---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 33.12"
title: "28"
number: "33.12"
heading: "Establishment of State Office."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/33.12"
---

# §33.12. Establishment of State Office.

- (a) Section 408(a) of the Act provides that the chief executive of each participating state shall designate a State Office for the purposes of:
  - (1) Preparing an application to obtain funds; and
  - (2) Administering funds received from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, including receipt, review, processing, monitoring, progress and financial report review, technical assistance, grant adjustments, accounting, auditing, and fund disbursements.
- (b) An office or agency performing other functions within the state's executive branch may be designated as the State Office. [Section 408(b)](/cfr/28/408.md?p=b) of the Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3701 through 3797y-4; 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 22990, May 30, 1985, unless otherwise noted.