Grants to local authorities for preventative measures

Granting of subsidies to local authorities for the carrying out of preventative works as referred to in Article 7 of Provincial Law No. 2/1992, aimed at preventing the occurrence within the province, for whatever reason, of situations involving serious damage or a risk of serious damage to the safety of persons, property, settlements and the environment, and which, by
their nature, scale or extent must be addressed through the intervention of the public authorities.

In order to submit an application for funding, the local authority must wait for the Provincial Executive to approve the Plan for Municipal Investments of Provincial Significance for Disaster Prevention Works.

The deadline for submitting the grant application is set by the Provincial Executive’s resolution approving the Plan for Municipal Investments of Provincial Significance for Disaster Prevention Works.

Local authorities required to carry out preventative works to deal with a natural disaster, which have already submitted a project to the Risk Prevention and Single Emergency Coordination Centre and which, following the preliminary assessment, have had that project included in the ranking of eligible projects for funding, pursuant to Article 7 of Provincial Law No. 2/1992, with a priority score assigned.

The Prevention and Civil Protection Service periodically updates the list of eligible projects for funding on the basis of new proposals submitted by local authorities.

The Provincial Executive consequently updates and approves the Plan for Municipal Investments of Provincial Significance for disaster prevention works. Following the adoption of this Plan, the municipality must, within the specified deadline, submit an application for funding using the form published on the Province’s official website, in one of the following ways:

• by hand delivery to the relevant department;
• by post, via registered post with acknowledgement of receipt. The date of posting shall be deemed the date of submission for the purposes of meeting the deadline;
• (preferably) submission via electronic means, in accordance with the relevant technical regulations, via the P.I.Tre. interoperability system or to the following address: serv.prevenzioneprotezionecivile@pec.provincia.tn.it

The grant application, drawn up using the appropriate form, must be accompanied by:

• a signed copy of the technical and economic feasibility study/detailed design;
• a signed copy of the approval document for the technical and economic feasibility study or detailed design;
• where the project item ‘funds available’ provides for the purchase or compulsory purchase of property or land, the value of which is equal to or exceeds 50 per cent of the investment: a copy of the decision by the competent body approving the technical aspects of the property acquisition; for purchases: a certified valuation report; for expropriations: a determination of the expropriation compensation issued by the Province’s competent expropriation department, or a valuation prepared by the local authority and endorsed by the Province’s competent expropriation department.

70 days after the application was submitted.

The outcome of the procedure is formally notified to the applicant local authority, stating the reference number of the decision and the website where it is published.

In the event of a negative outcome, the local authority may lodge:

• a judicial appeal to the T.R.G.A., within 60 days of the notification or communication of the decision, in accordance with Law No. 1034/71;
• an extraordinary appeal to the President of the Republic, within 120 days of the notification or communication of the decision, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 1199/71.