New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE
Chapter 110 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS
Part 5 - JUVENILE ADJUDICATION FUND GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Section 2.110.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 2 NM Admin Code 2.110.5.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "Applicant" means a county, municipality, or combination of two or more counties or municipalities that submits an application for a grant.

B. "Alternative adjudication program" means a program providing alternative procedures of adjudication for juveniles charged with traffic offenses and other misdemeanors. Teen courts are a type of alternative adjudication program.

C. "Cash transfer" means the transfer of funds by a grantee from an established, separate grant fund to other fund(s) in the grantee's budget.

D. "Charged" means accused of traffic offenses or other misdemeanors. It is not necessary for formal criminal proceedings to be initiated through issuance of a citation or otherwise for a juvenile to be charged for purposes of this rule.

E. "Components" means programs that are designed to address one or more specific traffic or other misdemeanor offenses or their underlying causes, including, but not limited to, programs addressing:

(1) substance abuse prevention;

(2) shoplifting;

(3) DWI;

(4) truancy;

(5) anger management;

(6) drivers education;

(7) counseling;

(8) team building;

(9) smoking cessation;

(10) tutoring;

(11) peer counseling;

(12) parental involvement; and

(13) teen parenting.

F. "DFA" means the department of finance and administration.

G. "Division" means DFA's local government division.

H. "Grant" means the award of funds from the juvenile adjudication fund to a grantee to assist an alternative adjudication program.

I. "Grantee" means a county, municipality, or combination of two or more counties or municipalities receiving a grant.

J. "Grant funds" means the funds awarded from the juvenile adjudication fund pursuant to a grant.

K. "Grant program" means the program established by this rule to make grants from the juvenile adjudication fund.

L. "JPO" means juvenile probation officer.

M. "Juvenile adjudication fund" means the fund created by Section 34-16-1 NMSA 1978.

N. "Program guidelines" means guidelines for the operation of alternative adjudication programs established and revised by the division from time to time.

O. "Supplantation" means the replacement or substitution of existing funding with grant funds.

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