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due thirty (30) days after the end of the reporting period. In addition, if
the subgrant award period is extended, additional Project Expenditure Reports shall
be submitted. Project Expenditure Reports for grants made under the Recovery Act
must be submitted monthly. See the Recovery Act Conditions for additional
information.
(b) All project expenditures for reimbursement of subgrant recipient costs shall be
submitied on the Project Expenditure Report Forms prescribed and provided by the
Office of Criminal Justice Grants (OCJG) through the Subgrant Information
Management ON-line (SIMON) system.
(c) All Project Expenditure Reports shall be submitted in sufficient detail for proper pre-
audit and post-audit.
(d) Before the "final" Project Expenditure Report will be processed, the subgrant
recipient must submit to the Department all outstanding project reports and must
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have satisfied all special conditions. Failure to comply with the above provisions
shall result in forfeiture of reimbursement.
(e) Reports are to be submitted even when no reimbursement is being requested.
(f) The report must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing
agency’s chief financial officer or the chief financial officer's designee.
(2) Financial Closeout Audit
(a) The Financial Closeout Audit shall be submitted to the Department within forty-five
(45) days of the subgrant termination date.
(b) The Financial Closeout Audit must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient
or implementing agency’s chief financial officer or the chief financial officers
designee.
(3) Project Generated Income (PG)
(a) If applicable, the subgrant recipient shall submit Quarterly PG! Earnings and
Expenditures Reports to the Department within thirty (30) days after the end of the
reporting period covering subgrant project generated income and expenditures
during the previous quarter. If any PGI remains unspent after the subgrant ends, the
subgrant recipient must continue submitting quarterly PGI reports until all funds are
expended, (See Item 11, Program Income.)
(b) PGI Eamings and Expenditures reports must be electronically signed by the subgrant
recipient or implementing agency’s chief financial officer or the chief financial officer's
designee.
Other Reports
The subgrani recipient shall report to the Uniform Crime Report and other reports as may be
reasonably required by the Department.
5. Fiscal Control and Fund Accounting Procedures
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a.
All expenditures and cost accounting of funds shall conform to the Office of Justice
Programs Financial Guide, the Common Rule, and OMB Circulars A-21, A-87, and A-110,
or A-102 as applicable, in their entirety.
The subgrant recipient is required to establish and maintain adequate accounting systems
and financial records and to accurately account for funds awarded to them. As a subgrant
recipient, you must have a financial management system in place that is able to record and
report on the receipt, obligation, and expenditure of grant funds. An adequate accounting
system for a subgrant recipient must be able to accommodate a fund and account structure
to separately track receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities for awards, programs, and
subgrant recipients.
All funds spent on this project shall be disbursed according to provisions of the project
budget as approved by the Department.
All funds not spent according to this agreement shall be subject to repayment by the
subgrant recipient.
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6. Payment Contingent on Appropriation and Available Funds
The State of Florida's performance and obligation to pay under this agreement is contingent upon
an annual appropriation by the Florida Legislature. Furthermore, the obligation of the State of
Florida to reimburse subgrant recipients for incurred costs is subject to available federal funds.
7. Obligation of Subgrant Recipient Funds
Subgrant funds shall not under any circumstances be obligated prior to the effective date or
subsequent to the termination date of the subgrant period. Only project costs incurred on or after
the effective date and on or prior to the termination date of the subgrant recipient's project are
eligible for reimbursement. Alt payments must be completed within thirty (80) days of the end of
the subgrant period.
8. Advance Funding
Advance funding may be provided to a subgrant recipient upon a written request to the
Department. The request must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing
agency's chief financial officer or the chief financial officer's designee.
9. Trust Funds
a. The unit of local government must establish a trust fund in which to deposit JAG funds.
The trust fund may or may not be an interest bearing account.
b, The account may earn interest, but any earned interest must be used for program purposes
and expended before the federal grant period end date. Any unexpended interest
remaining at the end of the federal grant period must be submitted to the Office of Criminal
Justice Grants for transmittal to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
10. Travel and Training
The cost of all travel shall be reimbursed according to the subgrant recipient's written travel
policy. If the subgrant recipient does not have a written travel policy, cost of all travel will be
reimbursed according to § 112.061, Fla. Stat.
