La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § XXI-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XXI-503 - Sheltering

A. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, in preparing and maintaining regional and statewide sheltering plans and in responding to an actual disaster or emergency, shall allocate state sheltering resources in accordance with the requirements of this Part, to include the following factors:

1. the parish's designation as a high-risk area or contiguous risk area;

2. the parish's geographic proximity to the weather event or disaster, in relation to other parishes in the high risk area;

3. the risk assessment prepared by the parish and municipality identifying the at-risk population and essential workers of the parish;

4. the shelter inventory prepared by the parish and municipality identifying all available local places of shelter subject to the parish president's emergency powers, and non-local facilities with which the parish has executed contingency agreements for sheltering its at-risk population;

5. the evacuation plan prepared by the parish making maximum utilization of its own means of transportation for its at risk population.

B. The state will rely on the parish's shelter inventory submitted in accordance with this Part for planning purposes and, when requested by the parish, use its best efforts to supplement the parish's shelter assets with state shelter resources. However, for a disaster or emergency in which a parish requests state or federal shelter assistance, the parish's request for state shelter assistance shall serve as acknowledgement of the parish's responsibility for that portion of the nonfederal share of the shelter costs allocable to the services provided by the state to that parish. All costs associated with the shelter services provided by the state shall be allocated to the parish unless otherwise determined by the commissioner of the Division of Administration.

C. For a disaster or emergency in which a parish requests state or federal sheltering assistance, the state may assume all or part of the non-federal share of the cost of the state or federal sheltering assistance based upon compliance with this Part and availability of state funds.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § XXI-503

Promulgated by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, LR 38:51 (January 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 29:725.