PRINTER'S NO. 1855
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1455
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, SCHLOSSBERG, KINSEY, FLYNN, THOMAS,
D. COSTA, FREEMAN, KAVULICH, DRISCOLL, McNEILL AND PASHINSKI,
MAY 25, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MAY 25, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in grants to fire companies and
emergency medical services companies, further providing for
award of grants, for Fire Company Grant Program and for
allocation of appropriated funds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 7813(b), 7831 and 7833(a) of Title 35 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 7813. Award of grants.
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(b) Limits.--
(1) Except as provided in [paragraph] paragraphs (1.1)
and (3), grants shall be not less than $2,500 and not more
than $15,000 per fire company.
(1.1) Grants shall be awarded to paid municipal fire
companies based on the population, under the most recent
Federal decennial census, of the municipality in which the
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fire company is located as follows:
Population Maximum Grant
Up to 20,000.......................$25,000
From 20,001 to 40,000..............$50,000
From 40,001 to 60,000..............$75,000
From 60,001 to 80,000.............$100,000
From 80,001 to 100,000............$125,000
From 100,001 to 200,000...........$150,000
From 200,001 to 900,000...........$400,000
Over 900,000....................$1,500,000
(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.
(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 10 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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§ 7831. Fire Company Grant Program.
The sum of [$22,000,000] $27,000,000 of the amount
appropriated to the agency for fire company grants under section
1799-E of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as
The Fiscal Code, shall be expended for the purpose of making
grants to eligible fire companies under Subchapter B (relating
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to fire company grant program).
§ 7833. Allocation of appropriated funds.
(a) Administration.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), no money
from the appropriation for grants shall be used for expenses
or costs incurred by the agency for the administration of the
grant programs authorized under Subchapters B (relating to
fire company grant program) and C (relating to emergency
medical services grant program).
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the commissioner may
use not more than [$800,000] $1,000,000 of any unencumbered
funds remaining in the fund for administrative costs for
grant program implementation under this chapter.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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