AN ACT

 

1Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, further providing for award of grants.

3The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4hereby enacts as follows:

5Section 1. Section 7813(b) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
6Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

7§ 7813. Award of grants.

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9(b) Limits.--

10(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), grants shall be
11not less than $2,500 and not more than $15,000 per fire
12company.

13(2) Grants may be awarded on a pro rata basis if the
14total dollar amount of the approved application exceeds the
15amount of funds appropriated by the General Assembly for this
16purpose.

17(3) In a municipality where there are two or more

1volunteer fire companies and if two or more volunteer fire
2companies consolidated their use of equipment, firefighters
3and services [within five years preceding the date of the
4current year application submission deadline], the
5consolidated entity shall be deemed eligible to receive a
6grant not to exceed the amount of the combined total for
7which the individual companies would have been eligible had
8they not consolidated.

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10Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.