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U,S, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARD CONTINUATION OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS SHEET 0 OJP [!J BJAD OJJDP ~ GRANT PAGE 5 OF 6 0 BJS 0 NIl 0 OVC D COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX PROJECT NUMBER 97LBVX2117 AWARD DATE 9/30/97 SPECIAL CONDITIONS 15. The recipient agrees that prior to the obligation or expenditure of any Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) funds, a designated or newly established advisory board will meet to discuss the proposed (purpose area) use of the grant funds. The recipient will designate the advisory board to make nonbinding recommendations to the recipient for the use of funds under the LLEBG Program. Membership on the advisory board must include a representative trom the following, however it may be broader: a) the local police department or local sheriffs department; b) the local prosecutor's office; c) the local court system; d) the local school system; and e) a local nonprofit, educational, religious, or community group active in crime prevention or drug use prevention or treatment. The advisory board must review the proposed use of the funds under the LLEBG Program. The recipient will provide notification to BJA, through the submission of the Follow-Up Infonnation Fonn, on the advisory board. BJA will review the fonn for compliance with enabling legislation and issue to the recipient a Grant Adjustment Notice (GAN). Until the issuance of the GAN, the recipient may not obligate or expend LLEBG funds. 16, The recipient has certified it is in compliance with the Public Safety Officers Health Benefits Provision (section 615 of the FY 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act) and agrees to remain in compliance during the tenn of the award. This provision requires the unit of government which employs a pub lie safety officer (as deemed by section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended) who retires or is separated trom service due to injury suffered as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as such tenns are deemed by state law) with the same or better level of health insurance benefits as would be paid by the unit of government at the time of retirement or separation, under a nonnal retirement plan. OJP FORMJ2 (REV. 5-87) PREVIOUS EDITIONS ARE OBSOLETE