B.__Thirty percent of the amount received from the annual allocation may be used to provide for:

(1)__State relief and assistance to state agencies, local governmental units, regional agencies, authorities and nonprofit organizations in the form of grants resulting from a disaster not federally declared; and

(2)__State relief and assistance to businesses and individuals and to fund loans for uninsured loss resulting from a disaster not federally declared.

C.__Twenty percent of the amount received from the annual allocation to the fund may be utilized for grants and loans to local governmental units, regional agencies, authorities and special districts for projects planned to mitigate the effects of a disaster.

Projects include, but are not limited to, the promotion of public education and awareness of disaster mitigation; improved land use planning; retrofitting of structures, particularly critical facilities; and the development or revision of building codes that incorporate the latest available information about risk reduction from natural hazards.

The agency, in cooperation with county emergency preparedness officers, may adopt rules to alter the distribution formula under paragraphs B and C.

The Director of Maine Emergency Management Agency may alter the distribution formula without adopting rules to meet matching requirements imposed as a condition for receiving federal assistance or planning.

The agency shall adopt rules to establish criteria and procedures for the administration of the fund.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.