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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks § 5211. Grants and reimbursements to municipalities

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The department is authorized to administer grants to municipalities to assist or reimburse them for costs in preparing or amending bluff setback ordinances and actual administrative enforcement and implementation costs as required by this act. Grants and reimbursements shall be made from and to the extent of Federal funding augmentation under the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act  1 as appropriated by the General Assembly for such purposes and shall be made in accordance to rules and regulations adopted by the department in accordance with the following:

The grant shall be limited to:

(i) Seventy-five per cent of the allowable costs for preparation of a bluff setback ordinance, and administrative, enforcement, and implementation costs required by this act; and revisions of a bluff setback ordinance incurred by any municipality, which prior to the effective date of this act, adopted a bluff setback ordinance.

(ii) Fifty per cent of the allowable costs for administration of an ordinance incurred by any municipality. Allowable costs for administration of bluff setback ordinance shall not include those costs which are offset by reasonable permit fees imposed by the municipality.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or limit application of this act to any municipality or person, or to relieve any municipality or person of duties imposed under this act.

1 16 U.S.C.A. § 1451 et seq.
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