House Study Bill 181 



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                                       BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR'S BILL)


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                                      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:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455B.262B  NATIONAL FLOOD
  1  2 INSURANCE PROGRAM == PARTICIPATION REQUIRED.
  1  3    1.  All counties and cities in this state that have flood
  1  4 hazard areas within their political boundaries identified by
  1  5 the federal emergency management agency shall meet the
  1  6 requirements for participation in the national flood insurance
  1  7 program administered by the federal emergency management
  1  8 agency on or before July 30, 2011.  Each county or city shall
  1  9 agree to manage flood hazard areas within its jurisdiction by
  1 10 adopting regulatory standards that meet or exceed statewide
  1 11 floodplain management standards and the minimum requirements
  1 12 of the national flood insurance program.
  1 13    2.  The department shall assist counties and cities with
  1 14 developing and administering local floodplain management
  1 15 programs and with otherwise meeting the requirements for
  1 16 participation in the national flood insurance program.
  1 17    3.  State participation in funding financial assistance
  1 18 under section 29C.6, subsection 17, paragraph "a", is
  1 19 contingent upon the county or city participating in the
  1 20 national flood insurance program pursuant to this section.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection
  1 22 3, shall not apply to this Act.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill creates new Code section 455B.262B requiring all
  1 25 counties and cities in the state that have flood hazard areas
  1 26 within their political boundaries identified by the federal
  1 27 emergency management agency to meet the requirements for
  1 28 participation in the national flood insurance program
  1 29 administered by the federal emergency management agency on or
  1 30 before July 30, 2011.  Each county or city must agree to
  1 31 manage flood hazard areas within its jurisdiction by adopting
  1 32 regulatory standards that meet or exceed statewide floodplain
  1 33 management standards and the minimum standards of the national
  1 34 flood insurance program.  The department of natural resources
  1 35 shall assist cities and counties with developing and
  2  1 administering local floodplain management programs and
  2  2 otherwise meeting the requirements of the national flood
  2  3 insurance program.
  2  4    State participation in funding financial assistance to a
  2  5 county or city pursuant to Code section 29C.6(17)(a) when
  2  6 federal financial assistance is available, is contingent upon
  2  7 the county or city participating in the national flood
  2  8 insurance program as required in new Code section 455B.262B.
  2  9    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  2 10 section 25B.3.  The bill makes inapplicable Code section
  2 11 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political
  2 12 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for
  2 13 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified.
  2 14 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with
  2 15 any state mandate included in the bill.
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