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from any appropriation made by the legislature or from any other source; IIpassing through" funds made available by any agency, public or private; or becoming a copartner with the political subdivision for the execution and per- formance of any temporary housing for disaster victims project; (11) under such regulations as he shall prescribe, temporarily suspend or modify for not to exceed 60 days any public health, safety, zoning, transpor- tation within or across the state, or other requirement of law or regulation within this state when by proclamation he deems the suspension or modification essential to provide temporary housing for disaster vic:t.,:lÎs' (12) on his determination that a local government of tne state has or ~i11 suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenues from a major disaster ànd has demonstrated a need for financial assistance to perform its governmental functions, apply to the federal government on behalf of the local government for a loan, receive and disburse the proceeds of any approved loan to any applicant local government, determi ne the amount needed by any appli cant local government to restore or resume its governmental functions, certify that to the federal government provided that no application amount may exceed 25 percent of the annual operating budget of the applicant for the fiscal year in which the major disaster occurs, and _recommend to the federal government, based on his review, the cancellation of all or any part of repayment when in the first three full fiscal-year periods following the major disaster the revenues of the local government are insufficient to meet its operating expenses, including additional disaster-related expenses of ~ municipal operation character; [ (13) through the use of state departments or agencies or the use of any of the state's instrumentalities, clear or remove from publicly or privately owned land or water, debris and wreckage that may threaten public health or safety or public or private property in any state of disaster declared by the Governor or major disaster declared by the President of the United States; (14) accept funds from the federal government and utilize the funds to make grants to any local government for the purpose of removing debris or wreckage from publicly or privately owned land or water; (15) on his determination that financial assistance is essential to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major di saster which cannot be otherwi se adequately met from other means of assistance, accept a grant by the federal government to fund financial assistance, subject to terms and conditions as may be imposed on the grant, and enter into an agreement with the federal government of any officer or agency of the United States pledging the state to participate in funding not more than 25 percent of the financial assistance authorized in this subsection; (16) make financial grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster which cannot otherwise adequately be met from other means of assistance, which shall not exceed an aggregate amount in excess of that established by federal statute to an individual or family in any single major disaster declared by the President of the United States; and (17) make rules and regulations as are necessary for carrying out the pur- poses of this Act, including standards of eligibility for persons applying for benefits, procedures for applying and administration, methods of investigation, filing, and approving applications and formation of local or statewide boards to pass on applications and procedures for appeals. [ (h) The Governor may designate in the state emergency management plan the Department of Human Resources or other state agency to carry out the functi ons of providing financial aid to individuals or families qualified for disaster relief. The designated agency may employ temporary personnel for these func- tions to be paid from funds appropriated to the agency, federal funds, or the Attachment 2 Tab 1 Page 4