Section 290IAC1-1-1. Definitions

   (a) The definitions in this section apply throughout this rule.

  (b) "Active disaster" means any damaging event currently under consideration by the department for funding under the state disaster relief fund.

  (c) "Applicant" means any:

(1) county;

(2) city;

(3) town; or

(4) township;

whose executive submits an application for a grant under IC 10-14-4.

  (d) "Applicant's agent" means the person who is authorized by the executive of the applicant to act on behalf of the applicant for a grant.

  (e) "County emergency management director" means the individual as described in IC 10-14-3-17(d)(2).

  (f) "Damage assessment" means a comprehensive assessment of all damages to public facilities to include verifiable estimates of repair or replacement costs.

  (g) "Department" means the Indiana department of homeland security established under IC 10-19-2-1.

  (h) "Director" means the executive director of the department appointed under IC 10-19-3-1.

  (i) "Disaster" has the meaning as set forth in IC 10-14-3-1.

  (j) "Disaster response costs" means the additional expenses incurred by an eligible entity during a disaster for debris removal deposited within the public right of way and equipment costs at the rates contained in the department's state public assistance plan, as in effect on the date of the disaster. The term also includes the costs incurred for state verification surveys conducted by the state or a local unit of government at the written direction of the department.

  (k) "State public assistance plan" means the plan prepared by the public assistance branch of the response and recovery division of the department, which plan contains the current equipment usage rates approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

  (l) "Uninsured loss" means a financial loss to an eligible public assistance applicant due to the costs of repair, restoration, or other actions relating to an eligible category of damages under section 5 of this rule to property that is owned by, maintained by, or operated by or on behalf of an eligible applicant, and which financial loss is not compensated by insurance. The term does not include a deductible amount the insured applicant must pay before any insurance proceeds are paid. (Department of Homeland Security; 290 IAC 1-1-1; filed Jan 25, 2001, 11:15 a.m.: 24 IR 1608; readopted filed Sep 25, 2007, 9:07 a.m.: 20071010-IR-290070492RFA; filed Jan 3, 2011, 12:54 p.m.: 20110202-IR-290100481FRA)