(a) The West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund may be granted an initial one-time allocation of $10 million in state general funds for the purposes outlined in this article.

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 29-31-9

  • Board: means the West Virginia State Resiliency Office Board created by this article. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
  • Disaster: means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural, or terrorist, or man-made cause, including weapons of mass destruction, fire, flood, earthquake, wind, snow, storm, chemical or oil spill or other water or soil contamination, epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation or other public calamity requiring emergency action. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
  • Recovery Trust Fund: means the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund created by this article. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10

(b) The State Resiliency Officer shall, with the concurrence of the State Auditor, present an expenditure report to the State Resiliency Office Board by no later than December 1 annually.

(c) Upon review and verification by the State Resiliency Office Board that all expenditures within the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund expenditure report are valid and justified uses of Recovery Fund resources, the State Resiliency Office Board shall submit to the Governor by no later than December 31 annually a budget and may request to replenish the Recovery Fund up to its initial $10 million capitalization.