SB402: (New Title) relative to financial assistance for municipalities affected by disasters.

CHAPTER 339

SB 402-FN - FINAL VERSION

03/31/2022 1267s

4May2022... 1578h

2022 SESSION

22-2960

07/08

SENATE BILL 402-FN

AN ACT relative to financial assistance for municipalities affected by disasters.

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Ames, Ches. 9; Rep. Weber, Ches. 1; Rep. Parshall, Ches. 10; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11

COMMITTEE: Finance

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows the director of the division of homeland security and emergency management, with the approval of the fiscal committee, the governor, and the executive council, to disburse financial assistance to municipalities affected by federally-declared disasters in certain circumstances.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/31/2022 1267s

4May2022... 1578h 22-2960

07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to financial assistance for municipalities affected by disasters.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

339:1 New Section; Homeland Security and Emergency Management; Disaster Relief Assistance for Municipalities. Amend RSA 21-P by inserting after section 37-c the following new section:

21-P:37-d Disaster Relief Assistance for Municipalities.

I. When the President of the United States declares an area a federal disaster area and a municipality has applied for federal emergency assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), the municipality may apply to the division of homeland security and emergency management for state aid in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the non-federal share of projects eligible for costs relating to public assistance disaster grants and hazard mitigation grants. For approved applications, the division, with the approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, the governor, and the executive council, shall disburse aid to the municipality. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

II. This section shall apply to federal disasters declared on or after July 1, 2021.

III. The director of homeland security and emergency management shall administer aid under this section and may adopt administrative rules under RSA 541-A.

339:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 25, 2022

Effective Date: July 25, 2022