A. The division shall administer and evaluate the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution and shall serve as staff to the council.

B. The division, with the advice and approval of the council, shall adopt regulations necessary for operation of the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution, including:

(1) forms and procedures for the application process for the local DWI grant program and the county DWI program distribution;

(2) documentation to be provided by the applicant to assure compliance with the grant and the county DWI program distribution guidelines and other provisions of the Local DWI Grant Program Act;

(3) procedures and guidelines for review, evaluation and approval of grant awards and for review and approval of programs to be funded by the county DWI program distribution;

(4) procedures and guidelines for oversight, evaluation and audit of DWI grantees to assure that grants are being administered in the manner and for the purposes that the grants were awarded; and

(5) design of an evaluation mechanism for DWI grant programs, distributions and services and submission by each DWI grantee of an annual report or other data on each local DWI grant program, distribution or service and its effectiveness and outcomes.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 65, § 5; 1997, ch. 182, § 4; 2003, ch. 213, § 2.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, inserted "local" preceding "DWI grant program" in the heading; in Subsection A, inserted "and evaluate" following "shall administer" near the beginning and inserted "local" preceding "DWI grant program" near the middle; inserted "local DWI" preceding "grant program" near the middle of Subsection B; inserted "local DWI" preceding "grant program" near the middle of Subsection B(1); in Subsection B(5) inserted "distributions" following "grant programs," near the beginning, inserted "DWI" preceding "grantee" near the middle, inserted "or other data" following "annual report" near the middle, inserted "local DWI" preceding "grant program" near the end and inserted "distribution" following "grant program," near the end.

The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1998, inserted "and county DWI program distribution" in the section heading; inserted "and the county DWI program distribution" in four places in Subsections A and B; and added the language beginning "and for review" at the end of Paragraph B(3).