Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The Texas Crime
Stoppers Council (Council) shall, on application by a crime stoppers
organization as defined by §
RSA
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
RSA 37.073
and
RSA 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
RSA 37.073
and
RSA 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 §
RSA
414.011(a) of the Texas
Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
RSA 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 §
RSA
414.011(a) of the Texas
Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
RSA 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
§
RSA
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 §
RSA
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 §
RSA
414.011(a) of the Texas
Government Code or to fulfill its duties under §
RSA 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 §
RSA
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 §
RSA 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.
