(a) Whenever the Governor has declared a disaster emergency, the Governor may transfer any unused funds which may have been appropriated for the ordinary expenses of the State government in the General Fund to such Commonwealth agencies as the Governor may direct to be expended for relief of disaster in such manner as the Governor shall approve, and the funds are hereby appropriated to the Governor for such purposes. The total of the transfers under this subsection shall not exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in any one fiscal year except by action of the General Assembly.

(b) Whenever the Governor shall have proclaimed a disaster emergency under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(c) (relating to general authority of Governor), the Governor shall have power to transfer any unused funds which may have been appropriated for the ordinary expenses of government in the General Fund to such Commonwealth agencies as he may direct to be expended for reimbursements as provided in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7705(a) and (b) (relating to special powers of local agencies). Such reimbursements shall be made in accordance with and to the extent permitted by regulations issued by such agency or agencies as the Governor may designate to administer the reimbursement programs established by 35 Pa.C.S. § 7705(a) and (b). The total of such transfers shall never exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) in any one fiscal year except by action of the General Assembly.