{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s12146","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12146.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f12146.\nDefinitions\nIn this part\u2014\n\u201cchief local elected official\u201d means an official designated under regulations issued by the Attorney General. The criteria used by the Attorney General in promulgating such regulations shall ensure administrative efficiency and accountability in the expenditure of funds and execution of funded projects under this part.\n\u201cchronic high intensity crime area\u201d means an area meeting criteria adopted by the Attorney General by regulation that, at a minimum, define areas with\u2014\n(A) consistently high rates of violent crime as reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s \u201cUniform Crime Reports\u201d, and\n(B) chronically high rates of poverty as determined by the Bureau of the Census.\n\u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s12146.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12146","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12146."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In this part\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cchief local elected official\u201d means an official designated under regulations issued by the Attorney General. The criteria used by the Attorney General in promulgating such regulations shall ensure administrative efficiency and accountability in the expenditure of funds and execution of funded projects under this part.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cchronic high intensity crime area\u201d means an area meeting criteria adopted by the Attorney General by regulation that, at a minimum, define areas with\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"(A) consistently high rates of violent crime as reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s \u201cUniform Crime Reports\u201d, and","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"(B) chronically high rates of poverty as determined by the Bureau of the Census.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}