Services COVID-19 Recovery Grant Program) shall expire June 30,
2022.
Section 9. Sections 7842 and 7843 of Title 35 are renumbered
to read:
§ [7842] 7894. Special provisions.
(a) Claim.--An applicant for a grant under this chapter who
failed to return a signed agreement for the preceding year shall
not be permitted to apply for a grant in the current year unless
the applicant has provided the commissioner with a reasonable
written explanation as to why it did not claim its grant.
(b) Delinquency.--An applicant for a grant under this
chapter who is delinquent in loan payments to the Pennsylvania
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Loan Program must use its
grant funds to pay any arrears to the Commonwealth or it will
not be qualified to receive a grant. Any organization that fails
to comply with this subsection shall be disqualified from
applying to the grant program for a period of five years.
(c) Demonstration.--An applicant for a grant under this
chapter must demonstrate that it complied with all of the terms
of its grant agreement in the previous year regarding the use of
the grant money it received in previous years or it shall not be
eligible to receive a grant in the current year.
(d) Approval.--An applicant shall not be approved for a
grant to be used for purposes other than those stated in section
7813(a) (relating to award of grants) or 7823(a) (relating to
award of grants).
§ [7843] 7895. Annual reports.
(a) Contents.--The commissioner shall prepare an annual
report on the Fire Company Grant Program and Emergency Medical
Services Grant Program. The annual report shall include all of
the following information:
(1) The total number of fire companies and EMS companies
that were notified of the grant programs.
(2) The total number of fire companies and EMS companies
that submitted applications for the grant programs.
(3) The total number of fire companies and EMS companies
that were approved for grants.
(4) An analysis of how the grants were used for
facilities, equipment, debt reduction, training and
certification, the education of the general public,
construction savings accounts and recruitment and retention,
including length of service award programs, as delineated by
county and municipality.
(5) A list of the fire companies as delineated by county
that received additional grants under section 7813(a.2)
(relating to award of grants).
(6) A list of the different entities that received
grants, including municipal fire companies, volunteer fire
companies, municipal emergency medical services companies and
volunteer EMS companies.
(7) A list of the different reasons why grants were not
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