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.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §60.1 adopted to be effective July 15, 2003, 28 TexReg 5523; amended to be effective July 31, 2005, 30 TexReg 4209; amended to be effective March 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 1061; amended to be effective March 7, 2019, 44 TexReg 1117 |
