WHEREAS sections 201 and 2 of the Emergency Program Act specifically state that: The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, establish criteria by which the eligibility of a person to receive disaster financial assistance is to be determined. The Lieutenant Governor in Council or the minister may provide disaster financial assistance in accordance with the regulations to persons who suffer loss as a result of a disaster: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM ask the Lieutenant Governor in Council to create a disaster relief fund open to all property owners, when such disaster is as a result of natural andor non human causes; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that UBCM ask the Lieutenant Governor in Council to create a disaster relief fund, such that it will collect a fee of 1 cent per 1,000 per annum from each property owner.
