(a) There is hereby created within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a special trust fund known as the “Disaster Assistance Trust Fund,” hereinafter referred to in this article as the “Fund.”
(b) All monies received by the City for emergency and disaster response and recovery costs under the public assistance provisions of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, now entitled The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, (Public Law 93-288), as amended; the Natural Disaster Assistance Act (Chapter 7.5, Division 1, Title 2 of the California Government Code), as amended; Chapter 3X of the 1987-88 First Extraordinary Session of the California Legislature; and similar grant programs when specifically directed by the City Council, shall be transferred from the Grant Receipts Fund into the Fund for transfer or expenditure for the purposes set forth in Subsection (d) of this section.
(c) All interest or other earnings attributable to money in each account in the Fund shall be credited to that particular account.
(d) No transfer or expenditure shall be made from the Fund except for the purposes authorized by, and subject to all of the provisions of, the applicable grant authority among the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, now entitled The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, (Public Law 93-288), as amended; the Natural Disaster Assistance Act (Chapter 7.5, Division 1, Title 2 of the California Government Code), as amended; Chapter 3X of the 1987-88 First Extraordinary Session of the California Legislature; other similar grant programs the monies from which are deposited into the Fund pursuant to City Council direction; and applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations, instructions, procedures and requirements.
(e) The Fund shall be administered, and transfers, to the extent permitted by the Charter, and expenditures therefrom shall be authorized, by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services. No transfer or expenditure shall be made from the Fund except for the purposes set forth in Subsection (d) of this section.
(f) All City officers and employees who have any control over the investment, transfer or expenditure of monies in the Fund shall provide to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the California Office of Emergency Services, the United States Inspector General, the California State Controller, auditors of the City’s grants pursuant to the Single Audit Act, their representatives, designees or replacements, or others having audit authority with respect to the specific grant program, access to and the right to examine such books, papers, documents or records as they may require for the purpose of reviewing compliance with the terms and conditions of the grant program under which the monies were obtained.
(g) The monies paid into the Fund shall remain in the Fund until transferred or expended for the purposes set forth in Subsection (d) of this section. Unencumbered funds remaining in the Fund shall not revert to the Reserve Fund at the end of a fiscal year.
(h) The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services shall inform the Controller of all special terms and conditions placed upon the use of monies deposited into the Fund. The Controller shall establish a separate account within the Fund for each receipt which is so limited. No money shall be expended from any account in the Fund except in satisfaction of and in compliance with those special terms and conditions, if any, under which that money was accepted. Any request by the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services for a transfer or an expenditure of money from any such special account shall be accompanied by information to the Controller that the transfer or expenditure of said money does not breach or violate the special terms and conditions under which the money was received and placed into the special account.
(i) The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services and the Controller are authorized to establish appropriate procedures to carry out the provisions of this section.
(j) The Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services shall report to the City Council regarding the Fund on an annual basis, within 90 days after the close of the City’s fiscal year, or as requested by the City Council following a declared emergency or disaster. Such report shall identify all receipts into, and all transfers and expenditures out of, the Fund, as well as the purposes for which the transfers and expenditures were made.
SECTION HISTORY
Article 9.6 and Section added by Ord. No. 166,519, Eff. 1-24-91.
Amended by: Ord. No. 173,289, Eff. 6-26-00, Oper 7-1-00.