The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless otherwise indicated:

1. (1) 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: concerned citizens or parents, drug abuse prevention, education, juvenile justice, law enforcement, mental health, nonprofit organizations, prosecution/courts, and victim services. No single group may constitute more than 40% of the CJAC;
2. (2) CJD: The Criminal Justice Division of the Office of the Governor or its designee;
3. (3) COG: a regional planning commission, council of governments, or similar regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Texas Local Government Code;
4. (4) executive committee: the governing body of a COG;
5. (5) executive director: the executive director of CJD;
6. (6) grantee: an agency or organization that receives a grant award;
7. (7) grant funds: CJD-funded, cash match-funded portions, and in-kind contribution portions of a grant project;
8. (8) OJP Financial Guide: the financial guide issued by the federal Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice, applicable to the use of federal Department of Justice money in state grant projects;
9. (9) 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 CJD-funded portion of a grant project;
10. (10) UGMS: the Uniform Grant Management Standards promulgated by the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning at 1 T.A.C. §5.141 - 5.167;
11. (11) standard CJD budget categories: personnel, contractual and professional services, travel, equipment, construction, supplies and other direct operating expenses, and indirect costs;
12. (12) applicant: an agency or organization that has submitted a grant application or grant renewal documentation;
13. (13) program income: gross income earned by the grantee during the funding period as a direct result of the award. "Direct result" is defined as a specific act or set of activities that are directly attributable to grant funds and that are directly related to the goals and objectives of the project. Program income includes, but is not limited to, forfeitures, cash contributions, donations, restitution, interest income, fees, and royalties;
14. (14) equipment: any tangible, non-expendable personal property with a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $1,000 or more per unit, and any other item, regardless of cost, that the grantee chooses to capitalize in its own accounting records; and
15. (15) matching funds: the grantee's share of the project costs. Matching funds may either be cash or in-kind. Cash match includes actual cash spent by the grantee and must have a cost relationship to the award that is being matched. In-kind match includes the value of donated services. In-kind match is allowed only in the following funding sources: Title V Delinquency Prevention Fund, Victims of Crime Act Fund, and Violence Against Women Act Fund.

Source Note:The provisions of this §3.3 adopted to be effective February 24, 2000, 25 TexReg 1297; amended to be effective September 9, 2001, 26 TexReg 6645; amended to be effective December 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 11729.