Statute 48-938: Federal grants to individuals and families; powers and duties
of governor; amount of state share; maximum amount, determination.
Whenever the president of the United States, pursuant to the federal
Robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act and the
federal disaster relief and emergency assistance amendments of 1988, has declared a
major disaster to exist in this state, the governor is hereby authorized to
apply for, accept and disburse grants from the federal government pursuant
to section 411 of the federal
disaster relief and emergency assistance amendments of 1988, in order to meet the
disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or
families in this state who are adversely affected by such major disaster
which cannot be met adequately from other means. In order to implement and
administer such grant program and to make financial grants thereunder, the
governor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the federal
government, or any officer or agency thereof, pledging the state to provide
the state share of such financial grants, subject to the allocation of
funds for such purpose by the state finance council from the state
emergency fund, as provided in
K.S.A. 75-3713 and
amendments thereto. The state share
of any grant made pursuant to this section to meet disaster-related
necessary expenses and serious needs of individuals and families in this
state shall not exceed 25% of the actual cost of such
expenses and needs as authorized by section 411 of the federal disaster relief
and emergency assistance
amendments of 1988 and in any event shall not exceed, in the aggregate to
any one individual or family with
respect to any one major disaster, the maximum amount determined for the
current fiscal year under this section.
The maximum amount of the state share of such financial grants under this
section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, shall be $2,500. The
maximum amount for each fiscal year thereafter shall be determined by the
adjutant general on or before July 1 of such fiscal year and
shall be equal to the maximum amount for the preceding fiscal year plus an
additional amount determined by the adjutant general to be proportionally
equal to the increase, if any, by which the consumer price index for all urban
consumers published by the United States department of labor for the
preceding calendar year, exceeds that index for the second preceding
calendar year.
History: L. 1975, ch. 283, § 18;
L. 1989, ch. 158, § 1; July 1.