§ 10503 — Authority

(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 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

(2) To develop all necessary documents and transmit a notice of all parameters of the program, including eligible specialty crops, evaluation criteria, submittal dates, application and reporting forms and requirements and template grant agreements to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the department's publicly available Internet website.

(b) Specific allocation and nonliability.--The program shall only be administered in years in which money is specifically allocated or received and made available to the department under this chapter for that purpose. The department shall not be liable for any commitment or for completion of a partially completed or partially funded project which cannot be completed due to the unavailability of Commonwealth money or future Commonwealth appropriations.