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MS Code § 33-15-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 1 - Emergency Management Law|§ 33-15-53. State emergency coordination officers

 The head of each state department, agency or commission shall select from within such agency a person to be designated as the emergency coordination officer for the agency and an alternate. The emergency coordination officer is responsible for coordinating with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency on emergency preparedness issues, preparing and maintaining emergency preparedness and postdisaster response and recovery plans for such agency, maintaining rosters of personnel to assist in disaster operations and coordinating appropriate training for agency personnel. These individuals shall be responsible for ensuring that each state facility, such as a prison, office building or university, has a disaster preparedness plan that is approved by the applicable local emergency management agency or the division. The head of each agency shall notify the Governor and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in writing of the person initially designated as the emergency coordination officer for such agency and his alternate and of any changes in persons so designated thereafter.
MS Code § 33-15-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-201. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Assistance Act.
MS Code § 33-15-202 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-202. Legislative declaration of purpose

 It is the intent of the Legislature and declared to be the policy of the state that funds to meet emergencies or major disasters shall always be made available.
MS Code § 33-15-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 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:   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.   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.
MS Code § 33-15-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-207. Filing request for federal assistance

 In order to make federal Individual Assistance and Other Needs Assistance available to major disaster victims under this article, the Governor must request such assistance from the President of the United States. The Federal Emergency Management Agency must approve such a request and recommend the President of the United States make a major disaster declaration.
MS Code § 33-15-209 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-209. Administration of grant programs

  The director shall develop a plan for the administration and implementation of the Individuals and Households Program and Other Needs Assistance pursuant to subsections 408(e) and (f) of the Act to be included in the Mississippi Emergency Operations Plan (MEOP), and it shall include, but not be limited to:   Individuals, families or households who incur a necessary expense or serious need in the major disaster area may be eligible for assistance under this article without regard to their residency in the major disaster area or within the state.   Individuals, families or households otherwise eligible for assistance under this article must obtain flood insurance as required by flood insurance regulations.     Assistance under this article may be made available to meet necessary expense or serious needs by providing essential items or services that cannot be provided from other sources and except those covered by insurance as provided in current federal regulations.   Under this article grants will not be made available for any item or service in the following categories:   Business losses, including farm businesses.   Improvement or additions to real or personal property.   Landscaping.   Real or person property used exclusively for recreations.   Financial obligations incurred prior to the disaster.   Any necessary expense or serious need or portion thereof for which assistance is available from other means but is refused by the individual, family or household.   Should a case arise where it is determined that an individual, family or household has an expense or need not specifically identified as eligible; the state will provide a factual summary and forward it to the regional director, FEMA, for determination prior to making a state commitment.     The director shall also develop a plan for administration and implementation of the Mississippi Temporary Housing Program (THP) to be included in the MEOP, and it shall include, but not be limited to:   Establishing emergency conditions that warrant program activation.   Developing application procedures and applicant eligibility criteria.   Verifying applicant certification process.   Establishing grant award limits based on fair market rent rates as identified and published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.   Maintaining program progress and financial reporting and budget requirements.
MS Code § 33-15-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-211. Amount of grants

  In the case of a federally declared disaster, the state cost-share under this article shall be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the actual cost of implementing the Other Needs Assistance Program, and shall be made only on the condition that the federal government provides the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the ONA grant. In the event of a Governor's state of emergency declaration, the state grant under this article shall be equal to an amount established by the Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.   An individual, family or household shall not receive a grant or grants under the provisions of this article aggregating more than the amount specified annually by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and published in the Federal Register with respect to any one (1) major disaster declared by the President. In the case of a federally declared disaster, such aggregate amount shall include both state and federal share of the grant. With respect to any one (1) disaster declared by the Governor's state of emergency, such amount of assistance shall not exceed an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the amount of the Other Needs Assistance Program specified annually by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and published in the Federal Register and shall include the total amount of rental assistance provided an applicant under the Mississippi Temporary Housing Program.
MS Code § 33-15-213 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-213. Limitations of time for requesting assistance

  The time limitation for the Governor to request federal emergency or major disaster assistance shall be in accordance with current federal regulations.   The time limitation for disaster applicants to request assistance and file applications under current federal regulations is sixty (60) days from the date of declaration of disaster by the President. The time limitation for applicants to request state rental assistance under the State Temporary Housing Program is thirty (30) days following the declaration of an emergency by the Governor.
MS Code § 33-15-215 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-215. Federal temporary housing authorized; powers of Governor

