This bill concerns disaster funds.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- modifies provisions related to the State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account to change the amounts that may be expended by the Division of Emergency Management under certain conditions;
- renames the Response, Recovery, and Post-disaster Mitigation Restricted Account as the Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Restricted Account (account);
- modifies the amounts of funds available from the account for disaster response and recovery under specified circumstances;
- modifies the available uses for funds in the account to include pre-disaster mitigation under certain circumstances;
- modifies standards relating to disaster response and recovery grants;
- grants rulemaking authority to the Division of Emergency Management regarding the use of funds from the account for pre-disaster mitigation purposes;
- requires the Division of Finance to transfer certain funds from the State Disaster Recovery Restricted Account into the account under certain conditions; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 63J-1-314, 63J-1-602.1