Montana Code 10-3-316. Hazard mitigation assistance grants — acceptance — statutory appropriation
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10-3-316. Hazard mitigation assistance grants — acceptance — statutory appropriation. (1) The division may accept hazard mitigation assistance grants whenever the federal government or an agency or officer of the federal government offers funding in the form of grants to the state. Hazard mitigation assistance grants provide funding for eligible mitigation activities that reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages.
Terms Used In Montana Code 10-3-316
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)All funds received as allowed in subsection (1) are statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the division for the purposes described in subsection (1).