Section R. 30.53 - Assistance eligibilityRule 3.
(1) An applicant that applies for assistance pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of the act shall meet all of the following eligibility requirements: (a) Maintain an emergency management program or be incorporated into a county emergency management program that is established before an emergency or disaster, as defined in the act, is declared.(b) The applicable emergency operations plan shall have been implemented in a timely manner at the beginning of the disaster or emergency.(c) Certify the exhaustion of local effort. Exhaustion of local effort means utilizing all available and applicable disaster relief forces as identified in the emergency operations plan and applicable support emergency operations plan.(d) Experience an extraordinary financial burden. During the period of emergency or disaster, extraordinary financial burden shall be demonstrated by the applicant's incurring expenses, over a consecutive 5-day period, for the allowable expenditures specified in R 30.56, in an amount that is not less than $30,000.00 or 1% of the applicant's affected agencies' annual general fund operating budget, whichever is less.(e) Conduct an assessment of damages that are incurred in the disaster or emergency and forward an assessment report to the division in accordance with standard procedures as published by the division.(2) In addition to the requirements specified in subrule (1) of this rule, to be eligible for assistance, a local state of emergency shall have been declared for the applicant's area in a timely manner. A copy of the declaration shall have been immediately forwarded to the division by the most expeditious method available.Mich. Admin. Code R. 30.53