1 Texas Administrative Code § 62.100 – SAPCS Definitions

The following terms and abbreviations, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) Applicant–An entity that has filed an application for a grant with the OAG;

(2) Application Kit–The information that is required to be completed and submitted by an applicant for a grant;

(3) CFR–Code of Federal Regulations;

(4) COG–Council of Governments, a regional planning commission or similar regional planning agency created under Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 391;

(5) 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;

(6) CVSD–Crime Victim Services Division, a division of the Office of the Attorney General;

(7) Eligible application –An application that meets the minimum requirements set forth in the RFA and Application Kit;

(8) 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;

(9) 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;

(10) Fringe benefits–Allowances and services provided by the grantee to its employees as compensation in addition to regular salaries and wages;

(11) Grantee–An entity or sub-recipient of an entity that receives a grant contract from the OAG;

(12) 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;

(13) Information technology systems–Computing devices, ancillary equipment, software, firmware, and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources;

(14) OAG–Office of the Attorney General;

(15) Other direct operating expenses–Costs not included in other budget categories and which are directly related to the day-to-day operation of the sexual assault program;

(16) Professional and consultant services–Any service for which the grantee uses an outside source for necessary support;

(17) Relative–a person related to the individual within the third degree by consanguinity or within the second degree by affinity, as determined by Texas Government Code Chapter 573;

(18) RFA–Request for Applications;

(19) SAPCS–Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services program administered by the OAG;

(20) Sexual assault –any act or attempted act as described in the Texas Penal Code, §§ RSA 21.11, RSA 22.011, RSA 22.021 or RSA 25.02;

(21) Sexual assault program –any local public or private nonprofit corporation, independent of a law enforcement agency or prosecutor’s office, that is operated as an independent program or as part of a municipal, county, or state agency and that provides the minimum services to adult survivors of stranger and non-stranger sexual assault established in Texas Government Code, Chapter 420;

(22) 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 sexual assault program. Special conditions may be placed on a grant at any time;

(23) Special project –projects to prevent sexual assault and improve services to survivors that may be outside the standard application cycle or process for SAPCS funding;

(24) State sexual assault coalition–A statewide nonprofit organization that has been identified as a state sexual assault coalition by a state or federal agency authorized to make that designation;

(25) Statewide program –An entity that actively offers or provides services in six or more COG regions;

(26) Supplies–All tangible personal property other than that described in subsection (9) 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;

(27) Survivor–an individual who is a victim of sexual assault, regardless of whether a law enforcement report or conviction is made in the incident;

(28) UGMS–The Uniform Grant Management Standards, promulgated by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.