Section 573. State and local participation levels.
(a) Public assistance.--The required non-Federal contribution of 25% necessary to secure Federal public assistance funding shall be divided between the State and the affected local political subdivision or nonprofit organization where applicable. The State share will be 22%, and the political subdivision or nonprofit organization share will be 3%.
(b) Local waiver.--The Commonwealth may reduce the share of an affected political subdivision if the tax base of that political subdivision was substantially reduced as a direct result of the blizzard of January 1996 and the resulting flood emergency or if payment of the local share exceeds 40% of the most recently adopted annual budget of the political subdivision. The Commonwealth may require the adoption of appropriate flood control or storm water management plans as a condition of the waiver if the adoption of the plan does not present additional financial hardship.