Bill Text: IA HSB625 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning federal financial assistance funding for hazard mitigation.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 299. [HSB625 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB625-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
625
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY
AND
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
federal
financial
assistance
funding
for
1
hazard
mitigation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
29C.7
Hazard
mitigation
financial
1
assistance.
2
1.
If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
3
government
under
the
federal
Robert
T.
Stafford
Disaster
Relief
4
and
Emergency
Assistance
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
93-288,
as
amended,
5
42
U.S.C.
5121
et
seq.
or
the
federal
National
Flood
Insurance
6
Reform
Act
of
1994,
Pub.
L.
No.
103-325,
42
U.S.C.
4001
et
seq.
7
for
hazard
mitigation
and
section
29C.6
is
not
applicable,
8
the
state
may
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
9
assistance
authorized
to
a
local
government
in
an
amount
not
10
to
exceed
ten
percent
of
the
eligible
expenses,
with
the
11
applicant
providing
the
balance
of
any
participation
amount.
12
If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
as
13
described
in
this
section
for
state-related
hazard
mitigation,
14
the
state
may
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
15
assistance
authorized,
not
to
exceed
fifty
percent
of
the
total
16
eligible
expenses.
17
2.
State
participation
in
funding
financial
assistance
to
18
local
government
under
subsection
1
is
contingent
upon
the
19
local
government
having
on
file
a
state-approved,
comprehensive
20
emergency
plan
which
meets
the
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
21
section
29C.9,
subsection
8.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
concerns
financial
assistance
granted
by
the
26
federal
government
for
hazard
mitigation
when
Code
section
27
29C.6,
relating
to
a
proclamation
of
disaster
emergency
by
the
28
governor,
is
not
applicable.
29
The
bill
provides
that
if
financial
assistance
for
hazard
30
mitigation
is
granted
under
the
federal
Robert
T.
Stafford
31
Disaster
Relief
and
Emergency
Assistance
Act
or
the
federal
32
National
Flood
Insurance
Reform
Act
of
1994,
the
state
may
33
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
34
authorized
to
a
local
government
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
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10
percent
of
the
eligible
expenses.
In
addition,
the
1
bill
provides
that
if
financial
assistance
is
granted
for
2
state-related
hazard
mitigation,
the
state
may
participate
3
in
the
funding
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
50
percent
of
the
4
total
eligible
expenses.
The
bill
further
provides
that
state
5
participation
in
funding
financial
assistance
to
a
local
6
government
is
contingent
upon
the
local
government
having
a
7
state-approved
comprehensive
emergency
plan.
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