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Committee advances bill requiring municipalities to notify property owners of FEMA flood-map changes
Summary
The House Local Government Committee voted to report House Bill 1282, the Freestanding Flood Hazard Notification Act, which would require municipal corporations and counties to notify owners of real property when FEMA special flood hazard area maps change.
The House Local Government Committee voted to report House Bill 1282, the Freestanding Flood Hazard Notification Act, which would require municipal corporations and counties to notify owners of real property when Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) special flood hazard area maps change.
The bill’s prime sponsor, Representative Davis, said the proposal grew out of the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and local experience with new FEMA map designations that placed large numbers of residents in flood zones. "I've had this my whole career here. It started after Sandy," Davis said,…
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