d. Local emergency planning committee members

Sixtieth Legislative Assembly 1 sl:Jeh disaster er effleF{JeR8)' \'ietiffls ar:e I:JRaBle te ffleet their Reeds thf8l:Jgh assietaRee l:.IRc:ter 2 flFevisieRs etl'ler thaR seetieR 494 of tl'lo Disaster Relief Aet or thFel:Jgl'l ether ffleSRS. The 3 governor is authorized: 4 1. To receive temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster or emergency 5 victims from any agency of the United States and to make such units available to 6 any county or city of the state. 7 2. To assist any county or city of this state which is the site of temporary housing for 8 disaster or emergency victims, to acquire and to prepare sites necessary for such 9 temporary housing, and to "pass through" funds made available by any agency, 10 public or private. 11 Any county or city of this state is expressly authorized to acquire, temporarily or 12 permanently, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, sites required for installation of temporary 13 housing units for disaster or emergency victims and to enter into whatever arrangements, 14 including purchase of temporary housing units and payment of transportation charges, which 15 are necessary to prepare or equip such sites to utilize the housing units. 16 The governor shall establish guidelines necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 17 37-17.1-19, 37-17.1-20, and 37-17.1-21. 18 SECTION 12. AMENDMENT. Section 37-17.1-20 of the North Dakota Century Code is 19 amended and reenacted as follows: 20 37-17.1-20. Community disaster loans. IR seeeFdsRee ....'itl'l tl'le flFe';isioRS of tl'le 21 URiteEt States Disaster nelief Aet at 1974 (rI:JB. L. 92288; 88 Stat. 142J, the The governor is 22 authorized to enter into such agreements and execute such assurances on behalf of the state 23 of North Dakota as may be necessary to establish, in the event of a presidentially declared 24 "major disaster", a program of community disaster loans in those cases when communities are 25 unable to meet or provide for their essential governmental functions threl:Jgl'l BooistaRee I:JREter 26 flFe'/isieAs ett:ler tl'lSA SOGtiOA 414 ef the Dissetor Relief Am or tt:lFEn:lgl'l ett:ler fflsaA6. Upon the 27 governor's determination that a local government of the state will suffer a substantial loss of tax 28 and other revenues from a disaster and has demonstrated a need for financial assistance to 29 perform its governmental functions, the governor may apply to the federal government, on 30 behalf of the local government, for a loan and receive and disburse the proceeds of any 31 approved loan to any applicant local government. Page No. 10 78078.0300