33-15-205 - Presidential declaration of emergency; power of Governor to accept assistance. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 33-15-205. Presidential declaration of emergency; power of Governor to accept assistance.
 

Whenever the President of the United States, at the request of the Governor, has declared an emergency or a major disaster to exist in this state and the declaration includes Individual Assistance, the Governor is authorized: 
 

(a) To accept a grant by the federal government, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed, including the required final audit by the State Auditor's Office, upon determination and with concurrence by the director that financial assistance is essential to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals, families or households adversely affected by a major disaster that cannot be otherwise adequately met from other means of assistance. 

(b) To enter into an agreement with the federal government, or any officer or agency thereof, pledging the state to participate in the funding of the Other Needs Assistance (ONA) program authorized in the Act, in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) thereof, and if state funds are not otherwise available to the Governor, to accept an advance of the state share from the federal government to be repaid when the state is able to do so when appropriated for that purpose. 
 

Sources: Laws, 2004, ch. 405, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 2004.