PRINTER'S NO. 102

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

 HOUSE BILL

No. 78  Session of 2007

        INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, FREEMAN, SOLOBAY, DePASQUALE, CARROLL,
           BELFANTI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER,
           GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GRELL, W. KELLER, KOTIK, MACKERETH,
           MARKOSEK, MARSHALL, PRESTON, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY,
           SANTONI, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, STABACK, STURLA, WANSACZ,
           WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, HENNESSEY, FABRIZIO, MUNDY, GIBBONS,
           STERN, DALLY, SAINATO, SAMUELSON, BARRAR, SCAVELLO, EVERETT,
           JAMES AND HARRIS, JANUARY 30, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 30, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Providing for State assistance grants to municipalities for
     2     regionalizing police operations; imposing powers and duties
     3     on the Center for Local Government Services; and making an
     4     appropriation.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7  Section 1.  Short title.
     8     This act shall be known and may be cited as <<the>> Regional
     9  Police Assistance Grant Program Act.
    10  Section 2.  Definitions.
    11     The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
    12  have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
    13  context clearly indicates otherwise:
    14     "Center."  The Center for Local Government Services within
    15  the Department of Community and Economic Development of the
    16  Commonwealth.

     1     "Program."  The Regional Police State Assistance Grant
     2  Program established under section 3.
     3  Section 3.  Regional Police State Assistance Grant Program.
     4     (a)  Establishment.--The Regional Police State Assistance
     5  Grant Program is established and shall be administered by the
     6  center.
     7     (b)  Purpose of grants.--The center shall award grants to
     8  municipalities that need financial assistance to regionalize
     9  their police operations with other municipalities. Grant funds
    10  may be used for staff salaries, police equipment and related
    11  start-up expenses.
    12     (c)  State matching funds.--The amount of each grant awarded
    13  under this act shall be equal to the amount of Federal funds
    14  received by the municipality from the Pennsylvania Commission on
    15  Crime and Delinquency for the same purpose. No grant under this
    16  act may exceed $100,000 for any three-year period.
    17     (d)  Application.--The center shall develop and distribute a
    18  uniform application for applicants to submit for grants under
    19  the program.
    20     (e)  Review.--The center shall review applications submitted
    21  for grants under the program and shall approve them if they are
    22  complete and the applicant agrees to the terms and conditions
    23  for the grant as determined by the center.
    24     (f)  Pro rata distribution.--If there are insufficient State
    25  funds appropriated for grants in any year, the center shall
    26  distribute the grant funds on a pro rata basis.
    27  Section 4.  Rules and regulations.
    28     The center shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to
    29  implement and administer the provisions of this act.
    30  Section 5.  Appropriation.
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     1     The sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated to the Center for
     2  Local Government Services within the Department of Community and
     3  Economic Development for the purpose of making grants under this
     4  act.
     5  Section 6.  Effective date.
     6     This act shall take effect in 60 days.
















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