(a) The Department of Health shall serve as the administering and disbursing agency for a program of issuing grants to those local governments located in such close proximity to nuclear-powered electricity generating facilities in this state that federal regulations or state rules require those local governments to maintain nuclear disaster response procedures and precautions.
(b) Grants shall be issued by the department to the county governments in the affected areas, and the chief executive officer of each county shall be the agent of the county in entering into any agreements with the department in order to receive funds. He or she shall also be the agent of the county in entering into agreements with officials of the local governments or their agencies within each county to disburse the funds.