PRINTER'S NO. 3356
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2730
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY LABS, FARRY, SCHLEGEL CULVER, POLINCHOCK, RIGBY,
STAATS, THOMAS, BOBACK, McNEILL, MALAGARI, T. DAVIS, RADER,
STRUZZI, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, KNOWLES, MUSTELLO, HAMM,
TOMLINSON AND SAINATO, JULY 5, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JULY 5, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing
for capital grants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 7385.1. Capital grants.
(a) Source.--Money transferred under 3 Pa.C.S. § 1113(a)(5)
and (6) (relating to disposition of certain funds) shall be
utilized by the commissioner to administer capital grants.
(b) Recipients.--Emergency services training centers
recognized by the commissioner under standards developed through
rules and guidelines in consultation with the State Fire
Advisory Board may be recipients of grants under subsection (a)
upon application.
(c) Purposes.--Capital grants administered to recipients
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under this section shall be used to:
(1) Establish or modernize facilities that house
firefighting equipment, ambulances or rescue vehicles.
(2) Acquire or renovate existing structures to house
firefighting equipment, ambulances or rescue vehicles or for
the construction or modernization of facilities.
(3) Repair or purchase firefighting, ambulance or rescue
equipment.
(4) Train and certify members.
(5) Educate the general public regarding fire prevention
and community risk reduction.
(6) Recruit and retain, including providing for
volunteer firefighter length of service award programs and
programs for minors.
(d) Restrictions.--Capital grants administered under this
section may not be used for:
(1) Operating expenses.
(2) Refinancing of renovated structures.
(3) Refinancing the construction or modernization of
facilities.
(4) Apparatus equipment, communication equipment or
accessory equipment.
(5) Reduction of debt or other obligations issued prior
to the effective date of this section.
(e) Applications.--The following apply:
(1) Every application for a capital grant shall be
accompanied by a notarized financial statement of the entity
making the application accompanied with evidence sufficient
to show need for the grant funding.
(2) Applications shall be reviewed by the Application
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Review Committee utilizing criteria established under
subsection (b).
(f) Amounts and criteria.--The following apply:
(1) Capital grant amounts and the criteria for
determining amounts shall be established by the commissioner
in consultation with the State Fire Advisory Board.
(2) An entity may be awarded a capital grant, if
available, for an approved project in lieu of approved
reimbursement payments or, if not available, shall receive
payments in the form of reimbursements.
(g) Use.--Capital grants may be used in combination with the
funding authorized under section 7813(e) (relating to award of
grants) if an applicant is officially proceeding with an
approved project evidenced by required documentation as
determined by the commissioner.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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