TAX ADMINISTRATION

(a) A crime stoppers organization that is certified by the Council must submit to the director of the Council a Crime Stoppers Program Annual Report no later than January 31 of each calendar year. (b) A Crime Stoppers Program Annual Report must include the following information: …

By accepting certification, a crime stoppers organization agrees to the following conditions of review: (1) CJD will review the activities of a crime stoppers organization that is certified by the Council as necessary to ensure that the organization's finances and programs furthe…

If a certified crime stoppers organization agrees with another certified crime stoppers organization to merge and form a multi-county or multi-jurisdictional (e.g., county and city) organization, the merged organization must apply for continuing certification, and the following p…

If a certified crime stoppers organization agrees with a non-certified crime stoppers organization to merge and form a multi-county or multi-jurisdictional (e.g., county and city) organization, the merged organization must apply for continuing certification, and the following pro…

(a) If a geographic territory or jurisdiction wants to join an existing certified crime stoppers organization, the organization must apply for continuing certification, and the following procedures must be followed: (1) The geographic territory or jurisdiction seeking to join the…

A certified crime stoppers organization is not permitted to receive separate rewards accounts from a certified or non-certified organization. These separate rewards accounts may be transferred only in cases where the two organizations merge as described in § 3.9017 or § 3.9019 of…

(a) A certified crime stoppers organization may establish Excess Funds Accounts in accordance with § 414.010(d) of the Texas Government Code. At the conclusion of each fiscal year, if the total amount of funds in the organization's rewards accounts exceeds three times the average…

Pursuant to § 411.0096 of the Texas Government Code, CJD and the Texas Department of Public Safety have entered into a memorandum of understanding pertaining to the coordination of drug law enforcement efforts. This memorandum of understanding may be amended, as necessary, by sub…

Subchapter J of this chapter applies only to a municipality with a population of more than 250,000. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.9401 Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 11, March 18, 2022, TexReg 1451 , eff. 3/23/2022

(a) Budget--An annual municipal budget required under Sec. 102.002 , Local Government Code, that is prepared by a municipality's budget officer to cover the proposed expenditures of the municipal government for the succeeding year. (b) Municipality--A unit of local government tha…

(a) The PSO shall conduct an annual budget review of all municipalities with a population of more than 250,000 following each fiscal year beginning on or after September 1, 2021 to determine whether the municipality potentially qualifies as a defunding municipality because it red…

(a) A municipality must submit an application provided under subsection (d) of this section to the PSO to request an exception from being considered a defunding municipality due to a reduction to the appropriation to the municipality's police department as set forth in Section 10…

(a) If the applicant has an approved federally-recognized indirect cost rate negotiated between the applicant and the federal government and seeks to charge indirect costs to the grant, the applicant shall identify the indirect cost rate and provide supporting documentation as pa…

(a) A grantee must immediately notify the OOG in writing of any legal violations. (b) A grantee must immediately notify the OOG in writing if a project or project personnel become involved in any civil or criminal litigation and the grantee must immediately forward a copy of any …

Except where prohibited by state or federal statute or rule the executive director may suspend any requirement in this chapter on a showing of good cause. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.25 The provisions of this §3.25 adopted to be effective June 22, 2006, 31 TexReg 4855; Amended t…

At all meetings, the latest version of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern proceedings. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.8315 The provisions of this §3.8315 adopted to be effective May 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 3389

Pursuant to § 772.0061 of the Texas Government Code, the Council is authorized to: (1) evaluate applications for grant funding for specialty courts in this state and to make funding recommendations to PSO or CJD; and (2) make recommendations to PSO or CJD regarding best practices…

Grantees must expend all outstanding liabilities no later than the liquidation date of the grant period specified in an original grant award or a subsequent grant adjustment. All payments made after the completion of the grant period must relate to obligations incurred during the…

The Council is established by § 772.0061 of the Texas Government Code. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.8300 The provisions of this §3.8300 adopted to be effective May 9, 2012, 37 TexReg 3389

Supplies and direct operating expenses are costs directly related to the grantee's day-to-day operation of the grant project that are not included in any of the grantee's other approved budget categories. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.83 The provisions of this §3.83 adopted to be …

(a) If a grantee seeks to terminate any approved grant, it must notify the OOG immediately. (b) The OOG may reduce or terminate any grant when circumstances require reduction or termination, including, but not limited to when: (1) a grantee fails to comply with any term or condit…

The executive director may delegate his or her authority or PSO's authority under this chapter. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.23 The provisions of this §3.23 adopted to be effective December 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 11729; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 17, April 23, 2021…

(a) A grantee must submit a PSO-prescribed Procurement Questionnaire when any procurement is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold or upon request. PSO may also request all related procurement documentation, such as requests for proposals, invitations for bids, …

