Bill Text: IA SSB3062 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a proclamation of disaster emergency and the disaster aid contingent fund.(See SF 2202.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2202. [SSB3062 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB3062-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3062
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY
AND
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
proclamation
of
disaster
emergency
and
the
1
disaster
aid
contingent
fund.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
29C.6,
subsection
17,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
When
the
president
of
the
United
States
has
declared
a
3
major
disaster
to
exist
in
the
state
or
any
other
emergency
4
financial
assistance
is
provided
by
the
federal
government,
and
5
upon
the
governor’s
determination
that
financial
assistance
6
is
essential
to
meet
disaster-related
necessary
expenses
or
7
serious
needs
of
local
and
state
government
adversely
affected
8
by
a
major
disaster
or
emergency
that
cannot
be
otherwise
9
adequately
met
from
other
means
of
assistance,
accept
a
grant
10
by
the
federal
government
to
fund
the
financial
assistance,
11
subject
to
terms
and
conditions
imposed
upon
the
grant,
and
12
enter
into
an
agreement
with
the
federal
government
pledging
13
the
state
to
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
14
assistance
authorized
to
local
government
and
eligible
private
15
nonprofit
agencies
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
ten
percent
of
16
the
total
eligible
expenses,
with
the
applicant
providing
the
17
balance
of
any
participation
amount.
If
financial
assistance
18
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
for
state
disaster-related
19
disaster
or
emergency
financial
assistance-related
expenses
20
or
serious
needs,
the
state
shall
participate
in
the
funding
21
of
the
financial
assistance
authorized
in
an
amount
not
to
22
exceed
twenty-five
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses.
If
23
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
for
24
hazard
mitigation,
the
state
may
participate
in
the
funding
of
25
the
financial
assistance
authorized
to
a
local
government
in
26
an
amount
not
to
exceed
ten
percent
of
the
eligible
expenses,
27
with
the
applicant
providing
the
balance
of
any
participation
28
amount.
If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
29
government
for
state-related
hazard
mitigation,
the
state
30
may
participate
in
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
31
authorized,
not
to
exceed
fifty
percent
of
the
total
eligible
32
expenses.
If
state
funds
are
not
otherwise
available
to
the
33
governor,
an
advance
of
the
state
share
may
be
accepted
from
34
the
federal
government
to
be
repaid
when
the
state
is
able
to
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do
so.
1
Sec.
2.
Section
29C.20,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
3.
If
the
president
of
the
United
States,
at
the
request
of
4
the
governor,
has
declared
a
major
disaster
to
exist
in
this
5
state,
or
any
other
emergency
financial
assistance
is
provided
6
by
the
federal
government,
the
executive
council
may
make
7
financial
grants
to
meet
disaster-related
disaster
or
emergency
8
funding-related
necessary
expenses,
serious
needs,
or
hazard
9
mitigation
projects
of
local
governments
and
eligible
private
10
nonprofit
agencies
adversely
affected
by
the
major
disaster
or
11
emergency
if
those
expenses
or
needs
cannot
otherwise
be
met
12
from
other
means
of
assistance.
The
amount
of
the
grant
shall
13
not
exceed
ten
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses
and
is
14
conditional
upon
the
federal
government
providing
at
least
15
seventy-five
percent
for
public
assistance
grants
and
at
least
16
fifty
percent
for
hazard
mitigation
grants
of
the
eligible
17
expenses.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
a
proclamation
of
disaster
emergency
22
and
the
disaster
aid
contingent
fund.
23
The
bill
provides
that
when
any
emergency
financial
24
assistance
is
provided
by
the
federal
government,
and
upon
the
25
governor’s
determination
that
financial
assistance
is
essential
26
to
meet
disaster-related
necessary
expenses
or
serious
needs
27
of
local
and
state
government
adversely
affected
by
a
major
28
disaster
or
emergency
that
cannot
be
otherwise
adequately
met
29
from
other
means
of
assistance,
the
governor
may
accept
a
grant
30
by
the
federal
government
and
may
enter
into
an
agreement
with
31
the
federal
government
pledging
the
state
to
participate
in
32
the
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
in
an
amount
not
to
33
exceed
10
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses,
with
the
34
applicant
providing
the
balance
of
any
participation
amount.
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If
financial
assistance
is
granted
by
the
federal
government
1
for
state
disaster
or
emergency
financial
assistance-related
2
expenses
or
serious
needs,
the
state
shall
participate
in
the
3
funding
of
the
financial
assistance
authorized
in
an
amount
not
4
to
exceed
25
percent
of
the
total
eligible
expenses.
5
The
bill
provides
that
when
any
emergency
financial
6
assistance
is
provided
by
the
federal
government,
the
executive
7
council
may
make
financial
grants
to
meet
disaster
or
emergency
8
funding-related
necessary
expenses,
serious
needs,
or
hazard
9
mitigation
projects
of
local
governments
and
eligible
private
10
nonprofit
agencies
adversely
affected
by
the
major
disaster
or
11
emergency
if
those
expenses
or
needs
cannot
otherwise
be
met
12
from
other
means
of
assistance.
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