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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 13, 2024) |
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11. Department of Law Enforcement |
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11D. Division of Local Law Enforcement Assistance |
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11D-9. Edward Byrne Memorial State And Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program |
1(1) JAG-Countywide. The amount of funds available shall be that amount allocated each federal fiscal year to the State of Florida by the federal government under the Act and appropriated by the legislature.
34(2) The Department shall attempt to obligate all of the funds available in the current federal fiscal year, but may obligate part or all of the funds in a later federal fiscal year, when permitted by Federal law and applicable Florida Statutes.
76(3) The Department shall establish a Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Identification Matrix, comprised of population and crime data, which shall be used, to determine the amount of funds allocated to each county in accordance with paragraph 11311D-9.002(4)(c), 114F.A.C., of this subsection. Through analysis of statewide databases, the Department shall determine the rate, trend and magnitude of the following group indices and their identified variables for the most recent five years of available data in each of Florida’s counties:
155(a) Violent Crime Index.
1591. Number of Burglary Offenses.
1642. Number of Larceny Offenses.
1693. Number of Robbery Offenses.
1744. Number of Murder Offenses.
179(b) Juvenile Involvement in Drugs Index.
1851. Number of juveniles arrested for sale and possession of marijuana.
1962. Number of juveniles arrested for sale and possession of cocaine.
2073. Drug Arrest Index. Number of arrests for sale and possession of any drug.
221(c) Cocaine Factor Index. Number of arrests for sale and possession of cocaine.
234(4) Based on the rate, trend and magnitude of these indices in each county relative to every other county, the Department shall generate a listing of the counties. Such listing shall be generated every two years.
270(5) Each county shall be allocated a percentage of local share federal funds equal to one-half of the sum of that county’s percentage of statewide need as determined by the Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Identification Matrix plus that county’s percentage of the total state population.
316(6) JAG-Direct. BJA determines eligibility of JAG-Direct funds. Distribution of JAG-Direct funds will be determined by using the latest available UCR data and distributed to local units of government.
345Rulemaking Authority 347943.03(4), 348943.403 FS. 350Law Implemented 352943.25(1), 353943.402 FS. History–New 2-6-90, Amended 4-2-92, 2-7-95, Formerly 9G-16.003, Amended 3-8-99, Formerly 9B-61.003, Amended 11-5-02, 3-27-06, 7-9-19.
