Provisional measure signed today (24) by President Jair Bolsonaro released R$ 479.87 million to 150 municipalities in 11 states that have suffered floods since the end of last year. The money will come through extraordinary credit (a type of credit used for emergency spending) to the General Budget of the Union for 2022.
The funds will be allocated to the recovery of infrastructure in areas affected by heavy rains in states that have declared a state of emergency or state of public calamity. Among the main works planned are the construction of bridges, housing units and stabilization of slopes.
By law, extraordinary credits are outside the spending ceiling and are intended for urgent and unpredictable expenses that were not budgeted for. These credits can only be requested through a provisional measure, which must be approved by the National Congress.
So far, the Ministry of Regional Development has registered requests for funds for the reconstruction of areas in 150 municipalities in 11 states: Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná and Rio de Janeiro.
