1. (1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Sections 53-2a-102 and 53-2a-1301.

2. (2) Additional terms are defined as follows:

   1. (a) "affected community member support services" means actions taken by a governing body to support their affected community members that are intended to support the affected community member to make their home or business safe, sanitary, and functional, and are not covered by insurance;
   2. (b) "essential utility services" means an appliance and its utility connection providing electricity, sanitation, heat, or climate control systems necessary to make a structure habitable or for medical necessity;
   3. (c) "facility" means a building or system, built or manufactured, or an improved and maintained natural feature;
   4. (d) "governing body" means the same as defined in Section 53-2a-602;
   5. (e) "incident" means a disaster event that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance to supplement the efforts and available resources of the state, a local government, or a disaster relief organization in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering;
   6. (f) "incident period" means the time interval during which the disaster-causing incident occurs as established by the division in consultation with other agencies as necessary;
   7. (g) "post-disaster mitigation integrated repairs" means disaster mitigation measures directly related to recovery damage repair projects that directly reduce the potential of future damage to the facility that was damaged in the incident; and
   8. (h) " recovery damage repair" means the restoration of disaster-damaged publicly owned infrastructure and facilities.

KEY: response grant funding; recovery grant funding; post-disaster mitigation grant funding; pre-disaster mitigation grant funding

Date of Last Change: December 22, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 53-2a-102; 53-2a-1301; 53-2a-1302; 53-2a-1303; 53-2a-1304; 53-2a-1305