§ 27-72-314 - Disaster counties.
27-72-314. Disaster counties.
(a) (1) It is the intent and purpose of this section to make available moneys in the State Aid Road Fund to the credit of disaster counties to be used to restore and repair county bridges or roads which are destroyed or which have suffered extensive damage as a result of tornadoes, heavy rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, and to provide, together with county funds, the necessary matching moneys required to enable the disaster counties to obtain federal disaster relief funds for the projects.
(2) Only counties designated by the appropriate federal or state official as disaster counties for public assistance shall be authorized to use moneys in the fund under the matching provisions and for the purposes set forth in this section.
(3) All other moneys deposited in the fund shall be used solely on the matching basis and for the purposes set forth in 27-72-301, 27-72-305, 27-72-312, 27-72-313, and 27-72-315.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of 27-72-301, 27-72-305, 27-72-312, 27-72-313, and 27-72-315, a county that has been determined by the appropriate federal or state official as being a disaster county for public assistance due to tornadoes, excessive rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, shall be eligible to receive state aid road funds credited to the account of the disaster county on a basis of ninety percent (90%) state aid road funds to not less than ten percent (10%) county matching funds.
(2) Funds distributed to a disaster county under the special matching provisions of this subsection shall be used solely for the restoration or repair of county bridges or roads destroyed or which suffered extensive damage as a result of tornadoes, heavy rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, regardless of whether the roads or bridges are a part of the state aid system of county roads.
(c) In addition to the uses provided for in subsection (b) of this section, funds distributed to a disaster county under the matching provisions of this section may be used to provide the necessary matching funds required to match federal disaster relief funds available for the restoration or repair of county bridges or roads which are destroyed or extensively damaged as a result of tornadoes, heavy rainfall, flooding conditions, or other natural disasters occurring after December 1, 2002, regardless of whether the roads or bridges are a part of the state aid system of county roads.