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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1689.201. Grants for flood loss

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

(a) Upon receipt and approval of a sworn application by any person for nonbusiness or nonfarm personal property damaged or destroyed by the floods of July 1977, the Office of the Governor may make a grant to cover a portion of the adjusted loss.

(b) Total loss shall be computed in accordance with standards applied by the United States Government pursuant to the Civil Disaster Relief Act of 1970  1 and United States Public Law 92-385 for persons whose property was damaged by the floods of September 1971 and June 1972. The total loss shall not include any preflood indebtedness, business or farm losses, nor any loss covered by insurance. The adjusted loss of the applicant shall be the total loss less the amount received by the applicant from the Department of Public Welfare pursuant to the provisions of section 408 of the Federal Disaster Relief Act of 1974.  2

(c) The amount of the grant shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) For the first $5,000 of the adjusted loss, the grant shall be 30% thereof.

(2) For the second $5,000 of the adjusted loss, the grant shall be 20% thereof.

(3) For the third $5,000 of the adjusted loss, the grant shall be 10% thereof.

(4) For the balance of the adjusted loss the grant shall be 5% thereof, but the total grant shall not exceed $4,000.

1 42 U.S.C.A. § 4401 et seq. (repealed).
2 42 U.S.C.A. § 5178 (repealed).
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