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Lawmakers consider adding $2M/year for recovery planning and to raise disaster spending cap
Summary
House Bill 334 would expand allowable uses of emergency funds to include pre‑disaster planning and post‑disaster recovery, increase the emergency spending cap to $20M per biennium, and create a flexible pool for surge recovery capacity, DES and DMA officials told the committee.
Representative Brad Barker outlined House Bill 334, which would expand the statutory uses of emergency service funding to cover pre‑disaster planning and post‑disaster recovery activities and raise the biennial emergency spending cap from $16 million to $20 million. Barker said the bill grew out of experience with flooding and wildfire recovery and the difficulty communities face navigating permitting, debris removal and compliance for rebuilding.
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