 Whenever disaster conditions arise that affect the lives and safety of a substantial number of residents of the State of Mississippi and the governing authority of the political subdivision wherein said disaster conditions exist makes a request to the Governor for federal major disaster assistance, and the Governor requests, and the President of the United States declares an emergency or a major disaster to exist in this state, the Governor is authorized:   To arrange with any agency of the United States to provide for temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster victims and to make such units available to any political subdivision of the state.   To assist any political subdivision of this state which is the locus of temporary housing units for disaster victims by coordinating with any agency of the United States for such temporary housing to locate and prepare such sites to receive and utilize temporary housing units.   Under such regulations as he shall prescribe, to temporarily suspend or modify for not to exceed sixty (60) days any public health, safety, zoning, transportation (within or across the state) or any other requirement of law or regulation within this state when, by proclamation, he deems such suspension or modification essential for any agency of the United States to provide temporary housing for disaster victims.
MS Code § 33-15-217 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-217. State temporary housing authorized; powers of state and political subdivisions

 State Temporary Housing Assistance under this article may be made available to those victims of an emergency or localized disaster who, as a result of a state of emergency declared by the Governor, require temporary housing assistance for reasons including, but not limited to, the following:   Physical damage to the dwelling to the extent that it has been rendered uninhabitable for a period of no less than three (3) days.   The dwelling has been determined uninhabitable as a result of an authorized governmental entity requiring evacuations of an area though the structure may be unharmed. This does not include subsequent condemnations for redevelopment of an area following a disaster.   Impeded access to the dwelling that cannot be quickly alleviated by debris removal even though the structure may be unharmed.   Extended interruption of essential utilities sufficient to constitute a health hazard.   Eviction from a residence by the owner because of the owner's perennial need for housing as a direct result of the disaster.   Eviction from residence by owner because of a financial hardship that is a direct result of the disaster.   Other circumstances which cause temporary housing to be required and which are approved by the director.
MS Code § 33-15-219 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-219. Description of temporary housing

 Temporary housing shall be limited to minimum accommodations necessary for adequate housing for periods longer than that provided through the operation and use of community emergency shelters. Temporary housing accommodations may include, but not be limited to:   Unoccupied, available housing of the United States when made available by the appropriate federal agency.   Mobile homes, travel trailers or other readily fabricated dwellings provided by the appropriate federal agency.   Rental properties when deemed by the appropriate federal agency to be the most economical means available.   Rental properties and apartments or commercial lodging obtained with state temporary housing program grant proceeds.
MS Code § 33-15-221 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-221. Conditions precedent for obtaining state temporary housing program assistance

 When temporary housing assistance is provided based on the guidelines outlined in Section 33-15-217, the following conditions are imposed:   An applicant is expected to expend the grant proceeds to secure adequate temporary housing for purposes stated in their application for assistance. Refusal by the applicant to abide by this provision shall result in his forfeiture of eligibility for additional temporary housing assistance.   Temporary housing assistance proceeds shall not be provided for nor expended for providing minimal home repairs or replacing lost or damaged personal property.   Temporary housing assistance shall not be made available to those individuals, families or households with insurance coverage which provides full cost of alternate living arrangements except when, as determined by the appropriate authority, adequate alternate housing is not readily available or the receipt of insurance benefits are uncertain or inadequate to meet temporary housing needs. Individuals, families or households who qualify for and accept state assistance under the exception shall repay or pledge to repay to the state government, from any insurance proceeds for temporary housing to which they are entitled, an amount equivalent to the fair market value of the housing provided by the state. Temporary housing assistance shall not be made available to any individual, family or household for use as a vacation or recreational residence.
MS Code § 33-15-223 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 2 - Individual Assistance and Emergency Temporary Housing Act|§ 33-15-223. Period of eligibility for receiving temporary housing assistance

  The period of eligibility for any individual, family or household applicant receiving assistance under the State Temporary Housing Program shall be from one (1) to three (3) months determined on the basis of need. Each temporary housing applicant shall endeavor to place himself in adequate alternate housing at the earliest possible time during the period assistance is being provided.   Each occupant's eligibility for continued assistance shall be recertified every thirty (30) days. Thereafter, provided no adequate alternate housing exists, assistance shall be continued for another thirty-day period, not to exceed ninety (90) days. All rental assistance is based on the fair market value of rental rates in the applicant's particular area according to the rate schedule published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
MS Code § 33-15-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-301. Short title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Disaster Assistance Act of 1993.
MS Code § 33-15-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-303. Policy and intent

