For the purpose of this rule chapter, the definitions of
"Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officer, " "Auxiliary Correctional Officer, "
"Auxiliary Correctional Probation Officer, " "Commission, " "Correctional
Officer, " "Correctional Probation Officer, " "Criminal Justice Training
School, " "Commission staff, " "Program, " "Employing Agency, " "Law
Enforcement Officer, " "Officer, " "Part-time Law Enforcement Officer, "
"Part-time Correctional Officer, " "Part-time Correctional Probation Officer, "
"Private Criminal Justice Training School, " "Public Criminal Justice Training
School, " "Support Personnel, " and "Training Center Director, " pursuant to
Section 943.10, F.S., shall apply. The
operational definitions are as follows:
(1) "Advanced Training Program" means
Commission-approved courses that are limited to training that enhances an
officer's knowledge, skills, and abilities for the job an officer performs
pursuant to section 943.17(1)(b),
F.S.
(2) "Budget Amendment" means a
transfer of funds from one budget category to another budget category within an
approved regional training budget.
(3) "Budget Cycle" means the process and
procedure for the development, preparation, review, approval, implementation,
or execution of a regional training budget, and is identified with a fiscal
year beginning July 1, and ending June 30 of the following calendar
year.
(4) "Regional Training
Council" means a Local Regional Training Council or a State Regional Training
Council established in this rule chapter pursuant to section
943.25(4),
F.S.
(5) "Criminal Justice
Standards and Training Trust Fund" means "Officer Training Monies" appropriated
by the Legislature to provide Commission-approved Advanced and Specialized
Training Program Courses for law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
probation officers pursuant to section
943.25(2),
F.S.
(6) "Department" means the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement pursuant to section
943.02(1),
F.S.
(7) "Distribution Formula"
means the Commission-approved distribution formula established in this rule
chapter used to calculate the distribution of Officer Training Monies to the
training regions pursuant to section
943.25(4)(b),
F.S.
(8) "Encumbered Funds" means
Officer Training Monies that have been obligated during a given fiscal year by
proper execution of a purchase order or other formal agreement that is
enforceable as a contract for disbursement of those funds.
(9) "Fiscal Year" means July 1 of one year
through June 30 of the next year.
(10) "Local Regional Training Council" means
a Regional Training Council established pursuant to section
943.25(4),
F.S., and is composed of representatives of Commission-certified training
schools, and local law enforcement and local correctional agencies within a
region.
(11) "Operating Budget"
means an approved regional budget that includes proposed expenditures for a
given fiscal year in the categories of administrative expenditures, training
costs, and operating capital outlay.
(12) "Personal Property" means all things
other than real property that are subject to ownership.
(13) "Programmatic Change" means any change
made within a budget category.
(14)
"Real Property" means land, and generally whatever is erected or growing upon
or affixed to the land.
(15)
"Reciprocal Payment" means reimbursement to a region for the expense of
training a trainee from another region pursuant to section
943.25(5)(a),
F.S.
(16) "Fiscal Agent" means the
person(s) appointed or approved by a training center director(s) or Regional
Training Council, who is responsible for providing fiscal assistance and
expertise to the Regional Training Council(s) and school(s). The fiscal agent
is responsible for the records, accountings, and other materials or information
regarding expenditures from Officer Training Monies.
(17) "Specialized Training Program Courses, "
defined in rule
11B-35.007, F.A.C., are
Commission-approved courses delivered through a Commission-certified training
school, that demonstrate job relevance, instructional quality, and training
needed at the local level.
(18)
"State Regional Training Councils" means the two training councils, one of
which is comprised of representatives from state law enforcement agencies, and
the other from the Florida Department of Corrections.
(19) "Year End Fiscal Report" means the
report prepared at the close of the budget cycle, which is used to advise
Commission staff and the Commission of all expended, encumbered, and unexpended
Officer Training Monies within the operating budget.
(20) "Expenditure Formula" means the formula
established by the Commission specifying the expenditure of a training region's
budget.
(21) "Emergency Budget
Amendment" means a transfer of Officer Training Monies from one budget category
to another budget category, which requires a revision to the expenditure
formula.
(22) "Advanced Training
Course" on or after July 1, 1985, means a Commission-approved Advanced Training
Program course that enhances an officer's knowledge, skills, and abilities for
the job performed, pursuant to section
943.17(1)(b),
F.S., and for the purpose of this rule chapter, means Commission-approved
Training Program Courses.
(23)
"Commission-certified training school" means a training school pursuant to
section 943.10(16),
F.S.
(24) "Training funded with
Officer Training Monies" means Commission-approved Advanced and Specialized
Training Program Courses funded in whole or in part with Officer Training
Monies.
(25) "Student fees funded
with Officer Training Monies" means payment for tuition, lab fees, and other
related fees, for Commission-approved Advanced and Specialized Training Program
Courses that have been approved by an accredited college or school district, as
defined in section 943.22,
F.S.
