d. Local emergency planning committee members

Sixtieth Legislative Assembly "emergency fund" and may not be deducted from the budget as otherwise provided by law. 2 Each county may create an emergency fund, and all taxes levied for emergency purposes by 3 any county, when collected, must be deposited in the emergency fund, and must be used only 4 for emergency purposes caused by the destruction or impairment of any county property 5 necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the county, emergencies caused by nature or by the 6 entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of a judgment for damages against the county. The 7 emergency fund may not be used for any road construction or maintenance, except for repair of 8 roads damaged by nature within sixty days preceding et:teR the determination to expend 9 emergency funds, or for the purchase of road equipment: however. the emergency fund may be 10 used to match federal funds appropriated to mitigate damage to roads related to a federally 11 declared disaster that occurred more than sixty days precedina the determination. Any 12 unexpended balance; remaining in the emergency fund at the end of any fiscal year; must be 13 kept in et:teR the fund. When the amount of money in the emergency fund, plus the amount of 14 money due the fund from outstanding taxes, equals the amount produced by a levy of five mills 15 on the taxable valuation of property in a county with a population of thirty thousand or more, or 16 ten mills on the taxable valuation of property in a county with a population of less than thirty 17 thousand, the levy authorized by this section must be discontinued, and no further levy may be 18 made until required to replenish the emergency fund. Page No. 14 78078.0300