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.
(130-C added May 29, 2020, P.L.186, No.24)