Utah Code Title 53. Public Safety Code § 53-2a-1301. Definitions

(1) “Account” means the Response, Recovery, and Post-disaster Mitigation Restricted Account created in Section 53-2a-1302.

(2) “Affected community” means a community directly affected by an ongoing or recent disaster.

(3) “Affected community member” means a resident, property owner, business, nonprofit, or other individual or entity that is:

(4) “Community” means a county, municipality, special district, or special service district.

(5) “Disaster response and recovery” means:

(6) “Disaster response and recovery grant” means money granted to an affected community for disaster response and recovery.

(7) “Minimum threshold payment amount” means the amount of costs that an affected community or an affected community member shall pay before the affected community or affected community member is eligible to receive money from a disaster response and recovery grant.

(8) “Post-disaster hazard mitigation” means action taken, after a natural disaster, to reduce or eliminate risk to people or property that may occur as a result of the long-term effects of the natural disaster or a subsequent natural disaster, including action to prevent damage caused by flooding, earthquake, dam failure, wildfire, landslide, severe weather, drought, and problem soil.

(9) “Official damage assessment” means a financial assessment of the damage to an affected community, caused by a disaster, that is conducted under the direction of the governing body of the affected community, in accordance with the rules described in Section 53-2a-1305.