TN HB0557

Creates the "State Disaster Relief Program" to provide grants to counties for disaster response costs when damages do not meet the federal disaster relief threshold

County eligibility requires a disaster occurrence, a declared state of emergency by the county executive, and damages below federal thresholds

Grant funds may be used for repairing public infrastructure, emergency life-saving measures, public health and safety protection, and debris removal from public land and waterways

Counties are capped at $250,000 in grant disbursements per fiscal year

Program funding is contingent on annual appropriations in the general appropriations act