Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-2022
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Eligibility to obtain funding
Official statutory text
A. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental
jurisdictions or another legal entity, including a public trust or a
nonprofit corporation or other entity which performs functions for
the benefit of or which exists for the primary benefit of Oklahoma
local governmental jurisdictions and which is not described in
subsection B of this section, shall be eligible to obtain funding
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for rural hazard mitigation projects as authorized by Section 5 of
this act.
B. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental
jurisdictions containing at least one municipality with a population
in excess of three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) persons
according to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall be eligible
to obtain funding as authorized by Section 5 of this act.
C. The entities described in subsection A or B of this section
and which are eligible for any funds authorized by Section 5 of this
act may make expenditures on behalf of any city or town using funds
deposited to the Oklahoma Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching
Fund created by Section 3 of this act.
D. An organization described in subsection A or B of this
section shall be authorized to make payment of funds obtained
pursuant to Section 5 of this act directly to a county if the funds
are used for the benefit of an unincorporated area located within
the county to which payment is made. After the county has provided
a request to an organization described in subsection A or B of this
section for funds to benefit an unincorporated area of the county,
together with a statement that the county has conducted a review of
the needs of unincorporated areas located within the county and that
the funding requested is consistent with the evaluation of
priorities for funds by the county, the funds requested may be paid
to the county. Any funds paid to a county pursuant to the
provisions of this subsection shall be expended by the county
exclusively for the purpose identified in the request and as
required by the provisions of this act.
E. No county to which funds are paid pursuant to the provisions
of subsection D of this section shall be liable to any person or
other legal entity for damages arising out of any condition, act,
omission, or other cause alleged to have arisen as a result of a
project upon which funds expended pursuant to the authority of
subsection D of this section were paid to the county.
jurisdictions or another legal entity, including a public trust or a
nonprofit corporation or other entity which performs functions for
the benefit of or which exists for the primary benefit of Oklahoma
local governmental jurisdictions and which is not described in
subsection B of this section, shall be eligible to obtain funding
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance Page 630
for rural hazard mitigation projects as authorized by Section 5 of
this act.
B. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental
jurisdictions containing at least one municipality with a population
in excess of three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) persons
according to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall be eligible
to obtain funding as authorized by Section 5 of this act.
C. The entities described in subsection A or B of this section
and which are eligible for any funds authorized by Section 5 of this
act may make expenditures on behalf of any city or town using funds
deposited to the Oklahoma Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching
Fund created by Section 3 of this act.
D. An organization described in subsection A or B of this
section shall be authorized to make payment of funds obtained
pursuant to Section 5 of this act directly to a county if the funds
are used for the benefit of an unincorporated area located within
the county to which payment is made. After the county has provided
a request to an organization described in subsection A or B of this
section for funds to benefit an unincorporated area of the county,
together with a statement that the county has conducted a review of
the needs of unincorporated areas located within the county and that
the funding requested is consistent with the evaluation of
priorities for funds by the county, the funds requested may be paid
to the county. Any funds paid to a county pursuant to the
provisions of this subsection shall be expended by the county
exclusively for the purpose identified in the request and as
required by the provisions of this act.
E. No county to which funds are paid pursuant to the provisions
of subsection D of this section shall be liable to any person or
other legal entity for damages arising out of any condition, act,
omission, or other cause alleged to have arisen as a result of a
project upon which funds expended pursuant to the authority of
subsection D of this section were paid to the county.
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