Bill > A4863

Introduced Session

This bill establishes a disaster relief program within the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs for the purposes of establishing a grant program to provide municipalities with training, supply stockpiles, and technology to be used to assist residents with disaster relief applications and other paperwork, and appropriates $5,000,000. The Office of Emergency Management, in consultation with the Division of Local Government Services, will establish an application process for municipalities to: access grant monies for the purpose of providing training, technology, and supply stockpiles; establish guidelines for priority in disbursals according to the Office of Emergency Management's risk assessment score for each municipality; establish training guidelines for municipal employees who will assist residents with disaster relief paperwork and other paperwork, as appropriate; and establish guidelines for supply stockpiles as appropriate for each municipality according to its municipal master plan. The Division of Local Government Services will disburse grant monies to municipalities based on the criteria established by the division. Each municipality receiving a grant will be required to submit a report one year after the initial disbursement to the Division of Local Government Services, the Office of Emergency Management, the Governor, and the Legislature regarding how grant funds were utilized, the current risks foreseen by the municipality, and to provide data on how the grant money has improved the emergency preparedness and response capacity of the municipality.

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Robert Karabinchak (D)*,  Ellen Park (D)*,  Shanique Speight (D)*,  Daniel Benson (D),  Joe Danielsen (D),  Angela Mcknight (D),  Sterley Stanley (D), 

Reported and Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee (on 12/08/2022)

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