(1) "Account" means the Post Disaster 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) "Chief executive officer" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-2a-203.

(4) "Community" means a county, municipality, local district, or special service district.

(5) "Costs not recoverable" include: (a) the county threshold; and (b) costs covered by insurance or federal government grants, including funding provided to the state by FEMA's Public Assistance grant program described in 44 C.F.R. Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part 206.

(a) the county threshold; and

(b) costs covered by insurance or federal government grants, including funding provided to the state by FEMA's Public Assistance grant program described in 44 C.F.R. Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part 206.

(6) "County threshold" means, for each county, the countywide per capita indicator established by FEMA for the state, multiplied by the population of the county as determined by the division.

(7) "Disaster recovery" means action taken to remove debris, implement life-saving emergency protective measures, or repair, replace, or restore facilities in response to a disaster.

(8) "Disaster recovery grant" means money granted to an affected community for disaster recovery that amounts to not more than 75% of the difference between the cost of disaster recovery, as determined by the division after reviewing the official damage assessment, and costs not recoverable.

(9) "FEMA" means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(10) "Post 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, and problem soil.

(11) "Post hazard mitigation grant" means money granted to a community for post hazard mitigation that amounts to not more than 75% of the costs deemed necessary by the division to complete the post hazard mitigation.

(12) "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.