Program's Enabling Legislation

The following is an excerpt from the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Program's enabling legislation.

H.R. 728, Section 104(b)(9) contains the following provision in an attempt to accommodate potential funding disparities within jurisdictions:

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, if

(i) the attorney general of a state certifies that a unit of local government under the jurisdiction of the state bears more than 50 percent of the costs of prosecution or incarceration that arise with respect to Part I violent crimes reported by a specified geographically constituent unit of local government, and

(ii) but for this paragraph, the amount of funds allocated under this section

(I) any one such specified geographically constituent unit of local government exceeds 200 percent of the amount allocated to the unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i), or

(II) more than one such specified geographically constituent unit of local government (excluding units of local government referred to subclause I and in paragraph (7)), exceed 400 percent of the amount allocated to the unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i) and the attorney general of the state determines that such allocation is likely to threaten the efficient administration of justice,

then in order to qualify for payment under this title, the unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i), together with any such specified geographically constituent units of local government described in clause (ii), shall submit to the Director a joint application for the aggregate of funds allocated to such units of local government. Such application shall specify the amount of such funds that are to be distributed to each of the units of local government and the purposes for which such funds are to be used. The units of local government involved may establish a joint local advisory board for the purposes of carrying out this paragraph.

(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘geographically constituent unit of local government' means a unit of local government that has jurisdiction over areas located within the boundaries of an area over which a unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i) has jurisdiction.