Section 120-C - Dairy assistance.(a)COVID dairy assistance.--Money appropriated for COVID relief - dairy assistance program shall be used to make payments to each dairy farm that experienced a loss from the production of milk that was discarded during the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal of the state of disaster emergency, and applies for assistance. The payment under this section shall be determined as follows: (1) A minimum COVID dairy assistance payment equal to $1,500; and(2) A pro rata share of any funds remaining after payments under paragraph (1) based upon the volume of the dairy farm's milk that was discarded during the disaster emergency compared to the total volume of milk discarded during the disaster emergency.(b)Application.--The Department of Agriculture shall develop an application for dairy farmers to apply for assistance under this section within 15 days of the effective date of this section. The application shall be made available and posted on the Department of Agriculture's publicly accessible Internet website and be in a form that can be completed and returned by the dairy farmer electronically or through United States mail. The deadline for submitting applications to the department shall be September 30, 2020.(c) Methodology.--The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Milk Marketing Board, shall determine the method to calculate the volume of discarded milk.(d) Payments.--Payments under this section shall be made no later than November 30, 2020.(e)Report.--By December 31, 2020, the Department of Agriculture shall issue a report to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and post the report on the Department of Agriculture's publicly accessible Internet website. The report shall include the following information: (1) The total number of dairy farms that applied for assistance under this section.(2) The total amount of discarded milk for which assistance under this section was sought.(3) The average amount of discarded milk per dairy farm that applied for assistance under this section.(4) An estimate of the total value of discarded milk for which assistance was sought under this section.(5) The average value of discarded milk per dairy farm that applied for assistance under this section.(6) The total number of dairy farms that received assistance under this section by county.(7) The total dollar value of assistance payments under this section by county.(f) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section, "discarded milk" shall be defined as the volume of milk produced compared to the volume of milk that was hauled to a processor.Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 24, § 1, eff. 5/29/2020.