Under current law, the state disaster assistance program requires DMA to make payments to retail electric cooperatives, local governmental units, and federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state for damages and costs incurred as the result of certain disasters that do not qualify for federal disaster assistance funding. This bill authorizes state disaster assistance payments to include costs incurred for approved hazard mitigation measures after a disaster.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
323.31 State disaster assistance. From the appropriations under s. 20.465 (3) (b) and (s), the adjutant general shall make payments to retail electric cooperatives, as defined in s. 16.957 (1) (t), to local governmental units, as defined in s. 19.42 (7u), and to federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state for the damages and costs incurred as the result of a disaster
, including costs incurred for approved hazard mitigation measures after a disaster, if federal disaster assistance is not available for that disaster because the governor's request that the president declare the disaster a major disaster under
42 USC 5170 has been denied or because the disaster, as determined by the department of military affairs, does not meet the statewide or countywide per capita impact indicator under the public assistance program that is issued by the federal emergency management agency. To be eligible for a payment under this section, the retail electric cooperative, local governmental unit, or tribe or band shall pay 30 percent of the amount of the damages and costs resulting from the disaster. The department of military affairs shall promulgate rules establishing the application process and the criteria for determining eligibility for payments under this section.
