PRINTER'S NO. 656
No. 583 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, SATHER, DeLUCA, ARGALL, BAKER, BALDWIN,
BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, CLYMER, COSTA, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeWEESE,
J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER,
FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOOD, GRELL, GRUCELA,
HANNA, HARHAI, HARRIS, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL,
HUTCHINSON, KILLION, KOTIK, LaGROTTA, MAHER, MAITLAND, MAJOR,
MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MICOZZIE,
MILLARD, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY, NAILOR, O'NEILL, PAYNE,
PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, RAYMOND, READSHAW, REED,
REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STAIRS, STERN,
R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TIGUE, WATSON, WILT, WRIGHT, YEWCIC, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK,
ZUG, WANSACZ, BOYD, GOODMAN, WALKO, WASHINGTON, DALLY,
BELFANTI, PALLONE, GILLESPIE, GEIST, CASORIO, JAMES, PISTELLA
AND McNAUGHTON, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 31, 2003 (P.L.73, No.17), entitled "An
2 act establishing a grant program for volunteer fire companies
3 and volunteer ambulance services; and providing for grant
4 funding," further providing for award of grants and for
5 expiration of authority.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 303(c) and (d) and 503(c) of the act of
9 July 31, 2003 (P.L.73, No.17), known as the Volunteer Fire
10 Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act, amended July
11 15, 2004 (P.L.712, No.80), are amended to read:
1 Section 303. Award of grants.
2 * * *
3 (c) Time for filing application and department action.--
4 (1) The agency shall provide applications for grants
5 under this act to the fire chief and president of every
6 volunteer fire company in this Commonwealth on or before July
7 31, [2004] 2005.
8 (2) Volunteer fire companies seeking grants under this
9 act shall submit completed applications to the agency on or
10 before December 31, [2004] 2005. The agency shall act to
11 approve or disapprove the application by May 1, [2005] 2006.
12 Applications which have not been approved or disapproved by
13 the agency by May 1, [2005] 2006, shall be deemed approved.
14 (d) Eligibility.--To receive grant funds under this act, a
15 volunteer fire company shall have actively responded to one or
16 more fire or rescue emergencies since July 1, [2003] 2004, and
17 must sign an agreement to actively participate in the
18 Pennsylvania Fire Information Reporting System which is
19 administered by the agency.
20 Section 503. Award of grants.
21 * * *
22 (c) Time for filing application and department action.--
23 (1) The agency shall provide applications for grants
24 under this act to the president of every volunteer ambulance
25 service in this Commonwealth on or before July 31, [2004]
26 2005.
27 (2) Volunteer ambulance services seeking grants under
28 this chapter shall submit completed applications to the
29 agency on or before December 31, [2004] 2005. The agency
30 shall act to approve or disapprove the application by May 1,
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1 [2005] 2006. Applications which have not been approved or
2 disapproved by the agency by May 1, [2005] 2006, shall be
3 deemed approved.
4 Section 2. Section 901 of the act, amended July 15, 2004
5 (P.L.712, No.80), is reenacted and amended to read:
6 Section 901. Expiration of authority.
7 The authority of the agency to award grants under Chapters 3
8 and 5 shall expire June 30, [2005] 2006.
9 Section 3. The reenactment and amendment of section 901 of
10 the act shall be retroactive to June 30, 2004.
11 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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