Connecticut General Statutes 28-15 – Acceptance of federal or other assistance. Nondiscrimination
(a) Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or any person, firm or corporation offers to the state, or through the state to any political subdivision thereof, services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, grant or loan, for purposes of civil preparedness or as assistance for the response or recovery activities of any civil preparedness force, the state, acting through the Governor, or such political subdivision, acting through its chief executive officer, may accept such offer. Upon such acceptance, the Governor of the state or executive officer of such political subdivision may authorize any officer of the state or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive such services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds on behalf of the state or such political subdivision and subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the agency making the offer.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 28-15
- Civil preparedness: means all those activities and measures designed or undertaken (A) to minimize or control the effects upon the civilian population of major disaster or emergency, (B) to minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or which would be caused by an attack upon the United States, (C) to deal with the immediate emergency conditions which would be created by any such attack, major disaster or emergency, and (D) to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by any such attack, major disaster or emergency. See Connecticut General Statutes 28-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Emergency: means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the Governor or the President, state or federal assistance is needed to supplement state or local efforts and capabilities to save lives and protect property, public health and safety or to avert or lessen the threat of a disaster or catastrophe in any part of this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 28-1
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Governor: means the Governor or anyone legally administering the office of Governor. See Connecticut General Statutes 28-1
- Major disaster: means any catastrophe including, but not limited to, any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm or drought, or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, explosion, or man-made disaster in any part of this state that, (A) in the determination of the President, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under the Robert T. See Connecticut General Statutes 28-1
- Political subdivision: means any city, town, municipality, borough or other unit of local government. See Connecticut General Statutes 28-1
(b) No person shall discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry or economic status in carrying out any provision of this chapter or any federal major disaster or emergency assistance function in this state.