The El Paso/Trans Pecos Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Brewster, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Loving, Winkler, Crane, Terrell, Crockett and Val Verde Counties. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.115 T…

The Southern Blacklands Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Freestone, Grimes, Harris, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Robertson, Walker, Camp, Wood, Upshur, Marion, Harrison, Gregg, Smith, Cherokee, Rusk, Panola, …

All members shall serve without compensation. Necessary travel and per diem expenses may be reimbursed when such expenses are incurred in direct performance of official duties of the Council. All Council members will be reimbursed according to the rates set by the legislature. No…

The Northwest Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area originally included as part of the Northern High Plains Eradication Zone described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1021(a) : all of Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Lamb and Parmer counties. Note…

The Northern Rolling Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of Gray, Wheeler, Donley, Collingsworth, Hall, Childress, Cottle, King, Hardeman, Wilbarger, Wichita, Clay, and Foard Counties, and all of Archer County lying north of a line followi…

The Northern Blacklands Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus, Franklin, Hopkins, Delta, Hunt, Rockwall, Collin, Denton, Wise, Jack, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Kaufman,…

The Upper Coastal Bend Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda, and Wharton counties, and that part of Waller County lying south of State Highway 159 from the Austin County line north and e…

The Panhandle Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Roberts and Sherman counties. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.118 The provisions of this §3.118…

The Lower Rio Grande Valley Boll Weevil Eradication Zone shall consist of the following area: all of Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Maverick, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.119 The provisions of this §3.119 adopted to be effec…

(a) A representative number of members to the foundation's board of directors shall be elected from each established eradication zone for a term not to exceed four years. (b) In order to be a candidate for board membership, a person must be eligible to vote in the referendum, mus…

(a) It has been declared by the Texas Legislature that the boll weevil presents a major economic threat to Texas' cotton crop and that it is necessary to create a Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation as a vehicle to provide for assessments of cotton producers, governing boards, and…

The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (foundation) is required to obtain approval from the commissioner of agriculture as follows. (1) Approval must be obtained in writing from the commissioner for the borrowing of money to fund operations of the foundation. (A) An approva…

(a) The Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (foundation) shall provide the department with a copy of its annual audit within 30 days of the audit's completion. Included with the audit shall be any accompanying letters to management from the auditor. (b) The foundation shall …

(a) Statement of Purpose and Authority. In accordance with the Texas Agriculture Code (Code), Chapter 74, Subchapter E, the department is authorized to contract with the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (foundation) to carry out boll weevil eradication to obtain boll weev…

(a) Filing of request. (1) Any person who believes they have been aggrieved in connection with an action of the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (the foundation) may file a request for administrative review by the department under the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1095 . (…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Cultural controls--Manipulation of routine crop production practices to make the environment less favorable to the biological succes…

(a) Any applicator retained by the foundation to apply or cause to be applied pesticides for the purpose of eradication in an established zone will make such applications in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the T…

(a) The foundation shall establish procedures for determining when boll weevil population levels have reached economic significance. The foundation will estimate boll weevil populations using generally accepted entomological methods, including, but not limited to, pheromone traps…

(a) The election of Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation (foundation) board members from each proposed eradication zone shall be held concurrently with the eradication zone referendum or referenda. (b) The department may conduct an assessment referendum or referenda either in…

(a) All of the following area located in Mason County shall be added to the statutorily designated Southern Rolling Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1021(f) . (b) The addition of all of Mason County to the Southern Rolling Plains Z…

All of the following area located in Armstrong County shall be transferred from the statutorily designated Northern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1021(a) to the Northern Rolling Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone designate…

(a) All of the following area located in Randall County shall be transferred from the statutorily designated Northern High Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1021(a) to the Northwest Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone designated at …

(a) All of the following area located in Kent, Motley, Dickens, Garza, Floyd, and Crosby Counties shall be transferred from the statutorily designated Northern High Plains and Southern High Plains/Caprock Boll Weevil Eradication Zones described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74…

(a) All of the following area located in Motley and Briscoe Counties shall be transferred from the statutorily designated Northern High Plains and Southern High Plains/Caprock Boll Weevil Eradication Zones described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1021(a) to the Northern Roll…

(a) All of Menard County shall be added to the statutorily designated Southern Rolling Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone described at the Texas Agriculture Code, § 74.1021(f) . (b) The addition of all of Menard County to the Southern Rolling Plains Zone shall be effective upon …

(a) To be considered valid, a ballot must bear a voter's signature and title. (b) Ballots shall be sent with prepaid return postage. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.4 The provisions of this §3.4 adopted to be effective August 9, 1993, 18 TexReg 4949; amended to be effective December…

(a) At all meetings, the latest version of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern proceedings. (b) Meetings shall be held at least annually and at other times deemed necessary by the chairman or the executive director of PSO. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.8115 The provisions of this…