{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-2022","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-2022","heading":"Eligibility to obtain funding","body":"A. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental\n\njurisdictions or another legal entity, including a public trust or a\n\nnonprofit corporation or other entity which performs functions for\n\nthe benefit of or which exists for the primary benefit of Oklahoma\n\nlocal governmental jurisdictions and which is not described in\n\nsubsection B of this section, shall be eligible to obtain funding\n\nfor rural hazard mitigation projects as authorized by Section 5 of\n\nthis act.\n\nB. A voluntary association of Oklahoma local governmental\n\njurisdictions containing at least one municipality with a population\n\nin excess of three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) persons\n\naccording to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall be eligible\n\nto obtain funding as authorized by Section 5 of this act.\n\nC. The entities described in subsection A or B of this section\n\nand which are eligible for any funds authorized by Section 5 of this\n\nact may make expenditures on behalf of any city or town using funds\n\ndeposited to the Oklahoma Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching\n\nFund created by Section 3 of this act.\n\nD. An organization described in subsection A or B of this\n\nsection shall be authorized to make payment of funds obtained\n\npursuant to Section 5 of this act directly to a county if the funds\n\nare used for the benefit of an unincorporated area located within\n\nthe county to which payment is made. After the county has provided\n\na request to an organization described in subsection A or B of this\n\nsection for funds to benefit an unincorporated area of the county,\n\ntogether with a statement that the county has conducted a review of\n\nthe needs of unincorporated areas located within the county and that\n\nthe funding requested is consistent with the evaluation of\n\npriorities for funds by the county, the funds requested may be paid\n\nto the county. Any funds paid to a county pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this subsection shall be expended by the county\n\nexclusively for the purpose identified in the request and as\n\nrequired by the provisions of this act.\n\nE. No county to which funds are paid pursuant to the provisions\n\nof subsection D of this section shall be liable to any person or\n\nother legal entity for damages arising out of any condition, act,\n\nomission, or other cause alleged to have arisen as a result of a\n\nproject upon which funds expended pursuant to the authority of\n\nsubsection D of this section were paid to the county.","path":["OK Code","Title 62"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os62.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4c2384340e1f3f953d53c7c6519cd81bcc7507677ddb0335b22270ca6a0ce522","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-2021","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-2023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}