2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 78 - Grants to Fire Companies and Volunteer Services
Section 7842 - Special provisions

     § 7842.  Special provisions.
        (a)  Claim.--An applicant for a grant under this chapter who
     failed to return a signed agreement for the preceding year shall
     not be permitted to apply for a grant in the current year unless
     the applicant has provided the commissioner with a reasonable
     written explanation as to why it did not claim its grant.
        (b)  Delinquency.--An applicant for a grant under this
     chapter who is delinquent in loan payments to the Pennsylvania
     Volunteer Loan Assistance Program established under the act of
     July 15, 1976 (P.L.1036, No.208), known as the Volunteer Fire
     Company, Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad Assistance Act,
     shall agree to use its grant funds to pay any arrears to the
     Commonwealth or it will not be qualified to receive a grant. Any
     organization agreeing to this arrangement who fails to make the
     payment to the Commonwealth shall be disqualified from applying
     to the grant program for a period of three years.
        (c)  Demonstration.--An applicant for a grant under this
     chapter must demonstrate that it complied with all of the terms
     of its grant agreement in the previous year regarding the use of
     the grant money it received in previous years or it shall not be
     eligible to receive a grant in the current year.
        (d)  Approval.--An applicant shall not be approved for a
     grant to be used for purposes other than those stated in section
     7813(a) (relating to award of grants) or 7823(a) (relating to
     award of grants).

        References in Text.  The act of July 15, 1976 (P.L.1036,
     No.208), known as the Volunteer Fire Company, Ambulance Service
     and Rescue Squad Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (b), was
     repealed by the act of November 23, 2010 (P.L.1181, No.118). The
     subject matter is now contained in Chapter 78 of this title.