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Delegates press for faster state disaster money after Western Maryland flooding
Summary
Sponsors and local officials told the Appropriations Committee HB 9-53 would let the governor (with Board of Public Works approval) move rainy-day funds into a disaster fund between sessions to speed recovery after flash floods that left towns with millions in damage and FEMA denials.
A sponsor presented House Bill 9-53 to the Appropriations Committee as a narrowly tailored way to allow faster state responses to disasters that occur outside the legislative session. The sponsor said a one-day flash flood in Western Maryland caused extensive damage, including flooding into an elementary school, and current state disaster-recovery funding (statutory guidance that limits the fund at roughly $15 million) is insufficient to cover sudden,…
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