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<br />16 USC CHAPTER 90, SUBCHAPTER III: COUNTY FUNDS
<br />From Title 16—CONSERVATION
<br />CHAPTER 90—SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION
<br />SUBCHAPTER III —COUNTY FUNDS
<br />§7141. Definitions
<br />In this subchapter:
<br />(1) County funds
<br />The term "county funds" means all funds an eligible county elects under section 7112(d) of this title to reserve for
<br />expenditure in accordance with this subchapter.
<br />(2) Participating county
<br />The term "participating county" means an eligible county that elects under section 7112(d) of this title to expend a
<br />portion of the Federal funds received under section 7112 of this title in accordance with this subchapter.
<br />(Pub. L. 106-393, title III, §301, as added Pub. L. 110-343, div. C, title VI, §601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3909.)
<br />EDITORIAL NOTES
<br />PRIOR PROVISIONS
<br />A prior section 301 of Pub. L. 106-393 was set out in a note under section 500 of this title prior to repeal by
<br />Pub. L. 110-343, div. C, title VI, §601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893.
<br />§7142. Use
<br />(a) Authorized uses
<br />A participating county, including any applicable agencies of the participating county, shall use county funds, in
<br />accordance with this subchapter, only—
<br />(1) to carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program to provide to homeowners in fire -sensitive
<br />ecosystems education on, and assistance with implementing, techniques in home siting, home construction, and
<br />home landscaping that can increase the protection of people and property from wildfires;
<br />(2) to reimburse the participating county for search and rescue and other emergency services, including
<br />firefighting and law enforcement patrols, that are —
<br />(A) performed on Federal land after the date on which the use was approved under subsection (b); and
<br />(B) paid for by the participating county;
<br />(3) to cover training costs and equipment purchases directly related to the emergency services described in
<br />paragraph (2);
<br />(4) to develop and carry out community wildfire protection plans in coordination with the appropriate Secretary
<br />concerned; and
<br />(5) to provide or expand access to —
<br />(A) broadband telecommunications services at local schools; or
<br />(B) the technology and connectivity necessary for students to use a digital learning tool at or outside of a local
<br />school campus.
<br />(b) Proposals
<br />A participating county shall use county funds for a use described in subsection (a) only after a 45-day public
<br />comment period, at the beginning of which the participating county shall—
<br />(1) publish in any publications of local record a proposal that describes the proposed use of the county funds; and
<br />(2) submit the proposal to any resource advisory committee established under section 7125 of this title for the
<br />participating county.
<br />(Pub. L. 106-393, title III, §302, as added Pub. L. 110-343, div. C, title VI, §601(a), Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3909;
<br />amended Pub. L. 112-141, div. F, title I, §100101(a)(9), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 115-141, div. O, title IV,
<br />§402, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1079; Pub. L. 117-58, div. D, title XII, §41202(e), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1134.)
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