4 Pa. Code § 113.202 - Loan amounts

(a) The amount of a loan for the purchase of a new aerial apparatus will not exceed $150,000 or 50% of the total cost of the aerial apparatus, whichever is less.

(b) The amount of a loan for the purchase of a single new firefighting apparatus equipment, except for an aerial apparatus, or for the purchase of a utility or special service vehicle, or a heavy duty rescue vehicle, will not exceed $100,000 or 50% of the total cost, whichever is less.

(c) The amount of a loan for the purchase of a used firefighting apparatus equipment will not exceed $60,000 or 80% of the total cost of the equipment, whichever is less.

(d) The amount of a loan for the purchase of a new or used ambulance or a new or used rescue vehicle will not exceed $50,000 or 50% of the total cost of the equipment, whichever is less.

(e) The amount of a loan for the repair or rehabilitation for a single existing apparatus equipment will not exceed $35,000 or 80% of the cost of repair or rehabilitation, whichever is less. The volunteer company shall return the rehabilitated apparatus equipment to first line status and shall retain it in that status for the period of the loan.

(f) The amount of a loan for the purchase of a new or used watercraft rescue vehicle will not exceed $15,000 or 50% of the total cost of the watercraft rescue vehicle, whichever is less.

(g) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section to the contrary, the maximum amount of a loan to a volunteer fire company, volunteer ambulance service and volunteer rescue service for the purchase of firefighting apparatus, ambulances or rescue vehicles manufactured or assembled in this Commonwealth may exceed the loan limits in this section by $10,000. For the purposes of this subsection, "manufactured or assembled in this Commonwealth" means firefighting apparatus, an ambulance or rescue vehicle that has at least 75% of the cost of its chassis, frame and other component parts, including permanently attached equipment or apparatus parts, in the aggregate, either manufactured or assembled by a person doing business solely in this Commonwealth, or by a business or corporation which is located in this Commonwealth.

(h) To determine the applicability of subsection (g) to a loan application, the volunteer company will be required to provide documentation, when it submits its final application forms as listed in § 113.5 (relating to final application procedure), that 75% of the cost of the manufacture or assembly of the firefighting apparatus, ambulance or rescue vehicle occurred in this Commonwealth. Each manufacture or assembly project, together with contract specifications and cost invoices, will be reviewed by the OSFC to determine whether the project is entitled to the additional $10,000 loan amount.

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4 Pa. Code § 113.202

The provisions of this § 113.202 adopted December 23, 1982, effective 12/25/1982, 12 Pa.B. 4333; amended December 18, 1992, effective 12/19/1992, 22 Pa.B. 6019. Immediatley preceding text appears at serial page (153426).