House File 759 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON REBUILD IOWA
AND DISASTER RECOVERY
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 181)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring counties and cities with flood hazard areas
2 within their boundaries to participate in the national flood
3 insurance program.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1727HV 83
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 455B.262A NATIONAL FLOOD
1 2 INSURANCE PROGRAM == PARTICIPATION REQUIRED.
1 3 1. All counties and cities in this state that have an
1 4 effective flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary
1 5 map published by the federal emergency management agency that
1 6 identifies a special flood hazard area within the political
1 7 boundaries of the county or city shall meet the requirements
1 8 for participation in the national flood insurance program
1 9 administered by the federal emergency management agency on or
1 10 before July 30, 2013.
1 11 2. If a county or city does not currently have an
1 12 effective flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary
1 13 map published by the federal emergency management agency that
1 14 identifies a special flood hazard area within the political
1 15 boundaries of the county or city, the county or city shall
1 16 have twenty months from the effective date of any future flood
1 17 insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map published by
1 18 the federal emergency management agency to meet the
1 19 requirements for participation in the national flood insurance
1 20 program.
1 21 3. Each county or city shall agree to manage flood hazard
1 22 areas within its jurisdiction by adopting regulatory standards
1 23 that meet or exceed statewide floodplain management standards
1 24 and the minimum requirements of the national flood insurance
1 25 program.
1 26 4. The department shall assist counties and cities with
1 27 developing and administering local floodplain management
1 28 programs and with otherwise meeting the requirements for
1 29 participation in the national flood insurance program.
1 30 5. State participation in funding financial assistance
1 31 under section 29C.6, subsection 17, paragraph "a", is
1 32 contingent upon the county or city participating in the
1 33 national flood insurance program pursuant to this section.
1 34 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection
1 35 3, shall not apply to this Act.
2 1 EXPLANATION
2 2 This bill creates new Code section 455B.262A requiring all
2 3 counties and cities in the state that have an effective flood
2 4 insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map published by
2 5 the federal emergency management agency that identifies a
2 6 special flood hazard area within their political boundaries to
2 7 meet the requirements for participation in the national flood
2 8 insurance program administered by the federal emergency
2 9 management agency on or before July 30, 2013.
2 10 If a city or county does not currently have an effective
2 11 flood insurance rate map or flood hazard boundary map
2 12 published by the federal emergency management agency that
2 13 identifies a special flood hazard area within its political
2 14 boundaries, the county or city has 20 months from the
2 15 effective date of any future flood insurance rate map or flood
2 16 hazard boundary map to meet the requirements for participation
2 17 in the national flood insurance program.
2 18 Each county or city must agree to manage flood hazard areas
2 19 within its jurisdiction by adopting regulatory standards that
2 20 meet or exceed statewide floodplain management standards and
2 21 the minimum standards of the national flood insurance program.
2 22 The department of natural resources shall assist cities and
2 23 counties with developing and administering local floodplain
2 24 management programs and otherwise meeting the requirements of
2 25 the national flood insurance program.
2 26 State participation in funding financial assistance to a
2 27 county or city pursuant to Code section 29C.6(17)(a) when
2 28 federal financial assistance is available, is contingent upon
2 29 the county or city participating in the national flood
2 30 insurance program as required in new Code section 455B.262A.
2 31 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 32 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section
2 33 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political
2 34 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for
2 35 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified.
3 1 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with
3 2 any state mandate included in the bill.
3 3 LSB 1727HV 83
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