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 a college (not a community college) is ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
11B-18.003Operational Definitions
11B-18.004Regional Training Areas
11B-18.005Establishment of Regional Training Councils
11B-18.0053Officer Training Monies Budget and Expenditure Categories
11B-18.0071Development of Officer Training Monies Budgets and Required Reports
11B-18.008Areas of Responsibility
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: 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 a 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.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Appointment of regional fiscal agents by training center directors; college approval of Advanced and Specialized Training Program Course fees; commission-certified training school names; agencies of the State Regional Law Enforcement Officer Training Council XV; trust fund administrative expenses; payment for training of part-time instructional coordinators; reimbursement policy for trust funded training, room, and board; disposal of Commission-certified training school property; Operating Capital Outlay Property Disposal Request form CJSTC-311; trust fund budget report instructions; review of Regional training council documents by Commission staff; appointment of fiscal agents by Regional Training Councils; and access to fiscal agent financial documentation by training schools.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 943.03(4), 943.12(1), (2), 943.25(2), (4), (5) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 943.12(5), 943.25, 943.25(3), (4), (5) FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: December 4, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism Program, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Donna Hunt at [phone], or [e-mail], or write to Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism Program, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Donna Hunt at [phone] or [e-mail], or write to Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism Program, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.