The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Chairman--Chairman of the Operation Game Thief Committee.
2. (2) Committee--The Operation Game Thief Committee.
3. (3) Coordinator--The staff member appointed by the director to coordinate the operation game thief program.
4. (4) Death benefits--A monetary amount determined by the committee and paid to an eligible recipient.
5. (5) Department--The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
6. (6) Director--The executive director of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
7. (7) Donation--Something of value, negotiable or convertible, and shall include, but not be limited to, currency, stocks, bonds, or property, whether real or personal.
8. (8) Eligible applicant--A person making application for a reward for furnishing information to the department which leads to an arrest and conviction of a flagrant violation.
9. (9) Eligible recipient--The individual(s) designated as the deceased department peace officer's beneficiary of benefits on records maintained by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
10. (10) Flagrant violation--Shall be as defined in Parks and Wildlife Code, §12.203.
11. (11) Information--Specific information of a flagrant violation furnished to the department that leads to the arrest and conviction of the violator.
12. (12) Line of duty--That period of time when a peace officer of the department is officially on duty and discharging their assigned duties and responsibilities.
13. (13) Operation game thief fund--Monies collected and deposited in a special fund outside the state treasury.
14. (14) Reward--A monetary amount determined by the committee and disbursed to an eligible applicant.

Source Note:The provisions of this §55.111 adopted to be effective May 4, 1982, 7 TexReg 1598; amended to be effective June 15, 1988, 13 TexReg 2753; amended to be effective December 19, 1994, 19 TexReg 9627.