WAC 118-09-040   Distribution of EMA funds.  (1) From the total amount of EMA funds allocated for distribution to local emergency services organizations, the director may withhold up to five percent of the funds for discretionary distribution to emergency services organizations that meet EMA funds eligibility criteria after the beginning of the one-year period for which EMA funds are available. These discretionary moneys will be distributed on a percentage basis to local emergency services organizations that became eligible during the one-year period for which EMA funds are available. If such discretionary funds are exhausted, local emergency services organizations that become eligible for such funds will not receive funds.

     (2) Any portion of the withheld percentage of the total EMA fund allocation to local emergency services organizations that has not been distributed by the end of a nine-month period, measured from the beginning of the one-year period for which EMA funds are available, shall be distributed on a percentage basis to those emergency services organizations that have achieved and maintained eligibility in accordance with WAC 118-09-030.

     (3) The director shall decide upon and publish by September 1 each year, the beginning and ending dates of the next one-year period for which EMA funds will be available to local emergency services organizations.

     (4) The total amount of EMA funds allocated for distribution to local emergency services organizations, less the percentage withheld by the director (net funds), shall be distributed to eligible local emergency services organizations on a percentage basis up to and including fifty percent of eligible costs. The percentage amount will be determined by the amount of federal funds available each federal fiscal year. The percentage shall be derived by dividing the amount of net funds available by the total of all EMA funds requested by eligible local emergency services organizations. An eligible local emergency services organization shall receive an amount of EMA funds equal to the percentage multiplied by the amount of EMA funds requested.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 38.52.160. 84-01-022 (Order 118-09), § 118-09-040, filed 12/9/83.]