House File 759 - Reprinted 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 6 av/rj/5 PAG LIN 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 sixty 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. State participation in funding financial assistance 1 27 under section 29C.6, subsection 17, paragraph "a", is 1 28 contingent upon the county or city participating in the 1 29 national flood insurance program pursuant to this section. 1 30 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 1 31 3, shall not apply to this Act. 1 32 HF 759 1 33 av/cm/25