Indiana Code 5-2-6-11. Funds; joint or cooperative applications; agreements
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-2-6-11
- Eligible entity: means a unit of government, government agency, or nonprofit organization that meets all criteria for funding eligibility under section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-2-6-1
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Local governmental entities: include :
Indiana Code 5-2-6-1
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
Sec. 11. Any two (2) or more local governmental entities, eligible entities, or entitlement jurisdictions may enter into agreements with one another for joint or cooperative action for the purposes of applying for, receiving, disbursing, allocating, and accounting for grants of funds made available by the United States government under Section 402(a)(5) of the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979, and for any state funds made available for that purpose. Such agreements must include the proportion of the amount of required local funds that shall be supplied by each such local governmental entity, eligible entity, or entitlement jurisdiction. Such agreements may include provisions for the appointment of any officer or employee of one (1) of the units or jurisdictions to serve as the collection and disbursement officer for all of the units.
As added by P.L.46-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.30-2019, SEC.7.