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MS Code § 33-15-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-311. Allocations from trust fund to state agencies; agencies receiving allocations to request escalations of budgets

  The director shall make allocations from the trust fund in such amounts as he determines to be necessary to state agencies for out-of-pocket expenditures incurred for emergency response, preliminary damage assessments, estimates, reports and training of state agency personnel. Allocations also may be made from the trust fund for the purpose of preparing project worksheets, estimates and reports as may be necessary to enable state or local agencies to obtain federal aid for disaster assistance purposes. The director may make allocations to any state agency or office from the trust fund or other funds available therefor in such amounts as are necessary to administer the provisions of this article.   State agencies that are to receive allocations from the trust fund for carrying out the purposes of this article shall request the Department of Finance and Administration for escalations of their budgets as necessary for the expenditure of the allocated funds, in the same manner as the department escalates budgets for federal funds under Section 27-104-21(1).
MS Code § 33-15-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-313. Project applications; requirements for allocation of trust fund monies

  Subject to the conditions specified in this section, the director shall allocate funds from the trust fund to meet the cost of any one or more projects. The completion of all or part of a project before application for funds under this article shall not disqualify such project or any part thereof.   To be eligible for state and/or federal funding, the governing body of the local agency must declare a local emergency and forward such declaration to the Governor.   A state or local agency shall make application to the director for state and/or federal financial assistance within thirty (30) days after the date of the declaration of a major disaster or emergency declared by the President or a state of emergency declared by the Governor; however, the director may extend the time for such filing, but only under unusual circumstances. No financial aid shall be provided until an applicant has filed a Notice of Interest and a Request for Federal Assistance and a state and/or federal team has first investigated and reported upon the proposed work, has estimated the cost of the work, and has filed a project worksheet thereon with the Governor's authorized representative and a project application has been prepared. The estimate of cost of the work may include expenditures made by the state or local agency for such work before the making of such estimate. "Unusual circumstances," as used in this subsection, means unavoidable delays that result from recurrence of a disaster, prolonged severe weather or other conditions beyond the control of the applicant. Delays resulting from administrative procedures are not unusual circumstances that warrant extensions of time.   No funds shall be allocated from the trust fund to a state or local agency until the agency has indicated in writing its acceptance of the project application and the cost-sharing related thereto in such form as the director prescribes. The project application shall provide for the performance of the work by the state or local agency, shall provide for the methods of handling the funds allocated and the matching funds provided by the local agency, and shall contain such other provisions as are deemed necessary to ensure completion of the work included in the project application and the proper expenditures of funds as provided herein.
MS Code § 33-15-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-315. Work performed by contract with state or local agency

 Work performed by contract with a state or local agency shall be subject to the provisions of Title 31, Chapter 5, and Title 31, Chapter 7, Mississippi Code of 1972 Neither the state or any officer or employee thereof shall have any responsibility in connection with any work performed by a local agency.
MS Code § 33-15-317 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-317. Advance on funds to initiate projects; disposition of certain federal funds; certain contributions reduced by amount of insurance settlements

  Under procedures prescribed by the director, a state or local agency may receive an advance of funds to initiate a project. Such advances shall be limited to not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the estimated federal share of the project under the President's state of emergency, or fifty percent (50%) of the estimated share of the project under the Governor's state of emergency.   Disaster assistance funds provided from federal sources under the provisions of Public Law 93-288 as amended by Public Law 100-707 and Public Law 106-390 shall be deposited in the trust fund, and the director shall make advances or reimbursement therefrom for expenditures for eligible work or for payment for performance.   State and federal contributions for the repair and restoration of facilities shall be reduced by an amount equal to the insurance settlement received or an amount equal to the amount the local agency would have recovered from an insurance settlement if necessary, adequate and reasonably available insurance had been maintained.
MS Code § 33-15-401 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 7 - Office of Disaster Assistance Coordination|§ 33-15-401. Legislative findings and declarations

