Each application for a grant under this division shall be made in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(7) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code governing applications for grants under this division and shall demonstrate that the grant will enhance the ability of the recipient or, in the case of the commission, the state as a whole to prepare for and respond to releases of hazardous substances and extremely hazardous substances. All applications for grants from the reserve fund to a committee and to fire departments within the jurisdiction of a committee shall be submitted by the committee to the commission at the same time. Each application from a committee shall demonstrate that expenditures from applicable local revenues for the purpose of preparedness for emergency response to those releases and for administration of the district's emergency response program did not decline during the immediately preceding three years. No grant under this division shall exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
No grant shall be made under this division unless the grantee provides matching funds equal to twenty-five per cent of the amount requested. If two or more committees submit a joint application for a grant to promote cooperative emergency planning and training or to share first response equipment, the matching requirement shall be reduced to ten per cent of the amount requested. The matching funds required by this division may consist of contributions of money by any person or of contributions in kind through the purchase of first response equipment; however, moneys allocated under section 3750.14 of the Revised Code shall not be used to provide any of the matching funds required by this division.
Grant moneys awarded to the commission under this division may be expended, by contract, to support the participation of any state agency in chemical emergency response planning and training or to acquire first response equipment for any state agency whose needs have been identified in the state emergency response plan prepared under division (B)(13) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code. The state agency receiving moneys from the commission shall provide the required matching funds from moneys available to the agency, other than those received under division (D)(2) of section 3750.14 of the Revised Code.
Grant moneys awarded under this division shall not be used to do either of the following:
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