12415047, 11B-18.003 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 12415047

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

Division:

Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

Chapter:

CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING TRUST FUND

Overview

RULE:

11B-18.003	Operational Definitions
11B-18.004	Regional Training Areas
11B-18.005	Establishment of Regional Training Councils
11B-18.0053	Officer Training Monies Budget and Expenditure Categories
11B-18.0071	Development of Officer Training Monies Budgets and Required Reports
11B-18.008	Areas of Responsibility

PURPOSE:

Permits training center directors to appoint or approval fiscal agents to maintain, who are record keepers for Trust fund Officer Training Monies, to meet the operational needs of the regions; 
Clarifies that an accredited college (not a community college) is permitted to approve trust funded student fees for Advanced and Specialized Training Program Courses;  
Updates the list of Commission-certified training schools by Region that receive and distribute trust fund monies for officer training;
Updates agencies in State Regional Law Enforcement Officer Training Council XV; 
Updates administrative expenses that can be charged to the trust fund; 
Approves part-time instructional coordinators employed at a Commission-certified training school to attend courses funded with Trust Fund Officer Training Monies; 
Clarifies the reimbursement policy for trust funded training, room, and board for an officer, support personnel, employing agency, or private entity, for travel incurred to and from training for attending Specialized Training Program Courses; 
Revises the Operating Capital Outlay Property Disposal Request form CJSTC-311 and the corresponding rule to permit a training school to dispose usable property to another Commission-certified training school and then to a Florida criminal justice agency; 
Provides instructions for submitting Trust Fund Programmatic Budget amendments to Commission staff; requires Regional Training Councils to maintain trust fund financial documents for review by Commission staff upon request; 
Clarifies that regional training councils are permitted to appoint or approve regional fiscal agents who are record keepers for Trust Fund Officer Training Monies; 
Permits training schools to access Trust Fund Officer Training Monies documents maintained by fiscal agents to ensure compliance with the Commission’s rules.

SUMMARY:

Permits appointment of fiscal agents by training center directors; permits only an accredited college to approve trust funded student fees; revises Commission-certified training school names; updates agency names in the State Regional Law Enforcement Officer Training Council XV; updates the list of trust fund administrative expenses; approves part-time instructional coordinators to attend trust funded courses; clarifies the reimbursement policy for trust funded training, room, and board; implements a new policy for disposal of Commission-certified training school property; updates the Operating Capital Outlay Property Disposal Request form CJSTC-311; adds instructions for submitting Trust Fund Programmatic Budget amendments; requires maintenance of regional training council documents and review by Commission staff upon request; permits Regional Training Councils to appointment regional fiscal agents; and permits training schools to access fiscal agent documentation.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

943.03(4), 943.12(1), (2), 943.25(2),(3),(4) FS.

LAW:

943.12(5), 943.25, 943.25(2), (3), (4) FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

12/21/2012 Vol. 38/96

COMMENTS:

From 12/21/2012 To 1/11/2013 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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