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 one third 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 director: the executive director of CJD;
5. (5) grantee: an agency or organization that receives a grant award;
6. (6) grant funds: CJD-funded and matching funds portions of a grant project;
7. (7) 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;
8. (8) 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;
9. (9) 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;
10. (10) 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 CJD through a grant award or a budget adjustment;
11. (11) applicant: an agency or organization that has submitted a grant application or grant renewal documentation;
12. (12) 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;

13. (13) equipment:

    1. (A) an article of non-expendable, tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost which equals the lesser of the capitalization level established by the grantee for financial statement purposes or $1,000; or
    2. (B) any of the following items with costs between $500 and $1000: stereo systems, still and video cameras, facsimile machines, VCRs and VCR/TV combinations, cellular and portable telephones, and computer systems.
14. (14) 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; amended to be effective October 13, 2003, 28 TexReg 8873.