11. Program Income (also known as Project Generated Income)
a. All income generated as a direct result of a subgrant project shall be deemed program
income.
b. Any project that will potentially earn PG] must submit an Earnings and Expenditures Report
to report how much PGI was earned during each quarter. A report must be submitted each
quarter even if no PGI was earned or expended. PGI Earnings and Expenditures reports
must be electronically signed by the subgrant recipient or implementing agency’s chief
financial officer or the chief financial officer's designee.
c. PGI expenditures require prior written approval from the Office of Criminal Justice Grants.
Pragram income must be used for the purpases of and under the conditions applicable to
the award. If the cost is allowable under the Federal grant program, then the cost would be
allowable using program income. PGI budget requests must be signed by the subgrant
recipient or implementing agency's chief financial officer or the chief financial officer's
designee.
d. Program income should be used as earned and expended as soon as possible. Any
unexpended PGI remaining at the end of the Federal grant period must be submitted to the
Office of Criminal Justice Grants for transmittal to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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12. Approval of Consultant Contracts
The Department shall review and approve in writing all consultant contracts prior to employment
of a consultant when the consuitant’s rate exceeds $450 (excluding travel and subsistence costs)
for an eight-hour day. A detailed justification must be submitted to and approved by FDLE prior
to obligation or expenditures of such funds. Approval shall be based upon the contract's
compliance with requirements found in the Financial Guide, the Common Rule, and in applicable
state statutes. The Department's approval of the subgrant recipient agreement does not
constitute approval of consultant contracts. If consultants are hired through a competitive bidding
process (not sole source), the $450 threshold does not apply.
13. Property Accountability
a. The subgrant recipient agrees to use ail non-expendable property for criminal justice
purposes during its useful life or dispose of it pursuant to § 274, Fla. Stat.
b. The subgrant recipient shall establish and administer a system to protect, preserve, use,
maintain and dispose of any property furnished to it by the Department or purchased
pursuant to this agreement according to federal property management standards set forth in
the Office of Justice Programs Financial Guide, U.S. Department of Justice Common Rule for
State and Local Governments or the federal OMB Circular A-110 or A-102, as applicable.
This obligation continues as long as the subgrant recipient retains the property,
notwithstanding expiration of this agreement.
14. Ownership of Data and Creative Material
Ownership of material, discoveries, inventions, and results developed, produced, or discovered
subordinate to this agreement is governed by the terms of the Office of Justice Programs
Financial Guide (as amended), and the U.S. Department of Justice Common Rule for State and
Local Governments, or the federal OMB Circutar A-110 or A-102, as applicable.
15. Copyright
The awarding agency reserves a royalty-free non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce,
publish, or otherwise use, and authorize others to use, for Federal government purposes:
a. The copyright in any work developed under an award or subaward, and
b. Any rights of copyright to which a subgrant recipient or subrecipient purchases ownership
with support funded under this grant agreement.
16. Publication or Printing of Reports
The subgrant recipient shall submit for review and approval one copy of any curicula, training
materials, or any other written materials that will be published, including web-based materials and
web site content, through funds from this grant at least thirty (30) days prior to the targeted
dissemination date.
All materials publicizing or resuiting from award activities shall contain the following statements:
“This project was supported by Grant No. [contact the Office of Criminal Justice Grants for award
number] awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a
component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the
Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring,
Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of
the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department
of Justice.”
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17. Audit
a. Subgrant recipients that expend $500,000 or more in a year in Federal awards shall have a
single or program-specific audit conducted for that year. The audit shall be performed in
accordance with the federal OMB Circular A-133 and other applicable federal law. The
contract for this agreement shall be identified in the Schedule of Federal Financial Assistance
in the subject audit. The contract shall be identified as federal funds passed through the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement and include the contract number, CFDA number,
award amount, contract period, funds received and disbursed. When applicable, the
subgrant recipient shall submit an annual financial audit that meets the requirements of
§ 11.45, Fla. Stat. , “Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.”; § 215.97, Fla. Stat.,
“Florida Single Audit Act”; and Rules of the Auditor General, Chapter 10.550, “Local
Governmental Entity Audits” and Chapter 10.650, “Florida Single Audit Act Audits Nonprofit
and For-Profit Organizations.”
b. A complete audit report that covers any portion of the effective dates of this agreement must
be submitted within 30 days after its completion, but no later than nine (9) months after the
audit period. In order to be complete, the submitted report shall include any management
letters issued separately and management's written response to all findings, both audit report
and
