1. (a) The project director, financial officer, or authorized official may submit requests for grant adjustments. The authorized official must certify all grant adjustment requests.

2. (b) Budget Adjustments. Adjustments consisting of increases or decreases in the amount of a grant or the reallocation of grant funds among or within approved budget categories, as defined in §3.3(10) of this chapter, are considered budget adjustments, and are allowable only with prior CJD approval. The following rules apply to budget adjustments:

   1. (1) Changes in the indirect costs category require prior CJD approval through a grant adjustment notice.
   2. (2) CJD will not approve budget adjustment requests submitted after the end of the grant period.
   3. (3) All budget adjustments must comply with all relevant rules in this chapter. The grantee must maintain accurate records that show all budget adjustments.
3. (c) For supplemental grant awards, the authorized official must accept or reject any additional award within 45 calendar days of the date of the award and follow all rules in accordance with §3.11 of this chapter.

4. (d) Programmatic Changes. The following rules apply to programmatic changes:

   1. (1) Requests to revise the scope, target, or focus of the project, or alter project activities require prior approval from CJD.
   2. (2) A grantee may submit a request to extend the grant period. The request must be submitted to CJD and received no later than the last day of the grant period.

Source Note:The provisions of this §3.2513 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; amended to be effective June 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 5575; amended to be effective August 6, 2007, 32 TexReg 4747.