Document Citation: 35 Pa.C.S. § 7604

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PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES
TITLE 35. HEALTH AND SAFETY
PART V. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
CHAPTER 76. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT

Date:
08/31/2009

Document:
§ 7604. Budgetary considerations

(a) EXPENDITURES.-- In addition to the funds which the Governor is authorized to transfer for disasters in accordance with 35 Pa.C.S. § 7307 (relating to use and appropriation of unused Commonwealth funds), the Governor may transfer any other appropriated but unused funds in an amount of not more than $ 15,000,000 in any fiscal year which may have been appropriated for the ordinary expenses of the Commonwealth government from the General Fund to be utilized for the purposes set forth in 35 Pa.C.S. § 7601 (relating to compact enacted). The Secretary of the Budget shall, within five days of a transfer of funds authorized under this section, notify the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives of such transfer. Such notification shall identify the amount transferred, the appropriation from which funds were transferred, the appropriation to which the funds were transferred and the justification for such transfer. The Secretary of the Budget shall provide a full accounting to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives after the close of each fiscal year concerning funds transferred pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(b) REIMBURSEMENTS.--

(1) Reimbursement of all support provided to member states in
accordance with the provisions of 35 Pa.C.S. § 7601 shall be secured by
the Governor or the Governor's designee in consultation with the
Secretary of the Budget.

(2) The Governor may accept on behalf of the Commonwealth all
reimbursements for funds and services provided in accordance with the
provisions of 35 Pa.C.S. § 7601. Reimbursements shall be deposited in
the State Treasury and shall be allocated by the Secretary of the
Budget to the agencies from which funds were transferred pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section.