2019 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
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
