Section 199.03. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Administrative costs" means costs associated with implementing grant objectives and activities, such as the provision of office space, telephone service and employees.

(2)  "Applicant" means an organization that applies for a grant from the tobacco control board to operate a program reducing tobacco use by preventing tobacco use, promoting tobacco use cessation, and eliminating environmental tobacco smoke.

(3)  "Continuation grant" means a grant awarded by the board to an applicant who received an initial grant for the current funding year and who proposes to continue to operate the same program, or that program as modified in consultation with the board, in the new funding year.

(4)  "Culturally competent" means activities that are appropriate and effective for the populations those activities are directed at and that utilize the leadership of those populations in developing, implementing and evaluating those activities.

(5)  "Evaluation committee" means a committee of board members and other persons invited by board members that reviews and evaluates applications.

(6)  "Funding year" means the 12–month period beginning July 1.

(7)  "Governmental body" means a state or local agency, board, committee, council, department or public body created by constitution, statute, ordinance, rule.

(8)  "Grant" means a monetary award made by the board from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (fm) , Stats., to an applicant for the uses specified in s. 255.15 (3) (b) , Stats.

(9)  "Initial grant" means a grant awarded for the first time to an applicant.

(10)  "Public agency" has the meaning prescribed in s. 46.856 (1) (b) , Stats., namely, a county, city, village, town or school district, an agency of Wisconsin state government or an agency of a county, city, village, town or school district.

(11)  "Request for proposals" or "RFP" means a document that describes a grant program, invites applications for the grant and specifies who may apply, application procedures, criteria for awarding grants and conditions and restrictions that accompany grant awards.

(12)  "Tobacco control board" or "board" means the 21–member tobacco control board established under s. 15.195 (1) , Stats., to carry out the responsibilities set out in s. 255.15 (1m) , Stats., including to award and monitor grants to applicant organizations for reducing tobacco use by preventing tobacco use, promoting tobacco use cessation, and eliminating environmental tobacco smoke.

(13)  "Tobacco prevention and control" means anti-tobacco activities including but not limited to comprehensive efforts in prevention, cessation, policy advocacy, media and countermarketing, evaluation, monitoring, and administrative activities.

Cr. Register, May, 2001, No. 545 , eff. 6-1-01; correction in (8) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register July 2011 No. 667 .

Note

Section 15.195 (1), Stats., which created the Tobacco Control Board, was repealed by 2003 Wis. Act 33 . Tobacco control activities are transferred to the Department of Health Services. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1