§127-8 Appropriations and authority to accept services, gifts, grants, and loans. (a) Each political subdivision may make appropriations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the political subdivision for the purposes and the payment of expenses of its local organization for disaster relief.

(b) Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof, or any other agency, public or private, shall offer to the State or to any political subdivision services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of disaster relief, the director of disaster relief on behalf of the State or a deputy director on behalf of the political subdivision may accept the offer and receive the services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds, subject to the conditions and terms of the offer. [L 1949, c 320, §10; RL 1955, §358-9; HRS §127-8]