Regular Session 2021-2022 House Bill 0347 P.N. 0321

PRINTER'S NO. 321

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

347

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY KRUEGER, SHUSTERMAN, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ, FREEMAN,

SCHLOSSBERG, LONGIETTI, McNEILL, CIRESI, DAVIDSON, HILL-

EVANS, SAPPEY, SIMS, NEILSON, A. DAVIS, DRISCOLL, DEASY,

O'MARA, GALLOWAY, YOUNG, SCHWEYER, KIRKLAND, WARREN AND LEE,

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 3, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled

"An act relating to the finances of the State government;

providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for

ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint

Underwriting Association, for entertainment business

financial management firms, for private dam financial

assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for

the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,

bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the

collection and recovery of fees and other money or property

due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,

the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds

and securities belonging to or in the possession of the

Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the

Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the

courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the

Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and

all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," in emergency COVID-19 response, establishing

the COVID-19 Nonprofit Assistance Grant Program.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known

as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 134-C. COVID-19 Nonprofit Assistance Grant Program.

(a) Program establishment.--The authority shall establish

the COVID-19 Nonprofit Assistance Grant Program.

(b) Purpose of program.--The program shall receive

applications and award grants to nonprofit organizations in

accordance with this section.

for nonprofit organizations to apply for grants under the

program within 30 days of the effective date of this section.

The application shall require an applicant to provide proof of

the applicant's status as a nonprofit organization. The

application shall be made available and posted on the

authority's publicly accessible Internet website and be in a

form that can be completed electronically or via United States

mail.

(d) Guidelines.--The authority shall establish program

guidelines for nonprofit organizations, submit the guidelines

to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the

Pennsylvania Bulletin and post the guidelines on the authority's

publicly accessible Internet website.

(e) Limitations.--The following shall apply to grants under

the program:

(1) No grant may be awarded in excess of $50,000.

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(2) Grants may only be used for:

(i) costs associated with losses relating directly

to COVID-19 that occurred between March 6, 2020, and

September 30, 2021;

(ii) personal protective equipment;

(iii) alterations to the nonprofit organization's

facility made as a result of COVID-19 safety

requirements; or

(iv) any other COVID-19-related expenses approved by

the authority.

(3) No grant may be awarded to a nonprofit organization

that has received funding for costs under paragraph (2)

relating directly to COVID-19 from the Commonwealth.

(f) Award of grants.--The authority shall award grants and

make grant payments under the program no later than November 30,

2020.

(g) Appropriation.--The sum of $100,000,000 shall be

transferred from the account to the authority to make grants

under the program.

(h) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Authority." The Commonwealth Financing Authority.

"Nonprofit organization." A corporation or other entity

based in this Commonwealth which is an exempt organization as

defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)).

"Program." The COVID-19 Nonprofit Assistance Grant Program

established under subsection (a).

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

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