 The Legislature finds and declares the following: When a major natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina occurs in Mississippi, there are various types of assistance that are available to individuals and public entities through the federal and state governments to help them recover from the disaster. The majority of that assistance comes from the federal government, and most of the federal assistance is provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). At the state level, most of the assistance is provided through the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). However, there are also programs in other federal and state agencies that provide assistance and benefits to disaster victims, as well as disaster assistance programs run by public and private entities and disaster-related in-kind donations made by private entities and individuals. Because these other disaster assistance programs and in-kind donations are spread out among a number of agencies and entities, disaster victims sometimes are not aware of the existence of these programs and in-kind donations other than those provided through FEMA and MEMA. After a disaster has occurred, it would be very beneficial for the victims of the disaster to have a single entity in the state, one point of contact, where individuals and public entities would be able to obtain information about those other disaster assistance programs and disaster-related in-kind donations, obtain all of the forms and materials necessary in order to receive the benefits of those programs and in-kind donations, and receive assistance in completing and filing the applications for those programs and in-kind donations.
MS Code § 33-15-403 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 7 - Office of Disaster Assistance Coordination|§ 33-15-403. Office of Disaster Assistance Coordination established; duties and responsibilities

 There is established within the Office of the Governor a separate and distinct office to be known as the Office of Disaster Assistance Coordination. The office shall be the primary entity responsible for coordinating information regarding disaster assistance provided by federal agencies other than the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), by state agencies other than the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), and by other public and private entities that provide various types of assistance and benefits to victims of major natural disasters. The duties and responsibilities of the office shall be as follows:   To serve as a single point of contact where individuals and public entities that are victims of major disasters may obtain information about all federal and state programs that provide assistance and benefits to disaster victims other than those provided by FEMA or MEMA, as well as information about the availability of disaster-related in-kind donations by private entities and individuals;   To provide victims of major disasters with all of the forms and materials necessary in order to receive the benefits of those disaster assistance programs and disaster-related in-kind donations, and provide them with assistance in completing and filing the applications for those programs and in-kind donations;   To coordinate and cooperate with FEMA, MEMA, other federal and state agencies and other public and private entities in providing and sharing information, forms and materials related to disaster assistance programs and disaster-related in-kind donations;   To work with MEMA in coordinating information, revenues, programs and assistance made available in Mississippi by FEMA, whether directly through FEMA or through MEMA; and   To perform such other duties relating to disaster assistance information as may be prescribed by the Governor.
MS Code § 35-1-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-3. Appointment of executive director, deputy director, managers of major functional areas, and managers of state veterans homes

 The State Veterans Affairs Board shall appoint, to serve at the will and pleasure of the board, an executive director, (who shall also serve as Executive Secretary of the State Veterans Affairs Board), a deputy director, individuals to manage each of the agency's major functional areas and individuals to manage each of the state veterans homes. The executive director and deputy director shall be a currently serving member or honorably discharged or honorably released veteran of any active or reserve component branch of the Armed Forces of the United States. The board may establish additional minimum qualifications for agency positions.
MS Code § 35-1-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-5. Compensation of members of board and staff

 The members of the State Veterans Affairs Board shall receive no salary but shall be entitled to a per diem allowance in the amount provided in Section 25-3-69 while in attendance at any regular or called meeting of the board or while in the performance of other official duties in connection with the work of the board as authorized or directed by the board. The members of the board shall receive, in addition thereto, actual and necessary expenses as provided by law in the performance of such duties.   The compensation of all employees of the board, including the executive director, deputy director and division directors, shall be paid from such monies as the Legislature shall from time to time appropriate.
MS Code § 35-1-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-7. General duties and powers of board

