1. Session12: Governance of the Coast. Coastal Hazards Management Course The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program as an example of relationships between national, state and local governments. Slide 12.1 Relations between national, state and local governments The United States Congress Adopted the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance act which was amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 The act authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants to states for a number of purposes including mitigation. The grant contract between FEMA and the state authorizes the state to make grants to local governments for mitigation projects. Governance of the Coast

2. Session12: Governance of the Coast Coastal Hazards Management Course The Constitution of the United States of America Amendment X (1791) The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States Respectively, or to the people Slide 12.2 Constitution of United States Of America

4. Governance of the Coast Slide 12.4 Types of Local Governments Types of Local Governments Counties Municipalities Townships Special Districts (school, fire, sewer) Regional Institutions Coastal Management Agencies Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Session 12: Governance of the Coast Coastal Hazards Management Course

5. Governance of the Coast Slide 12.5 Dillon’ Rule Dillon’s Rule Session 12: Governance of the Coast Coastal Hazards Management Course Local governments are “creatures of the state. They can do only those things that they are authorized to do under law.

6. Governance of the Coast Slide 12.6 Governmental Institutions Governmental Institutions and the Separation of Powers All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in the Congress of the United States….Article I U.S. Constitution The excutive Powers shall be vested in the President of the United States of America. Article II U.S. Constitution The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. Article III U.S. Constitution Session 12: Governance of the Coast Coastal Hazards Management Course