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Senate Finance backs HB 165 to raise maximum municipal disaster grant to $100,000
Summary
The Senate Finance Committee voted to advance House Bill 165, which would raise the maximum award available to municipalities from the state disaster-relief grant program from $25,000 to $100,000.
Representative Judy Aaron told the Senate Finance Committee she introduced House Bill 165 to restore the original $100,000 maximum award available to municipalities under a state disaster-relief statute. Aaron said language enacted in a prior session lowered the cap to $25,000 during a committee-of-conference compromise and that the smaller amount does not provide meaningful relief to many small towns after flooding or other natural disasters.
Aaron cited repeated flooding events in her district, including damage from July 2021 and July 2023, and said some towns still…
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