 The duties of the State Veterans Affairs Board shall be to assist former and present members of the Armed Forces of the United States, and their dependents, in securing any benefits or privileges under any federal or state law or regulation to which they are entitled and to advise the Governor and Legislature on veterans affairs. Moreover, veterans or their dependents shall be given their choice of organizations to represent them in instances where a case is appealed, and the board shall lend its full cooperation in connection therewith.   The board and its employees shall cooperate fully with all congressionally chartered veterans organizations within the state, including servicing the power of attorney of the congressionally chartered veterans organizations upon the request of the organizations to the State Veterans Affairs Board in the prosecution of all claims on behalf of veterans. However, all powers of attorney to the State Veterans Affairs Board shall be processed first, and thereafter, powers of attorney shall be processed for veterans organizations in the ratio that the membership of the organization bears to the total number of veterans residing in Mississippi.   The State Veterans Affairs Board is designated as the "state approving agency" for the State of Mississippi. It shall be the duty of the State Veterans Affairs Board to inspect, approve and supervise schools, institutions and establishments for war orphan and veteran training as provided in Section 1771, Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code, and in any subsequent acts passed by the Congress of the United States for the purpose of education and training of war orphans or former and present members of the Armed Forces of the United States. The State Veterans Affairs Board is authorized to employ the needed personnel to perform the duties as outlined in Section 1771, Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Code, and in any subsequent acts as enacted by the Congress of the United States, and to enter into contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs for salary and travel reimbursement for personnel employed for this purpose.   The State Veterans Affairs Board shall operate all Mississippi state veterans homes when established as authorized by Sections 35-1-19 through 35-1-29.   The State Veterans Affairs Board is authorized to adopt such policies and to prescribe such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. However, such policies and regulations shall not be in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 35-1-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-9. Cooperation by county welfare departments

 In addition to all other duties now or hereafter imposed by law, it shall be the duty of the county departments of public welfare, to cooperate with the state veterans affairs board, and to aid all residents of the State of Mississippi who served in the military or naval forces of the United States during any war or police action in which the armed forces of the United States have been, are, or shall be committed for action, their relatives, beneficiaries or dependents, in receiving from the United States any and all compensations, hospitalization, insurance, other aid or benefits to which they may be entitled under existing or hereafter enacted laws of the United States.   This section shall not be held to repeal any existing law relative to the duties of such county departments, but shall be supplemental and cumulative thereto.
MS Code § 35-1-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-13. Seal of board

 The executive director appointed by the State Veterans Affairs Board shall have a seal which shall be in the form of a circle with the image of an eagle in the center and around the margin the words: "State Veterans Affairs Board State of Mississippi," and under the image of the eagle the word: "Official."   The executive director, deputy director, division directors and state veterans service officers shall affix the seal prescribed by this section to every document where the same is required by law, and to every certificate and other official paper executed by them where necessary or proper. All documents authenticated with the seal and signed by the executive director, deputy director, a division director or a state veteran service officer shall be recognized as properly attested to in the same manner as if authenticated by notaries public, summary court officials and others authorized by law to take acknowledgments. All copies of papers, copied or certified to by the executive director, deputy director, a division director or a state veterans service officer and authenticated by the seal, shall be accepted in all matters equally in like manner as the original.
MS Code § 35-1-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-15. Notarial powers of employees

 The executive director appointed by the State Veterans Affairs Board, the deputy director, division director and state veterans service officers shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and to take acknowledgments anywhere within the State of Mississippi under the board's seal of office and to perform all other duties required of notaries public.
MS Code § 35-1-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|In General|§ 35-1-17. Office

 The Department of Finance and Administration shall furnish suitable office space for the board and its employees.
MS Code § 35-1-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-19. Establishment of Mississippi State Veterans Home; establishment of other veterans homes

