PRINTER'S NO. 284
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
370
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, YAW, BAKER, GORDNER, SMITH, COSTA,
YUDICHAK, HUTCHINSON, BOSCOLA, SCARNATI, TARTAGLIONE,
WOZNIAK, STEFANO, RAFFERTY AND WARD, JANUARY 30, 2015
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 30, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in grants to fire companies and
volunteer services, further providing for award of grants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7813(b) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 7813. Award of grants.
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(b) Limits.--
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), grants shall be
not less than $2,500 and not more than $15,000 per fire
company.
(2) Grants may be awarded on a pro rata basis if the
total dollar amount of the approved application exceeds the
amount of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for this
purpose.
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(3) In a municipality where there are two or more
volunteer fire companies and if two or more volunteer fire
companies consolidated their use of equipment, firefighters
and services [within five years preceding the date of the
current year application submission deadline], the
consolidated entity shall be deemed eligible to receive a
grant not to exceed the amount of the combined total for
which the individual companies would have been eligible had
they not consolidated.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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