53-2a-1303. Disaster Response and Recovery Grant.

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Effective 5/7/2025

(1)The division may grant money under Subsection 53-2a-1302(4) appropriated from the account after receiving an application from an affected community for a disaster response and recovery grant.

(2)An affected community is eligible to receive a disaster response and recovery grant appropriated from the account if:

(a)the affected community submits an application described in Subsection

(1)that includes the information required by the rules described in Section 53-2a-1305 ;

(b)the occurrence of a disaster in the affected community results in:

(i)the president of the United States declaring an emergency or major disaster in the state;

(ii)the governor declaring a state of emergency under Section 53-2a-206 ; or

(iii)the local municipality or county declaring an emergency under Section 53-2a-208 ;

(c)the governing body of the affected community conducts an official damage assessment of the disaster;

(d)the division, after reviewing the application described in Subsection (2)(a) , the official damage assessment described in Subsection (2)(c) , and other information relevant to the division's determination, determines that a grant to the affected community would be an appropriate and necessary use of account funds;

(e)the division determines there is sufficient money for the grant; and

(f)the affected community agrees to grant funding requirements as determined by the division, including the affected community's minimum threshold payment amount.

Amended by Chapter 89 , 2025 General Session