 There is hereby authorized to be established by the State Veterans Affairs Board, the Mississippi State Veterans Home on a site to be determined by the State Veterans Affairs Board, with the approval of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of the Governor's Office of General Services, when funds are made available for such purpose by any agency of the federal government or other sources. The object and purpose of the establishment of the Mississippi State Veterans Home shall be to provide domiciliary care and other related services for eligible veterans of the State of Mississippi.   One or more additional veterans homes or domiciliaries are hereby authorized to be established by the State Veterans Affairs Board on sites in northern, central or southern Mississippi, to be determined by the State Veterans Affairs Board, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Administration, when funds are made available for such purpose by any agency of the federal government or other sources. The Veterans Affairs Board shall give the three (3) regions, northern, southern and central priority as to where the veterans home shall be located, with the northern region having first priority, the southern region having the next level priority and the central region being third in order of priority. The object and purpose of the establishment of such additional homes or domiciliaries shall be to provide domiciliary care and other related services for eligible veterans of the State of Mississippi. The State Veterans Affairs Board shall not be required to obtain certificates of need to carry out the intent and purpose of this section.
MS Code § 35-1-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-23. Acceptance and use of federal funds

 The Mississippi State Veterans Home and additional homes authorized by Section 35-1-7 and Sections 35-1-19 through 35-1-29 are authorized to accept funds from any source whatever, including the federal government or any department or agency thereof. All such funds received by the veterans home including funds from the United States or any federal agency or program for the support of persons housed or buried on the grounds of the Mississippi State Veterans Home and additional homes shall be used by the State Veterans Affairs Board to pay maintenance, operational and administrative expenses and to further the object and purpose of the Mississippi State Veterans Home and additional homes.
MS Code § 35-1-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-25. Determination of staffing needs; purchasing of equipment

 It shall be the duty of the Mississippi State Veterans Affairs Board to determine the need and, within available funds for such purpose, to provide adequate staffing to operate the Mississippi State Veterans Home and such additional homes as may be constructed. The board is authorized, within available funds for such purpose, to purchase such equipment as necessary to facilitate the establishment and operation of the veterans homes.
MS Code § 35-1-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-27. Standards for admissions and dismissals; rules and regulations; funds paid by state veterans homes residents for their monthly expenses at veterans homes to be considered special funds held in fiduciary capacity for their benefit

 The Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board shall determine and set conditions and standards for admission and dismissal of all persons to and from the Mississippi State Veterans Home and such additional homes as may be constructed. In addition, the board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the government of the Mississippi State Veterans Home and such additional homes as may be constructed. Such rules and regulations shall include the establishment of rates for patient care within the patient's ability to pay. All funds paid to the board by the veteran residents of state veterans homes to fund their monthly expenses at the state veterans homes shall be considered to be special funds held in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the residents of the state veterans homes.
MS Code § 35-1-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-29. Acceptance and use of gifts and donations

 The Mississippi State Veterans Affairs Board is empowered to receive and accept gifts or donations, or both, for the benefit of the Mississippi State Veterans Home and such additional homes as may be constructed, and the same shall be used for carrying out the object and purpose of the veterans homes.
MS Code § 35-1-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-31. Mississippi State Veterans' Home in Jackson designated as "The General Hilton R. ‘Jack' Vance Mississippi State Veterans' Home."

 The Mississippi State Veterans' Home located in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be renamed the General Hilton R. "Jack" Vance Mississippi State Veterans' Home. The State Veterans' Affairs Board shall prepare a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the General Hilton R. "Jack" Vance Mississippi State Veterans' Home, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of General Hilton R. "Jack" Vance.
MS Code § 35-1-32 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 35 - War Veterans and Pensions|Chapter 1 - State Veterans Affairs Board|Mississippi State Veterans Home|§ 35-1-32. Mississippi State Veterans' Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi, designated as the "Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home

 The Mississippi State Veterans' Home located in Kosciusko, Mississippi, shall be renamed the "Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home." The State Veterans' Affairs Board shall prepare a distinctive plaque, to be placed in a prominent place within the Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie Mississippi State Veterans' Home, which states the background, accomplishments and service to the state of Brigadier General Martha Jo Leslie.