The following words and terms when used in this subchapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) Executive Director--The executive director of the Commission.
  (2) Authorized Official--The county judge or other designee authorized to apply for, accept, decline, modify, or cancel a grant designated under §173.301 of this title (relating to Grant Officials).
  (3) Period of review--The fiscal year preceding the date of the monitoring visit, other agreed time period, or other reasonable time period as determined by the Commission.
  (4) Policies and Standards Committee--A committee of the Commission charged with developing policies and standards related to improving indigent defense services.
  (5) Policy Monitor--The employee of the Commission who monitors the effectiveness of a county's indigent defense policies, standards, and procedures.
  (6) Risk Assessment--A tool to rank each county's potential risk of not being in compliance with indigent defense laws.
  (7) Commission--Commission means the Texas Indigent Defense Commission.
  (8) Full review--An on-site policy monitoring review covering all the core requirements in §174.28(c) of this chapter (relating to relating to On-Site Monitoring Process).
  (9) Limited scope review--An on-site policy monitoring review covering fewer than all of the core requirements in §174.28(c) of this chapter.
  (10) Drop-in visit--An informal, on-site visit to assess indigent defense processes of a county.

Source Note: The provisions of this §174.26 adopted to be effective September 23, 2015, 40 TexReg 6349; amended to be effective April 13, 2020, 45 TexReg 2409