Title 3, AGRICULTURE

(a) General rule.--The department shall make grants in an amount not to exceed $7,500 to qualifying agriculture and youth organizations upon the recommendation and approval of the board. (b) Matching funds.--Grants in an amount not to exceed $25,000 shall be awarded to qualifying…

The department shall administer the provisions of this chapter and, with the approval of the board, shall prescribe and adopt program policy guidelines or regulations to administer and enforce this chapter. Until or unless supplanted by program policy guidelines or regulations ad…

For purposes of implementing the provisions of this chapter, the department may use: (1) Any money appropriated by the General Assembly to the department to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) Any other money, contributions or payments which may be made available to the…

The purpose of this chapter is to enhance, but not replace, the Federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program by establishing a Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Program to give priority to specialty crops that are not currently eligible for grant payments under the Federal Sp…

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Crop." Plants that are cultivated for sale, production, processing or subsistence. The term does not include wild plant…

The Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Program is established in the department. Cross References. Section 10502.1 is referred to in section 10502 of this title.

(a) Duties of department.--The department shall have the following duties: (1) To administer this chapter in a manner consistent with the general evaluation criteria, including the application, evaluation and reporting processes required and employed under the annual Federal Spec…

The following eligibility criteria shall apply to applicants and grant projects: (1) State and local organizations, producer associations, academia, community-based organizations and other eligible specialty crops stakeholders are eligible to apply. (2) Projects shall enhance the…

Money that is allocated to or received by the department under section 10508 (relating to Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Fund) shall be allocated for administration of this chapter in accordance with the following formula: (1) An amount of up to 8% of the money may be us…

(a) Recipients.--Money that is allocated to recipients by the department shall be used only for approved projects in accordance with this chapter, program parameters and grant agreements. (b) Violations.--It shall be unlawful for a person to violate: (1) the terms or provisions o…

(a) Requirements.--The department shall establish and enforce the audit and recordkeeping requirements as established under the annual Federal Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and publish the requirements on the department's publicly accessible Internet website. The department …

(a) Establishment.--The Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Fund is established as a special nonlapsing fund in the State Treasury. All money placed into the fund and the interest the fund accrues are hereby appropriated to the department on a continuing basis for any activit…

This chapter shall apply to the distribution of money of the Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant Fund allocated or received by the department beginning with the fiscal year 2019-2020 and thereafter.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Eligible project." A project that the department determines does one or more of the following: (1) Improves agricultura…

(a) Availability.--Grants under this chapter shall only be offered to the extent funding is made available to the department. The following apply: (1) If funding is exhausted or otherwise unavailable, the department shall be under no obligation to provide grants under this chapte…

The department shall issue program reimbursement grant money to pay any portion of the costs of an eligible project based upon the applicant's submission of a verified statement that the eligible project has been completed or implemented, including a statement of the project comp…

The department shall use money as appropriated by the General Assembly for grants under this chapter, and may also use any other money that is made available to the department for grants under this chapter, by Federal appropriation, State appropriation, donation or from any other…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Farm-to-School Act.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Commission." The Commission for Agricultural Education Excellence established under section 1549.1 of the act of March …

(a) Authorization.--The department, in consultation with the commission and the Department of Health, is authorized to establish a program to award grants for the purpose of developing the Farm-to-School Program in this Commonwealth. (b) Eligibility.--Any school district, school,…

(a) Matching.--Grant amounts shall be limited to 75% of the amount necessary to develop the program, not to exceed $15,000 annually, per school. Applicants may use in-kind support to match the amount granted. (b) Conditions.--The secretary may approve a grant in an amount less th…

(a) Submission.--Applications for grants shall be submitted in a manner and form as prescribed by the secretary. (b) Evaluation.--When reviewing applications, the secretary shall evaluate applications annually on the basis of all of the following: (1) The ability of the applicant…

(a) Written agreement.--The department may require a written agreement describing the terms and conditions of the grant. (b) Verification.--The department may require verification of grant expenditures. (c) Criteria.--The department may establish criteria under which the departme…

Money appropriated for the program may be used for administrative purposes which execute the program, including contracting with one or more entities to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

The department shall promulgate regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

Grants shall be awarded under the program to the extent money is made available by the General Assembly.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a restricted account within the department to provide emergency money for training, equipment and other resources necessary for rapid responses to transmissible diseases, plant pests, plant diseases, controlled and noxious weeds, foodbo…

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Account." The Agriculture Rapid Response Disaster Readiness Account established under section 11107 (relating to Agricu…

(a) Authority and duty.--The department shall have the authority and duty to: (1) Administer the provisions of this chapter. (2) Allocate money in accordance with this chapter. (b) Training programs.--The department may develop training programs and training program requirements …

Purposes for which money from the account may be used by the department shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) To mitigate, contain, control, eradicate, prevent or limit the spread of any of the following if the secretary determines any of the following poses a…

(a) Eligible person receiving money.--The department shall require a person receiving money under this chapter to keep and provide upon request records as the department believes are necessary to ensure money is spent in accordance with this chapter. The records shall include the…

In order to increase the efficiency of the department regarding the administration and implementation of this chapter, the department may cooperate and enter into agreements with the appropriate regulatory agencies of the Federal Government and any other Commonwealth agency in fu…

(a) Establishment.--The Agriculture Rapid Response Disaster Readiness Account is established as a special nonlapsing account in the State Treasury. All money allocated to or supplements to the account and the interest collected on money and supplements shall be paid into the acco…

This chapter shall apply to the distribution of account money allocated or made available to the department beginning with the 2019-2020 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter. The department shall not be liable for a commitment or for completion of a partially completed or …