Current through Reg. 50, No. 249, December 24, 2024
(1) Grants will only
be awarded to official members, who have been provided a letter of agreement,
or similar document, from the Board of County Commissioners for the county for
which the grant is requested, unless the county has separately applied for the
grant. Only one official member is eligible for support within any county and
only one grant may be active per county at any one time.
(a) The Florida Association of Crime Stoppers
must submit to the Department by May 1 of each year a list of the crime
stoppers organizations which are in good standing.
(b) Within 10 days of determining same the
Florida Association of Crime Stoppers shall provide to the Department in
writing the name of any organization which is no longer in good
standing.
(c) A crime stoppers
organization, who receives a grant from the trust fund, shall inform the
Department within 10 days should it lose its standing as a Florida non-profit
organization, is no longer recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as being
a tax exempt organization under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
loses its status as a member in good standing.
(d) Crime stoppers organizations that have
had the letter of agreement, or similar document, revoked by their Board of
County Commissioners shall immediately inform the Department of same.
(e) If a crime stoppers organization is
determined by the Department to no longer be an official member, then the
Department shall notify the crime stoppers organization within 5 working days
by certified mail that reimbursements will not be processed for payment until
the Department has been notified that the crime stoppers organization is in
good standing with the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, has had their
letter of agreement, or similar document reinstated by the Board of County
Commissioners, has regained its standing as a Florida non-profit organization,
and is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as being a tax exempt
organization under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as
applicable.
(f) Expenditures
incurred during the time period in which the crime stoppers organization is not
determined to be an official member or are acting without the specific
authorization of their Board of County Commissioners shall be deemed ineligible
for reimbursement.
(2)
Crime stoppers organizations applying for grant funding, as a part of their
application, must submit a letter of agreement, or similar, from the county
which gives the crime stoppers organization the authority as its "agent" for
the purpose of applying for, receiving, and expending Crime Stoppers Trust Fund
monies. The letter of agreement will remain in effect for no more than three
years.
(3) If the county elects to
apply for grant funding instead of granting authority to the crime stoppers
organization, then the following shall apply:
(a) The county must be served by an official
member.
(b) The county must submit
a letter with their application that states that the grant funding will only be
used to support Crime Stoppers and their crime fighting
programs.
(4) Only one
crime stoppers organization per county shall be eligible to receive funding
from the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund.
(5) A single crime stoppers organization may
serve multiple counties with appropriate letters of agreement from each county
that authorizes same to serve as the official member for that
county.
Rulemaking Authority 16.555(6) FS. Law Implemented 16.555,
16.556, 938.06 FS.
New 6-22-15, Amended 12-10-15,
8-20-18.
