N.J. Admin. Code § 13:79-3.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:79-3.3 - Successive project grants

(a) The criteria for a successive project grant is as follows:

1. The Division of Criminal Justice shall accept an application for a successive project grant, from any eligible municipality.

i. The Division shall consider awarding successive funding in a subsequent year to extend a project, subject to availability of funds.

ii. An application for successive funding shall be filed on forms provided and within the time period specified by the Division. Such forms shall include: an application authorization, budget, grant agreement certification, general conditions, council resolution of participation and a description of the activities planned for the grant period.

2. The Division shall review a filed application to determine whether or not a project is operating in accordance with this chapter.

i. The Division shall award a successive grant to an eligible municipality, which demonstrates that its project is operating in accordance with this chapter.

ii. The Division shall notify an eligible municipality if its application for a successive grant has been found either to not demonstrate that its project is operating in accordance with this chapter to justify continued funding.

(1) The Division shall allow an eligible municipality 10 days after receipt of notification of its grant denial, to submit additional application information and request reconsideration of its grant application.

(2) The Division shall consider imposing special conditions to address a deficient application as an alternative to an absolute denial.

(3) Failure of a municipality to comply with special conditions imposed upon its grant award shall be grounds for an absolute denial of any successive grant applications filed by such municipality.

(b) The Director shall forward contracts to the Attorney General for the award of successive project grants.

(c) The Attorney General shall execute the contracts forwarded by the Director, on behalf of the State.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:79-3.3

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:79-3.7 and amended by R.1998 d.511, effective 10/19/1998.
See: 30 N.J.R. 2999(a), 30 N.J.R. 3852(a).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 13:79-3.3, Project continuation grants, was repealed.
Amended by R.2009 d.270, effective 9/8/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 1978(a), 41 N.J.R. 3308(b).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), deleted "selection process and" preceding "criteria"; in (a)1ii, substituted "planned for the grant period" for "and accomplishments achieved under the prior grant"; in the introductory paragraph of (a)2 and in (a)2i, substituted "this chapter" for "these rules and is effectively meeting the objectives of the project to justify continued funding"; in (a)2i, inserted a comma following "municipality"; and in the introductory paragraph of (a)2ii, substituted "this chapter" for "these rules or that it is not effectively meeting the objectives of the project".