SUBPART K. STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

§100.31. State Emergency Response Fund

A. The State Emergency Response Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. Any money donated to the fund or appropriated to the fund by the legislature shall be deposited in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund shall remain in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be appropriated, administered, and used solely as provided in Subsection B of this Section.

B. Monies in the fund shall be appropriated and used to provide a source of funds to pay expenses incurred as a result of activities associated with the preparation for and response to an emergency or declared disaster. The expenditure for such a purpose from another source may be eligible to be repaid from the fund if the using agency has certified the necessity of such action to the commissioner of administration. Monies in the fund may also be utilized to provide bridge funding in anticipation of reimbursements from the federal government or other source. Any reimbursement received for expenses paid from the fund shall be returned to and deposited into the fund. Transfers of monies from the fund may be made from one agency to another prior to obtaining approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget in the event of an emergency and if certified by the commissioner of administration to the governor that any delay in the expenditure of such monies would be detrimental to the welfare and safety of the state and its citizens. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget shall be notified in writing of such declaration and shall meet to consider such action, but if it is found by the committee that such funds were not needed for an emergency expenditure, such approval may be withdrawn and any balance remaining shall not be expended. Monies in the fund may also be transferred to the FEMA Reimbursement Fund by the commissioner of administration with the approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

C. Repealed by Acts 2007, No. 196, §2, eff. June 27, 2007.

Acts 2006, No. 640, §2, eff. June 27, 2006; Acts 2007, No. 196, §2, eff. June 27, 2007.