Each grant must have three different persons designated to serve as grant officials:

1. (1) The project director. This person must be (at the applicant's option) an employee of the applicant agency or be from the contractor organization that will be responsible for project operation or monitoring and who will serve as the point-of-contact regarding the project's day-to-day operations. In Crime Stoppers Programs this person can be an employee of a law enforcement agency who will act as the coordinator;
2. (2) The financial officer. This person must be the chief financial officer of the applicant agency. A county auditor, city treasurer, comptroller, or the treasurer of a nonprofit corporation's board may serve as the project's financial officer; and
3. (3) The authorized official. This person must be authorized to apply for, accept, decline, or cancel the grant for the applicant agency. The executive director of a state agency, county judge, mayor, city manager, assistant city manager, chairman of a nonprofit board, or a designee authorized by the governing body in its resolution may serve as the authorized official.

Source Note:The provisions of this §3.2501 adopted to be effective February 24, 2000, 25 TexReg 1297; amended to be effective July 16, 2000, 25 TexReg 6485.