1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a state agency or political subdivision that seeks assistance from the Emergency Assistance Account for an emergency or disaster must submit, in writing, an application for assistance to the Division in accordance with the requirements for the application set forth in this section.
2. A state agency or county submitting an application for assistance from the Emergency Assistance Account must submit the application for assistance directly to the Division.
3. Before a city may submit an application to the Division for assistance from the Emergency Assistance Account, the city must apply for any available assistance from the county in which the city is located.
4. An application for assistance from the Emergency Assistance Account for an emergency or disaster must be received by the Division:
(a) Within 30 days after the determination of an emergency or disaster, if the applicant is a state agency or county; or
(b) Within 45 days after the determination of an emergency or disaster, if the applicant is a city.
5. Each application for assistance from the Emergency Assistance Account must include the following:
(a) A copy of the declaration of emergency or disaster or, if such a declaration is not available, a detailed explanation of the emergency or disaster.
(b) Any official report of a governmental entity concerning any actual or potential threat to the life, health, safety or property of persons in this state.
(c) Any professional reports or certifications supporting the existence of an emergency or disaster.
(d) Any preliminary damage assessment conducted:
(1) If the applicant is a state agency, by officials of the agency and a preliminary damage assessment team deployed by the Division , if any, to arrive at a consensus pertaining to the preliminary damage assessment; or
(2) If the applicant is a political subdivision, by a preliminary damage assessment team.
(e) A full disclosure of the financial records of the applicant for a determination of the financial need of the applicant by the Division.
(f) A certification that the existing financial or physical resources of the applicant are insufficient and no other funding sources are available to support all the estimated costs in providing a satisfactory remedy to the emergency or disaster. Such a certification from a state agency must be submitted by the Budget Division of the Office of Finance.
(g) A certification that all other available resources have been exhausted, including, without limitation, interlocal agreements, mutual aid agreements and private resources.
(h) A description of all the projects to be paid, in whole or in part, by any allocation from the Emergency Assistance Account.
Added to NAC by Div. of Emergency Mgt. by R202-01, eff. 4-24-2003; A by R046-16, eff. 6/28/2016
