Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 130-C - County block grant.(a) General rule.--From money appropriated for COVID relief - county block grant for county block grants, each county shall receive an amount equal to the population proportion amount as determined by subsection (e).(a.1) Distribution.--The Department of Community and Economic Development shall distribute funding to counties on or before July 15, 2020.(b) Minimum distribution.--No county shall receive a distribution under this section that is less than $1,000,000.(c) Proration.--The distribution to a county shall be adjusted on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary to meet the minimum distribution requirements under subsection (b) and not exceed the total amount appropriated for county block grants.(d) Exclusion.--A county that has received a disbursement directly from the Federal government through the Cares Act is not eligible to receive funds under this subarticle.(e) Population proportion amount.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the population proportion shall be determined as follows: (1) The population estimate of the county; divided by(2) The sum of the population estimates of all counties minus the sum of the population estimates of all counties that received a disbursement directly from the Federal government through the Cares Act.(f) Population estimate.--For purposes of this section, a county's population shall be equal to the published estimate by the United States Census Bureau population estimates program for calendar year 2019.Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 24, § 1, eff. 5/29/2020.