§ 3260.2-A. Funding for elections
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral DistrictsEffective: July 11, 2022
Effective: July 11, 2022
25 P.S. § 3260.2-A
§ 3260.2-A. Funding for elections
(1) By August 1, 2022, and each August 1 thereafter, the department shall begin accepting applications from counties seeking grant money under this section. The department shall develop a form for a county to certify that the county intends to use grant money for an eligible use under subsection (f).
(e) Distribution.--Each county shall be entitled to an allotment equal to the total amount appropriated to the program under this section multiplied by the quotient of the county's number of registered voters divided by the total number of registered voters in all counties. For the purposes of this subsection, the department shall use the county's total number of registered voters for the most recent primary election as certified to the Secretary of the Commonwealth under section 302(m).1
(h) Reporting.--No later than 90 days after the date of each general, municipal and primary election, a county that received a grant under this section shall report to the department, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the State Government Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the State Government Committee of the House of Representatives, on a form prescribed by the Department of State, how the county used the grant money received under this section.
(i) Clawback.--If a county fails to substantially comply with the requirements of this section, the county shall return the grant money received to the department for deposit into the account. If a county fails to return the grant money, the county shall be ineligible to receive grants through the program for a period of one year.
(5) The outcome of any post-election audit required under this act shall be submitted with the certification to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of the results of the primary or general election under section 302(k) and shall be posted on the Department of State's publicly accessible Internet website.
Credits
1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. XVI-A, § 1602-A, added 2022, July 11, P.L. 1577, No. 88, § 2.1, imd. effective.
Footnotes
25 P.S. § 2642.
25 P.S. § 3260.2-A, PA ST 25 P.S. § 3260.2-A
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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