Disaster Response and Recovery Grant.

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

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

(2) An affected community is eligible to receive a disaster response and recovery grant appropriated from the account if: the affected community submits an application described in Subsectionthat includes the information required by the rules described in Section; (1) 53-2a-1305 the occurrence of a disaster in the affected community results in: the president of the United States declaring an emergency or major disaster in the state; the governor declaring a state of emergency under Section; or 53-2a-206 the local municipality or county declaring an emergency under Section; 53-2a-208 the governing body of the affected community conducts an official damage assessment of the disaster; the division, after reviewing the application described in Subsection, the official damage assessment described in Subsection, 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; (2)(a) (2)(c) the division determines there is sufficient money for the grant; and the affected community agrees to grant funding requirements as determined by the division, including the affected community's minimum threshold payment amount.