Utah Code § 53-2a-1301

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As used in the part:
(1) "Account" means the Disaster Response, Recovery, and 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:
(a) located within an affected community; and
(b) suffered damage due to the ongoing or recent disaster in the affected community.
(4) "Community" means a county, municipality, special district, or special service district.
(5) "Disaster response and recovery" means:
(a) action taken to respond to and recover from a disaster, including action taken to remove
debris, implement life-saving emergency protective measures, or repair, replace, or restore
facilities in response to a disaster; and
(b) post-disaster hazard mitigation directly related to the recovery from the disaster described in
Subsection (5)(a).
(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) "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.

(9) "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, or problem soil.
(10) "Pre-disaster mitigation" means action taken before a natural disaster occurs to reduce
or eliminate the long-term risk to people or property that may occur as a result of a natural
disaster, including action to prevent damage caused by flooding, earthquake, dam failure,
wildfire, landslide, severe weather, drought, or problem soil.

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