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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MUNDY, PASHINSKI, CARROLL, MULLERY, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CURRY, DAVIS, DONATUCCI, GEORGE, GOODMAN, JOSEPHS, KAVULICH, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MURPHY, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW, SANTONI, K. SMITH, STABACK, WAGNER AND YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for community |
3 | disaster loans and for individual and family assistance. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 7304 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read: |
8 | § 7304. Community disaster loans. |
9 | Whenever, at the request of the Governor, the President has |
10 | declared a major disaster to exist in this Commonwealth, the |
11 | Governor is authorized: |
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13 | (4) (i) Communities approved to receive assistance |
14 | under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and |
15 | Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288, 42 U.S.C. § |
16 | 5121 et seq.) from the Federal Government shall be |
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1 | eligible to receive immediate distribution of the Federal |
2 | amount authorized in the form of a loan from the |
3 | Commonwealth. The loans shall be offered interest free |
4 | for the first 60 days of the loan and at a 1% annual rate |
5 | of interest thereafter. The loan program shall be |
6 | administered by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management |
7 | Agency. |
8 | (ii) The budget surplus revenue is appropriated from |
9 | the General Fund to the Flood Damage Minimization Fund |
10 | for the purposes of funding the loan program under |
11 | subparagraph (i). |
12 | Section 2. Section 7305 of Title 35 is amended by adding a |
13 | subsection to read: |
14 | § 7305. Individual and family assistance. |
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16 | (d) Distribution.-- |
17 | (1) Individuals approved to receive assistance under The |
18 | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance |
19 | Act from the Federal Government shall be eligible to receive |
20 | immediate distribution of the Federal amount authorized in |
21 | the form of a loan from the Commonwealth. The loans shall be |
22 | offered interest free for the first 60 days of the loan and |
23 | at a 1% annual rate of interest thereafter. The loan program |
24 | shall be administered by the Pennsylvania Emergency |
25 | Management Agency. |
26 | (2) The budget surplus revenue is appropriated from the |
27 | General Fund to the Flood Damage Minimization Fund for the |
28 | purposes of funding the loan program under paragraph (1). |
29 | Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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