Utah Code 35A-8-413. Victims of major disaster
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Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-8-413
- authority: means a public body corporate and politic created by this part. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Federal government: includes the United States of America, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
- Housing project: includes :(11)(b)(i) buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances;(11)(b)(ii) streets, sewers, water service, utilities, parks, site preparation and landscaping;(11)(b)(iii) facilities for administrative, community, health, recreational, welfare, or other purposes;(11)(b)(iv) the planning of the buildings and other improvements;(11)(b)(v) the acquisition of property or any interest in the property;(11)(b)(vi) the demolition of existing structures;(11)(b)(vii) the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of the improvements and all other work in connection with them; and(11)(b)(viii) all other real and personal property and all tangible or intangible assets held or used in connection with the housing project. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Major disaster: means a flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe, which in the determination of the governing body is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant the use of available resources of the federal, state, and local governments to alleviate the damage, hardship, or suffering caused. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
- Public body: means a city, county or municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, agency, subdivision, or other body of the foregoing. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
(1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other law relating to rentals, preferences, or eligibility for admission or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects during the period an authority determines that there is an acute need for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for victims of a major disaster, the authority may undertake the development and administration of housing projects for the federal government.(1)(b) Dwellings in any housing project under the jurisdiction of the authority may be made available to victims of a major disaster.
(2) An authority may contract with the federal government or a public body for advance payment or reimbursement for the furnishing of housing to victims of a major disaster, including the furnishing of housing free of charge to needy disaster victims during any period covered by a determination of acute need by the authority.