Section 4. Administration.--All grants under this act shall be administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs and that department shall promulgate regulations pertaining to this act within sixty days of the effective date of this act. All applications for grants shall be submitted to that department within one hundred twenty days after the adoption of said regulations, and no application will be accepted after said one hundred twenty days. Amount of grants shall be initially determined for all applicants and, if sufficient funds are not provided herein, distribution shall be determined on a pro rata basis. If eligibility of any applicants is subject to question, funds for such applicants shall be held in escrow and not affect distribution to other applicants under this act. If ineligibility of applicants is determined, in whole or in part, funds for which such applicants are ineligible shall be distributed pro rata to the eligible applicants to an extent consistent with section 2 of this act. If the department deems that it is administratively infeasible to make distribution of the escrowed funds available, then there shall be no proration and the funds shall be returned to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund. Any funds unencumbered or unexpended after all claims under this act have been finally determined shall be returned to the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund for further assistance to victims of the floods of September 1971 or June 1972.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Community Affairs,
referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 58 of
1996 and its functions were transferred to the Department
of Community and Economic Development.