353.2745 - Authorized grants to local governments. - Nevada Statutes

353.2745  Authorized grants to local governments.  Money in the Account may be distributed as a grant to a local government because of a disaster for:

      1.  The payment of not more than 50 percent of the expenses incurred by the local government for:

      (a) The repair or replacement of public roads, public streets, bridges, water control facilities, public buildings, public utilities, recreational facilities and parks owned by the local government and damaged by the disaster; and

      (b) Any emergency measures undertaken to save lives, protect public health and safety or protect public property, including, without limitation, an emergency measure undertaken in response to a crisis involving violence on school property, at a school activity or on a school bus, in the jurisdiction in which the disaster occurred; and

      2.  The payment of not more than 50 percent of any grant match the local government must provide to obtain a grant from a federal disaster assistance agency for an eligible project to repair damage caused by the disaster within the jurisdiction of the local government.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2539; A 1999, 3131; 2001, 1336; 2003, 20th Special Session, 197)