 It is the intent and declared to be the policy of the state that funds to meet emergencies or major disasters shall always be made available when needed.
MS Code § 33-15-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-305. Definitions

 The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:   "Director" means the Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.   "Disaster" means a fire, flood, storm, tornado, hurricane, earthquake or other similar public calamity affecting homeland security resulting directly from man-made, technological or natural causes.   "Local agency" means any municipality, county or special district.   "Local emergency" means the existence of conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within a county or municipality proclaimed by the local governing body in accordance with Section 33-15-17(d).   "Governor's authorized representative" means the primary and alternate emergency management official designated by the Governor to administer federal assistance programs on behalf of the state and local governments and other grant or loan recipients and is responsible for the state compliance with the FEMA-State Agreement.   "Project" means the repair or restoration, or both, other than normal maintenance, or the replacement of public real property of a local agency or a state agency, including, but not limited to, buildings, schools, levees, flood control works, channels, irrigation works, city streets, county roads, bridges and other public works, including those facilities used for recreation purposes, that are damaged or destroyed by a disaster.   "Project application" means the written application made by a state or local agency to the director for federal and state financial assistance, which shall include all damage to public property that resulted from a disaster within the jurisdiction of the agency making application.   "Project worksheet" means the appropriate federal form that must be used to prepare each eligible public assistance project identifying the scope of work and a quantitative estimate for the eligible work.   "Regional response team" means the local government regional response teams, the state response team and the capitol complex response team.   "State agency" means any agency, department, commission, board, institution or special district of the state.   "State of emergency" means the existence of conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons or property within the state declared by the Governor in accordance with Section 33-15-11(b)(16).   "Trust fund" means the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund.
MS Code § 33-15-308 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-308. Requisition of additional funds for Disaster Assistance Trust Fund to provide for disaster assistance

 It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever the Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency determines that funds are immediately needed in the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund to provide for disaster assistance under this section, he shall notify the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration of his determination and shall requisition the amount of funds from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund (Fund No. 3177) that are needed in the trust fund, which shall be subject to the limitations set forth below in this section. At the same time he makes the requisition, the director shall notify the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the respective Chairmen of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee of his determination of the need for the funds and the amount that he has requisitioned. Upon receipt of such a requisition from the director, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall ascertain if the amount requisitioned is available in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund (Fund No. 3177) and is within the limitations set forth below in this section and, if it is, he shall transfer that amount from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund (Fund No. 3177) to the trust fund. If the amount requisitioned is more than the amount available in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund (Fund No. 3177) or above the limitations set forth below in this section, the executive director shall transfer the amount that is available within the limitations. The maximum amount that may be transferred from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund (Fund No. 3177) to the trust fund for any one (1) disaster occurrence shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) and the maximum amount that may be transferred during any fiscal year shall be One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).   It is the intention of the Legislature, that during the subsequent legislative session, consideration shall be given to provide an appropriation equal to the amount transferred from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund (Fund No. 3177) to the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund under the provisions of this section as repayment to the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund (Fund No. 3992) and/or the Budget Contingency Fund.
MS Code § 33-15-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 33 - Military Affairs|Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense|Article 5 - Disaster Assistance Act of 1993|§ 33-15-309. Director to administer; state agencies to comply; state held harmless in connection with certain project applications; director's annual report as to trust fund; presentment to Department of Finance for payments from trust fund

  The director shall administer this article and shall have the authority to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this article.   A state agency, when requested by the director in accordance with Section 33-15-11(b)(7) or 33-15-11(c)(2) and current executive orders, shall render services and perform duties within its areas of responsibility necessary to carry out the purpose of this article.   Each project application executed between a local agency and the director pursuant to subsection (4) of Section 33-15-313 shall contain a provision under which the local agency agrees to hold the state harmless from damages due to the work for which funds were allocated.   Before the convening of the Legislature each year, the director shall submit a written report to the Governor and the Legislature relating to the operation of the trust fund.   When certified by the director, requests for reimbursements, advances or final payments from local or state agencies shall be presented to the Department of Finance and Administration for payment out of the trust fund.