§ 7813. Award of grants
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 Pa.C.S.A. Health and SafetyEffective: January 3, 2023
Effective: January 3, 2023
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7813
§ 7813. Award of grants
(a.1) Additional uses for paid municipal fire companies.--In addition to the authorized uses under subsection (a), the commissioner may establish additional authorized uses of grant funds for paid municipal fire companies. Additional authorized uses established under this subsection must be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the commissioner's publicly accessible Internet website.
(a.2) Additional grants.--Each fire company with not more than 20 members who are certified by the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications or by the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress and are verified by the Pennsylvania State Fire Academy at a minimum level of Firefighter 1 on or before July 1 of the year of the grant application shall be eligible to receive additional grants under a certification bonus point system as administered by the commissioner.
(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 20 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.
(5) In a municipality where one volunteer fire company and one EMS company consolidate their use of equipment, personnel and services within 20 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.
(2) Fire companies seeking grants under this chapter shall submit completed applications to the commissioner and the municipalities where the fire companies are located. The application period shall remain open for 45 days each year. The agency shall act to approve or disapprove applications within 60 days of the application submission deadline each year. Applications which have not been approved or disapproved by the commissioner within 60 days after the close of the application period each year shall be deemed approved.
(2) Be actively participating in the Pennsylvania Fire Information Reporting System under a signed agreement. The commissioner shall develop and publish guidelines specifying the criteria necessary to determine the level of participation in the Pennsylvania Fire Information Reporting System to remain eligible for grant funds.
(e) Construction Savings Account.--A fire company may apply for a grant under subsection (a) for the purpose of constructing a new facility. The grant shall be deposited into the Construction Savings Account, which is established within the State Treasury. Money in the Construction Savings Account may be withdrawn by application of the fire company. The Construction Savings Account shall be administered by the commissioner. The following shall apply:
Credits
2010, Nov. 23, P.L. 1181, No. 118, § 6, effective in 60 days [Jan. 24, 2011]. Amended 2012, June 29, P.L. 663, No. 78, § 5, imd. effective; 2016, June 30, P.L. 432, No. 60, § 2, imd. effective; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 739, No. 91, § 17, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020]; 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1674, No. 104, § 6.
35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7813, PA ST 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7813
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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