Pennsylvania Act 1965-357 — AUTHORIZING PHILADELPHIA TO ADOPT THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing cities of the first class and counties of the first class to adopt the food stamp program and providing for payment of the costs of administration thereof.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The city council of any city of the first class or any county of the first class may by ordinance or resolution adopt the food stamp program. Upon adoption of the program the city or county shall appropriate money and shall pay, quarterly from city or county funds, the amounts certified to the city or county as being the obligations to the State Department of Public Welfare for thirty percent of the amount expended by the department for administration of the food stamp program for the county or city during the fiscal year 1965-1966, for forty percent of the amount expended during the fiscal year 1966-1967 and for fifty percent of the amount expended during the fiscal year 1967-1968 and thereafter.

Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.