Utah Code § 53-2a-1303: Disaster Response and Recovery Grant.

(1) The division may grant money under Subsection 53-2a-1302(4) appropriated from the account after receiving an application from an affected community for a disaster response and recovery grant.

(2) An affected community is eligible to receive a disaster response and recovery grant appropriated from the account if:

(a) the affected community submits an application described in Subsection (1) that includes the information required by the rules described in Section 53-2a-1305;

(b) the occurrence of a disaster in the affected community results in:

(i) the president of the United States declaring an emergency or major disaster in the state;

(ii) the governor declaring a state of emergency under Section 53-2a-206; or

(iii) the local municipality or county declaring an emergency under Section 53-2a-208;

(c) the governing body of the affected community conducts an official damage assessment of the disaster;

(d) the division, after reviewing the application described in Subsection (2)(a), the official damage assessment described in Subsection (2)(c), and other information relevant to the division's determination, determines that a grant to the affected community would be an appropriate and necessary use of account funds;

(e) the division determines there is sufficient money for the grant; and

(f) the affected community agrees to grant funding requirements as determined by the division, including the affected community's minimum threshold payment amount.