Bill Title: Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area development permit before undertaking development activity on State-owned property that is located in a special flood hazard area. Requires the Department to adopt administrative rules setting forth a State special flood hazard area development program to ensure that specified conditions are met for the issuance of permits prior to any State agency development within a special flood hazard area. Provides that State agencies that administer grants or loans for financing a development within a special flood hazard area, State agencies responsible for regulating or permitting a development within a special flood hazard area, and State agencies engaged in planning programs or promoting a program for a development within a special flood hazard area shall cooperate with the Department to inform program participants of special flood hazard areas and floodplain requirements. Provides that the Department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a State agency to outline procedures and processes to review proposed development activity on State-owned property located in a special flood hazard area. Makes other provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-16 - Referred to Assignments [HB4207 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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