1 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.9000 - Certification
(a) The Texas Crime Stoppers Council
(Council) shall, on application by a crime stoppers organization as defined by
§
414.001(2)
of the Texas Government Code (organization), determine whether the organization
meets the requirements to be certified to receive repayments of rewards under
Articles 37.073 and 42.152 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, or payments
from a defendant under Chapter 42A of the Texas Code of Criminal
Procedure.
(b) The Council shall
certify a crime stoppers organization to receive those repayments or payments
if, considering the organization, continuity, leadership, community support,
and general conduct of the organization, the Council determines that the
repayments or payments will be spent to further the crime prevention purposes
of the organization.
(c)
Certification is valid for two years from the date of issuance or, if
applicable, the effective date of continued certification. The Council may take
action on a crime stoppers organization's Application for Continuing
Certification prior to the expiration of the organization's current
certification, and specify the effective date of the continued certification,
provided that the effective date is no later than the expiration date of the
current certification. If a crime stoppers organization's certification
expires, the organization is not eligible to receive repayments of rewards
under Articles 37.073 and 42.152 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, or
payments from a defendant under Chapter 42A of the Texas Code of Criminal
Procedure, until the organization obtains certification.
(d) A private, nonprofit crime stoppers
organization must submit the following information to the director of the
Council in order to obtain initial certification:
(1) Documentation from the Internal Revenue
Service granting the organization tax-exempt status;
(2) The dates and locations that the
following persons completed a training course provided by the Criminal Justice
Division of the Office of the Governor (CJD) and the Council, or their
designee, within the year prior to submission of the organization's application
for certification:
(A) one member of the
organization's board of directors; and
(B) one of the organization's law
enforcement/civilian coordinators; and
(C) the executive director of the
organization (if applicable);
(3) A completed and signed Conditions of
Certification Form;
(4) The name,
mailing address, email address, telephone number, occupation, and board
position of each member of the organization's board of directors;
(5) The name, mailing address, email address,
and telephone number of each of the organization's law enforcement/civilian
coordinators;
(6) The name, mailing
address, email address, telephone number, and occupation of the executive
director (if applicable);
(7) The
description of the geographic territory or jurisdiction to which the
organization desires to provide services; and
(8) Additional information specified by a
vote of the Council for inclusion in the application for certification that is
necessary for the Council to make the determination for certification required
by §
414.011(a)
of the Texas Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
414.005 of the Texas
Government Code. The director of the Council may request further information
needed to clarify a question raised in the examination of the materials
submitted as part of the application.
(e) A public crime stoppers organization must
submit the following information to the director of the Council in order to
obtain initial certification:
(1) Proof that
one of the organization's law enforcement/civilian coordinators completed a
training course provided by CJD and the Council, or their designee, within the
year prior to submission of the organization's application for
certification;
(2) A completed and
signed Conditions of Certification Form;
(3) The name, mailing address, email address,
telephone number, occupation, and board position of each member of the
organization's governing board;
(4)
The name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number of each of the
organization's law enforcement/civilian coordinators;
(5) The name, mailing address, email address,
telephone number, and occupation of the organization's executive director (if
applicable);
(6) The description of
the geographic territory or jurisdiction to which the organization desires to
provide services; and
(7)
Additional information specified by a vote of the Council for inclusion in the
application for certification that is necessary for the Council to make the
determination for certification required by §
414.011(a)
of the Texas Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
414.005 of the Texas
Government Code. The director of the Council may request further information
needed to clarify a question raised in the examination of the materials
submitted as part of the application.
(f) If the organization is currently
certified by the Council, the organization must submit the documentation
described in subsection (d) or (e) of this section, as applicable, with the
exception of the training documentation required by subsections (d)(2) and
(e)(1), and the following additional information as part of its Application for
Continuing Certification, in each case no more than 240 days and no less than
180 days prior to the expiration of the current certification:
(1) any Crime Stoppers Program Annual Reports
that have not been submitted to the director of the Council as required by
§
3.9011 of this chapter;
(2) any Statistical Reports that have not
been submitted to the director of the Council or the Council's designee as
required by §
3.9011 of this chapter;
(3) the dates and locations that the
following persons completed, or plan to complete, a training course provided by
CJD and the Council, or their designee, after the date of issuance or the
effective date, as applicable, of the current certification:
(A) one member of a private, nonprofit
organization's board of directors (if applicable);
(B) one of the organization's law
enforcement/civilian coordinators; and
(C) the executive director of a private,
nonprofit organization (if applicable); and
(4) additional information specified by a
vote of the Council for inclusion in the Application for Continuing
Certification that is necessary for the Council to make the determination for
certification required by §
414.011(a)
of the Texas Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
414.005 of the Texas
Government Code. The director of the Council may request further information
needed to clarify a question raised in the examination of the materials
submitted as part of the application.
(g) Certification awarded to an organization
is awarded only as to the specific geographic territory or jurisdiction
described in the certification award.
(h) Decisions regarding the certification of
crime stoppers organizations shall be made by the Council.
(i) If an organization's certification is set
to expire before the next anticipated Council meeting, subjecting the
organization to the liquidation requirements of §
414.010(c),
Texas Government Code, and the Council determines that extraordinary
circumstances have prevented an organization from submitting a completed
Application for Continuing Certification, the Council may consider and take
action to renew the organization's certification if it determines that the
organization meets the certification requirements described in §
414.011, Texas
Government Code.
(j) The director
of the Council will notify certified organizations of their requirements for
continuing certification no less than 90 days prior to the deadline to submit
the Application for Continuing Certification under subsection (f) of this
section.
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