As Amended
SEC. 43-41-13. Amount of grants.
(1) In the case of a federally declared disaster, the state grant under this article shall be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the actual cost of meeting necessary expenses or serious needs, plus state administrative expenses in excess of five percent (5%) of the total federal grant, and shall be made only on the condition that the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the grant, plus five percent (5%) administrative cost, is provided by the federal government. In the event of a Governor's state of emergency declaration, the state grant under this article shall equal to an amount established by the Director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
(2) An individual or family shall not receive a grant or grants under the provisions of this article aggregating more than the amount specified annually by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and published in the Federal Register with respect to any one (1) major disaster declared by the President. In the case of a federally declared disaster, such aggregate amount shall include both state and federal share of the grant. With respect to any one (1) disaster declared by the Governor's state of emergency, such amount of assistance shall not exceed an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the amount specified annually by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and published in the Federal Register.
SOURCES: Laws, 1978, ch. 331, § 5(3); Laws, 1989, ch. 474, § 4; Laws, 2000, ch. 413, § 4; Laws, 2001, ch. 341, § 4, SB 2290, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 11, 2001.)
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2001