Document Citation: 35 Pa.C.S. § 7305

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PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES
TITLE 35. HEALTH AND SAFETY
PART V. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
CHAPTER 73. COMMONWEALTH SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER A. THE GOVERNOR AND DISASTER EMERGENCIES

Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 7305. Individual and family assistance

(a) GRANTS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.-- Whenever the President, at the request of the Governor, has declared a major disaster or emergency to exist in this Commonwealth, the Governor is authorized:

(1) Upon determining that assistance under The Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288, 42
U.S.C. § 5121 et seq.), and from other means is insufficient to meet
the disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals
or families adversely affected by a major disaster, to accept a grant
from the Federal Government for the purpose of meeting the expenses or
needs of disaster victims, subject to any terms and conditions imposed
upon the grant.

(2) To enter into an agreement with the Federal Government or any
Federal agency or officer pledging the Commonwealth to participate in
the funding of the assistance authorized in paragraph (1) and, if
Commonwealth funds are not otherwise available to the Governor, to
accept an advance of the Commonwealth share from the Federal Government
to be repaid when the Commonwealth is able to do so.

(b) GRANTS BY GOVERNOR.-- To implement subsection (a), the Governor is authorized to make grants to meet disaster-related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a major disaster declared by the President. Any grant shall not exceed the amount authorized by The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or by applicable State law to an individual or family in any single major disaster.

(c) PENALTY FOR FALSE APPLICATION.-- Any person who fraudulently or willfully makes a misstatement of fact in connection with an application for assistance under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.