500 KAR 5:015. Filing period for grant application.

      RELATES TO: KRS 15A.040

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 15A.140, 15A.160

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 15A.140 and 15A.160 provide that the Secretary of the Justice Cabinet may adopt such regulations consistent with the provisions of 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74. KRS 15A.040 vests supervisory authority of federal and state grant programs with the Kentucky Crime Commission. The Crime Control Act of 1973, 42 USC 3701, provides that the Kentucky Crime Commission shall approve or disapprove all grant applications within ninety (90) days of receipt thereof. This administrative regulation establishes the filing period for grant applications, grant adjustments, budget revisions, or concept papers to insure proper administrative review within this ninety (90) day period.

      Section 1. Applications for grants, grant adjustments, budget revisions, or concept papers involving funds administered by the Justice Cabinet as the state planning agency shall be filed with the Executive Office of Staff Services of the Justice Cabinet. A grant application, grant adjustment, budget revisions, or concept paper shall be considered as officially received and eligible for staff review by the Executive Office of Staff Services and action by the Kentucky Crime Commission at its next regular meeting if the grant application, grant adjustment, budget revision, or concept paper is physically received by the Executive Office of Staff Services during the period commencing sixty (60) calendar days prior to and terminating at 4:30 p.m. local time, forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the next regular stated meeting of the Kentucky Crime Commission. Grant applications, grant adjustments, budget revisions, or concept papers not delivered to the Executive Office of Staff Services during any such filing period shall not be considered received and shall be returned to the applicant in which case the applicant shall be advised of the filing deadline for subsequent consideration of the grant application, grant adjustment, budget revision, or concept paper. (KCC-2; 1 Ky.R. 1031; eff. 6-11-75; Am. 2 Ky.R. 286; eff. 2-4-76; 304; eff. 3-10-76.)