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<br />ATTACHMENT A
<br />General Terms and Conditions BOOK
<br />DEFINITIONS
<br />Unless indicated otherwise from the context, the
<br />following terms shall have the following meanings in this
<br />Contract. All definitions are from 9 NCAC 3M.0102
<br />unless otherwise noted. If the rule or statute that is the
<br />source of the definition is changed by the adopting
<br />authority, the change shall be incorporated herein.:
<br />(1) "Agency" (as used in the context of the
<br />definitions below) shall mean and include every
<br />public office, public officer or official (State or
<br />local, elected or appointed), institution, board,
<br />commission, bureau, council, department,
<br />authority or other unit of government of the State
<br />or of any county, unit, special district or other
<br />political subagency of government. For other
<br />purposes in this Contract, "Agency" shall mean
<br />the entity identified as one of the parties hereto.
<br />(2) "Audit" means an examination of records or
<br />financial accounts to verify their accuracy.
<br />(3) "Certification of Compliance" means a report
<br />provided by the Agency to the Office of the State
<br />Auditor that states that the Grantee has met the
<br />reporting requirements established by this
<br />Subchapter and included a statement of
<br />certification by the Agency and copies of the
<br />submitted grantee reporting package.
<br />(4) "Compliance Supplement" refers to the North
<br />Carolina State Compliance Supplement,
<br />maintained by the State and Local Government
<br />Finance Agency within the North Carolina
<br />Department of State Treasurer that has been
<br />developed in cooperation with agencies to assist
<br />the local auditor in identifying program
<br />compliance requirements and audit procedures
<br />for testing those requirements.
<br />(5) "Contract" means a legal instrument that is used
<br />to reflect a relationship between the agency,
<br />grantee, and subgrantee.
<br />(6) "Fiscal Year" means the annual operating year
<br />of the non-State entity.
<br />(7) "Financial Assistance" means assistance that
<br />non-State entities receive or administer in the
<br />form of grants, loans, loan guarantees, property
<br />(including donated surplus property),
<br />cooperative agreements, interest subsidies,
<br />insurance, food commodities, direcl
<br />appropriations, and other assistance. Financia!
<br />assistance does not include amounts receivec
<br />as reimbursement for services rendered to
<br />individuals for Medicare and Medicaid patient
<br />services.
<br />(0) "Financial Statement" means a report providinc
<br />financial statistics relative to a given part of ar
<br />organization's operations or status.
<br />(9) "Grant" means financial assistance provided by
<br />an agency, grantee, or subgrantee to carry out
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<br />activities whereby the grantor anticipates no
<br />programmatic involvement with the grantee or
<br />subgrantee during the performance of the grant.
<br />(10) "Grantee" has the meaning in G.S. 143-6.2(b): a
<br />non-State entity that receives a grant of State
<br />funds from a State agency, department, or
<br />institution but does not include any non-State
<br />entity subject to the audit and other reporting
<br />requirements of the Local Government
<br />Commission. For other purposes in this
<br />Contract, "Grantee" shall mean the entity
<br />identified as one of the parties hereto.
<br />(11) "Grantor" means an entity that provides
<br />resources, generally financial, to another entity
<br />in order to achieve a specified goal or objective.
<br />(12) "Non-State Entity" has the meaning in N.C.G.S.
<br />143-6.2(a)(1): A firm, corporation, partnership,
<br />association, county, unit of local government,
<br />public authority, or any other person,
<br />organization, group, or governmental entity that
<br />is not a State agency, department, or institution.
<br />(13) "Public Authority" has the meaning in N.C.G.S.
<br />143-6.2(a)(3): A municipal corporation that is
<br />not a unit of local government or a local
<br />govemmental authority, board, commission,
<br />council, or agency that (i) is not a municipal
<br />corporation and (ili operates on an area,
<br />regional, or multiunit basis, and the budgeting
<br />and accounting systems of which are not fully a
<br />part of the budgeting and accounting systems of
<br />a unit of local government.
<br />(14) "Single Audit" means an audit that includes an
<br />examination of an organization's financial
<br />statements, internal controls, and compliance
<br />with the requirements of Federal or State
<br />awards.
<br />(15) "Special Appropriation" means a legislative act
<br />authorizing the expenditure of a designated
<br />amount of public funds for a specific purpose.
<br />(16) "State Funds" means any funds appropriated by
<br />the North Carolina General Assembly or
<br />collected by the State of North Carolina. State
<br />funds include federal financial assistance
<br />received by the State and transferred or
<br />disbursed to non-State entities. Both Federal
<br />and State funds maintain their identity as they
<br />are subgranted to other organizations. Pursuant
<br />to N.C.G.S. 143-6.2(b), the terms "State grant
<br />funds" and "State grants" do not include any
<br />payment made by the Medicaid program, the
<br />Teachers' and State Employees'
<br />Comprehensive Major Medical Plan, or other
<br />similar medical programs.
<br />(17) "Subgrantee" has the meaning in G.S. 143-
<br />6.2(b): a non-State entity that receives a grant
<br />of State funds from a grantee or from another
<br />subgrantee but does not include any non-State
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