity.
(12) "Grantee" means a county or other eligible entity
that is the recipient of a grant or other funds from the Commission.
(13) "Juvenile offense" means conduct committed by
a person while younger than 17 years of age that constitutes:
(A) a misdemeanor punishable by confinement; or
(B) a felony.
(14) "Special condition" means 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 Commission-funded portion of a grant project.
(15) "Sustainability Grant" means a type of Improvement
Grant that is discretionary funding awarded to assist counties in
maintaining regional public defender programs.
(16) "Technical Support Grant" means a type of Improvement
Grant awarded for special projects to improve the quality of indigent
defense services through research, program evaluation, or pilot projects
that raise the knowledge base about indigent defense, and may establish
processes that can be generalized to similar situations in other counties.
(17) "Texas Indigent Defense Commission" (Commission)
is the governmental entity established and governed by §79.002
of the Texas Government Code.
(18) "TxGMS" means the Texas Grant Management Standards
promulgated by the Office of the Comptroller.
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