Current through Bulletin 2023-24, December 15, 2023
(1) After the
conclusion of the fiscal year, the board shall meet to consider the following
information for the prior fiscal year:
(a)
the total amount of money available in the program;
(b) each county's eligible
expenses;
(c) the total number of
SAR incidents which occurred per each county population, described in the form
of a ratio;
(d) the number of
victims residing outside of each county, described in the form of a
percentage;
(e) the number of
volunteer hours spent in each county in emergency response and SAR activities
per county population, described in the form of a ratio; and
(f) which applications were received in a
timely manner.
(2) The
following formula shall be applied to the eligible expenses to determine a fair
and equitable distribution of money from the program:
(a) if the total amount of eligible expenses
is less than the amount of money available in the program, all of the eligible
expenses shall be reimbursed from the program; and
(b) if the total amount of eligible expenses
is more than the amount of money available in the program, the eligible
expenses shall be divided into the following categories and be reimbursed in
the order in which they appear:
(i) costs and
expenses related to SAR incidents;
(ii) SAR-related training; and
(iii) the purchase or upgrade of SAR
equipment.
(3) If there is an insufficient amount of
money available in the program to cover the eligible expenses in any one of the
listed categories, the amount of money remaining in the program shall be
divided by the total number of counties.
(4) A county may receive a percentage of the
money that is allocated to each county as determined by calculating a
percentage from the following point totals:
(a) each county shall receive up to 25 points
for the timely submission of application packets, with one point to be deducted
for each late application;
(b) each
county may receive up to 25 points, based on the number of SAR incidents
occurring per county population as determined by the following ratios:
(i) 5 points if the ratio is less than
1:750;
(ii) 10 points if the ratio
is equal to or greater than 1:750 but less than 1:500;
(iii) 15 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:500 but less than 1:250;
(iv) 20 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:250 but less than 1:100; and
(v) 25 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:100;
(c)
each county may receive up to 25 points based on the percentage of victims
residing outside of the subject county as determined by the following
percentages:
(i) 5 points if the percentage is
less than 20%;
(ii) 10 points if
the percentage is 20% or greater but less than 40%;
(iii) 15 points if the percentage is 40% or
greater but less than 60%;
(iv) 20
points if the percentage is 60% or greater but less than 80%; and
(v) 25 points if the percentage is 80% or
greater; and
(d) each
county may receive up to 25 points based on the number of volunteer hours spent
in each county in emergency response and SAR activities per county population
as determined by the following ratios:
(i) 5
points if the ratio is greater than 1:100 but less than 1:50;
(ii) 10 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:50 but less than 1:25;
(iii) 15 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:25 but less than 1:10;
(iv) 20 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:10 but less than 1:5; and
(v) 25 points if the ratio is equal to or
greater than 1:5.
(5) The formula in this rule shall be applied
to each of the categories until the amount of money left in the program makes
it impractical to continue.
(6) The
remaining money in the program shall be used to:
(a) cover the board's costs and expenses;
and
(b) reimburse eligible expenses
in the next fiscal year.
Amended by
Utah
State Bulletin Number 2015-24, effective
12/1/2015
Amended by
Utah
State Bulletin Number 2019-14, effective
6/24/2019
