Section 60.1 - DefinitionsThe following terms and abbreviations, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Application Kit--The information that is required to be completed and submitted by an applicant for a grant contract;(2) Applicant--An entity that files an application for a grant contract with the OAG;(3) CFR--Code of Federal Regulations;(4) Claimant--An individual as defined in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 56.32(a)(2);(5) COG--Council of Governments, a regional planning commission or similar regional planning agency created under Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 391;(6) Competitive allocation--The distribution of grant funds to grantees based on an application process as well as an evaluation and review process;(7) Computing devices--Machines used to acquire, store, analyze, process, and publish data and other information electronically, including accessories (or peripherals) for printing, transmitting and receiving, or storing electronic information;(8) CVSD--Crime Victim Services Division, a division of the Office of the Attorney General;(9) Eligible application--An application that meets the minimum requirements set forth in the RFA and Application Kit;(10) Employee--A person under the direction and supervision of the grantee, who is on the payroll of the grantee and for whom the grantee is required to pay applicable income withholding taxes; or a person who will be on the grantee's payroll and for whom the grantee will pay applicable income withholding taxes once the grant is awarded; (11) Equipment--Tangible personal property (including information technology systems) having a useful life of more than one year and a per unit acquisition cost which equals or exceeds the lesser of the capitalization level established by the grantee for financial statement purposes or $5,000; (12) Fringe benefits--Allowances and services provided by the grantee to its employees as compensation in addition to regular salaries and wages;(13) Grantee--An entity or sub-recipient of an entity that receives a grant contract from the OAG;(14) Indirect costs--Any cost not directly identified with a single, final cost objective, but identified with two or more final cost objectives or with at least one intermediate cost objective; (15) Information technology systems--Computing devices, ancillary equipment, software, firmware, and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources;(16) Local criminal prosecutor--A district attorney, a criminal district attorney, a county attorney with felony responsibility, or a county attorney who prosecutes criminal cases;(17) Local law enforcement agency--The police department of a municipality or the sheriff's department of any county;(18) OAG--Office of the Attorney General;(19) Other direct operating expenses--Costs not included in other budget categories and which are directly related to the day-to-day operation of the grant program;(20) OVAG--Other Victim Assistance Grants administered by the OAG;(21) Professional and consultant services--Any service for which the grantee uses an outside source for necessary support;(22) RFA--Request for Applications;(23) 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 OAG funded portion of a grant program. Special conditions may be placed on a grant at any time;(24) Statewide program --An entity that actively offers or provides victim-related services or assistance in six or more COG regions;(25) Supplies--All tangible personal property other than that described in paragraph (11) of this section. A computing device is a supply if the acquisition cost is less than the lesser of the capitalization level established by the grantee for financial statement purposes or $5,000, regardless of the length of its useful life;(26) UGMS--The Uniform Grant Management Standards, promulgated by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts;(27) VCLG--Victim Coordinator and Liaison Grants administered by the OAG to provide the victim assistance coordinator and crime victim liaison duties as provided in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 56.04;(28) Victim--Unless otherwise allowed by law, an individual as defined in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 56.32(a)(11); and(29) Victim-related services or assistance--Pursuant to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 56.32(a)(13), compensation, services, or assistance provided directly to a victim or claimant for the purpose of supporting or assisting the recovery of the victim or claimant from the consequences of criminally injurious conduct.1 Tex. Admin. Code § 60.1
The provisions of this §60.1 adopted to be effective July 15, 2003, 28 TexReg 5523; Amended to be effective July 31, 2005, 30 TexReg 4209; Amended to be effective March 5, 2007, 32 TexReg 1061; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 09, March 1, 2019, TexReg 1118, eff. 3/7/2019