Grants to municipalities for emergency interventions

Granting to the municipalities of contributions for the execution of emergency works provided for by Article 53 of Provincial Law no. 26/1993 and by Article 37 of Provincial Law no. 9/2011, in order to guarantee the safety of structures and the territory as well as the restoration of the functionality of essential public goods and services or to limit the worsening of the risk within the framework of the management of an emergency of local interest.

The application must be submitted within 60 days from the date of the emergency report.

Municipalities that have to carry out emergency works to cope with a calamitous event.

When an emergency situation occurs in the Municipality which requires the execution of an emergency intervention, the Municipality immediately informs the Risk Prevention Service and the single emergency control centre, requesting the inspection of the technician in charge to ascertain the conditions to access the contribution provided for by art. 37, paragraph 1 of Provincial Law no. 9/2011 and at the same time provides for the drafting and subsequent transmission of the report of extreme urgency as provided for by art. 53 of Provincial Law no. 26/1993.
If, following the inspection by the technician of the competent Service for risk prevention, the intervention is deemed eligible for contribution, the Municipality is formally notified of the outcome with a special report, the Municipality itself, within 60 days from the date of the report of extreme urgency, must submit an application for contribution.
The grant application must be submitted, using the form published on the Province's institutional website, in one of the following ways

• direct delivery to the competent structure
• transmission by postal service, by registered letter with advice of delivery. For the purposes of compliance with the deadlines, the date of dispatch shall be considered the date of dispatch;
• (preferably) transmission by telematic means, in compliance with the relevant technical rules, via P.I.Tre. interoperability or to the address: serv.prevenzionerischi@pec.provincia.tn.it

If, due to adverse weather conditions, also in consideration of the location of the intervention, the Municipality is not able to carry out the preparatory activities for the drafting of the expert's report and consequently approve the report within the deadline, it is required to submit the grant application within 60 days from the report of the emergency, enclosing a copy of the report of the emergency, photographic documentation of the condition of the premises, and an illustrative report on the reasons for the delay in drafting the report.

In this case the competent Service suspends the time limit for the conclusion of the procedure, which starts to run again from the receipt of a copy of the survey and of the municipal measure approving it, also in technical terms, which must be sent, under penalty of ineligibility of the grant application, within 6 months from the date of the application.

It should be noted that any variants, drawn up in compliance with Article 51 of Provincial Law no. 26 of 1993 and Article 27 of Provincial Law no. 2 of 2016, must be communicated in advance and agreed with the competent technician of the Risk Prevention and Single Emergency Service.

Any expenditure in excess of the established amount shall be eligible for a contribution, subject to authorisation by the competent Service, if the additional interventions are strictly necessary to consider the intervention functional and compliant with the project purposes.

Within 2 years from the adoption of the measure granting the contribution with a determination of the Manager of the Risk Prevention and Single Emergency Service, the interventions shall be completed and the expense report shall be submitted to the same Service.

The application for assistance, drawn up according to the appropriate form, must be accompanied by

• a copy of the emergency report drawn up by the technician appointed by the municipality
• photographic documentation showing the state of the sites at the time of the event that led to the emergency situation, drawn up by the technician appointed by the municipality as well as any documentation of the state of the sites prior to the event
• copy of the survey of the works or of the executive project of the works
• a copy of the provision of approval, also in technical terms, pursuant to Article 53 of Provincial Law no. 26 of 10 September 1993, of the appraisal or executive project of the works.

The outcome of the procedure is formally communicated to the requesting municipality, indicating the reference of the measure and the site where the measure is published.
In the event of a negative outcome, the Municipality may file

• appeal to the Regional Administrative Court, within 60 days from the notification/communication of the act, pursuant to Law no. 1034/71;
• extraordinary appeal to the President of the Republic, within 120 days of the service of the act, pursuant to Presidential Decree no. 1199/71.