53-2a-603. State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account.
(1) There is created a restricted account in the General Fund known as the "State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account." The disaster recovery account consists of: money deposited into the disaster recovery account in accordance with Section; 63J-1-314 money appropriated to the disaster recovery account by the Legislature; and any other public or private money received by the division that is: given to the division for purposes consistent with this section; and deposited into the disaster recovery account at the request of: the division; or the person or entity giving the money. The Division of Finance shall deposit interest or other earnings derived from investment of account money into the General Fund.
(2) Money in the disaster recovery account may only be expended or committed to be expended as follows: subject to Section, in any fiscal year the division may expend or commit to expend an amount that does not exceed $3,000,000, in accordance with Section, to fund costs to the state of emergency disaster services in response to a declared disaster; 53-2a-606 53-2a-604 subject to Section, in any fiscal year the division may expend or commit to expend an amount that exceeds $3,000,000, but does not exceed $10,000,000, in accordance with Section, to fund costs to the state of emergency disaster services in response to a declared disaster if the division: 53-2a-606 53-2a-604 before making the expenditure or commitment to expend, obtains approval for the expenditure or commitment to expend from the governor; subject to Subsection, provides written notice of the expenditure or commitment to expend to the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of the Senate, the Division of Finance, the Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the Legislative Management Committee, and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst no later than 72 hours after making the expenditure or commitment to expend; and (5) makes the report required by Subsection; 53-2a-606(2) subject to Section, in any fiscal year the division may expend or commit to expend an amount that exceeds $10,000,000, in accordance with Section, to fund costs to the state of emergency disaster services in response to a declared disaster if, before making the expenditure or commitment to expend, the division: 53-2a-606 53-2a-604 obtains approval for the expenditure or commitment to expend from the governor; and submits the expenditure or commitment to expend to the Executive Appropriations Committee in accordance with Subsection; 53-2a-606(3) in any fiscal year the division may expend or commit to expend an amount that does not exceed $500,000 to fund expenses incurred by the National Guard if: in accordance with Section, the governor orders into active service the National Guard in response to a declared disaster; and 39A-3-103 the money is not used for expenses that qualify for payment as emergency disaster services; and in any fiscal year, the division may expend an amount that does not exceed $750,000 to fund expenses incurred to develop or enhance emergency management capabilities if: the money is used for personnel, equipment, supplies, contracts, training, exercises, or other expenses deemed reasonable and necessary to: promote and strengthen the state's level of resiliency through mitigation, preparedness, response, or recovery activities; or meet federal grant matching requirements; and the disaster recovery account has a balance of funds available to be utilized while maintaining a minimum balance of $5,000,000; money not described in Subsections,, andmay be expended or committed to be expended to fund costs to the state directly related to a declared disaster that are not costs related to: (2)(a)(i) (ii) (iii) emergency disaster services; emergency preparedness; or notwithstanding whether a county participates in the Utah Wildfire Fund created in Section, any fire suppression or presuppression costs that may be paid for from the Utah Wildfire Fund if the county participates in the Utah Wildfire Fund; 65A-8-217 to fund: the Local Government Emergency Response Loan Fund created in Section; and 53-2a-607 the Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Restricted Account created in Section; 53-2a-1302 the division may provide advanced funding from the disaster recovery account to recognized agents of the state when: Utah has agreed, through the division, to enact the Emergency Management Assistance Compact with another member state that has requested assistance during a declared disaster; Utah agrees to provide resources to the requesting member state; the agent of the state who represents the requested resource has no other funding source available at the time of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact request; and the disaster recovery account has a balance of funds available to be utilized while maintaining a minimum balance of $5,000,000; to fund up to $500,000 for the governor's emergency appropriations described in Subsection; and 63J-1-217(4) to pay the state's deductible in the event of an earthquake.
(3) All funding provided in advance to an agent of the state and subsequently reimbursed shall be credited to the account.
(4) The state treasurer shall invest money in the disaster recovery account according to. Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act
(5) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, the money in the disaster recovery account may not be diverted, appropriated, expended, or committed to be expended for a purpose that is not listed in this section. (1) (2) Notwithstanding Section, the Legislature may not appropriate money from the disaster recovery account to eliminate or otherwise reduce an operating deficit if the money appropriated from the disaster recovery account is expended or committed to be expended for a purpose other than one listed in this section. 63J-1-410 The Legislature may not amend the purposes for which money in the disaster recovery account may be expended or committed to be expended except by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house.
(6) The division: shall provide the notice required by Subsectionusing the best available method under the circumstances as determined by the division; and (2)(a)(ii) may provide the notice required by Subsectionin electronic format. (2)(a)(ii)