Amend HB 4 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
	SECTION __.  Sections 16.315 and 16.319, Water Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 16.315.  POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; COMPLIANCE WITH 
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.  All political subdivisions are hereby 
authorized to take all necessary and reasonable actions that are 
not less stringent than [to comply with] the requirements and 
criteria of the National Flood Insurance Program, including but not 
limited to:
		(1)  making appropriate land use adjustments to 
constrict the development of land which is exposed to flood damage 
and minimize damage caused by flood losses;
		(2)  guiding the development of proposed future 
construction, where practicable, away from a location which is 
threatened by flood hazards;
		(3)  assisting in minimizing damage caused by floods;                         
		(4)  authorizing and engaging in continuing studies of 
flood hazards in order to facilitate a constant reappraisal of the 
flood insurance program and its effect on land use requirements;
		(5)  engaging in floodplain management, [and] adopting 
and enforcing permanent land use and control measures that are not 
less stringent than those [consistent with the criteria] 
established under the National Flood Insurance Act, and providing 
for the imposition of penalties on landowners who violate this 
subchapter or rules adopted or orders issued under this subchapter;
		(6)  declaring property, when such is the case, to be in 
violation of local laws, regulations, or ordinances which are 
intended to discourage or otherwise restrict land development or 
occupancy in flood-prone areas and notifying the director, or 
whomever the director designates, of such property;
		(7)  consulting with, giving information to, and 
entering into agreements with the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for the purpose of:
			(A)  identifying and publishing information with 
respect to all flood areas, including coastal areas; and
			(B)  establishing flood-risk zones in all such 
areas and making estimates with respect to the rates of probable 
flood-caused loss for the various flood-risk zones for each of 
these areas;
		(8)  cooperating with the director's studies and 
investigations with respect to the adequacy of local measures in 
flood-prone areas as to land management and use, flood control, 
flood zoning, and flood damage prevention;
		(9)  taking steps, using regional, watershed, and 
multi-objective approaches, to improve the long-range management 
and use of flood-prone areas;
		(10)  purchasing, leasing, and receiving property from 
the director when such property is owned by the federal government 
and lies within the boundaries of the political subdivision 
pursuant to agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
or other appropriate legal representative of the United States 
Government;
		(11)  requesting aid pursuant to the entire 
authorization from the commission;
		(12)  satisfying criteria adopted and promulgated by 
the commission pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Program;
		(13)  adopting permanent land use and control measures 
with enforcement provisions that are not less stringent than [which 
are consistent with] the criteria for land management and use 
adopted by the director;
		(14)  adopting more comprehensive floodplain 
management rules that the political subdivision determines are 
necessary for planning and appropriate to protect public health and 
safety;
		(15)  participating in floodplain management and 
mitigation initiatives such as the National Flood Insurance 
Program's Community Rating System, Project Impact, or other 
initiatives developed by federal, state, or local government; and
		(16)  collecting reasonable fees to cover the cost of 
administering a local floodplain management program.
	Sec. 16.319.  QUALIFICATION.  Political subdivisions 
wishing to qualify under the National Flood Insurance Program shall 
have the authority to do so by complying with the directions of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency and by:
		(1)  evidencing to the director a positive interest in 
securing flood insurance coverage under the National Flood 
Insurance Program; and
		(2)  giving to the director satisfactory assurance that 
measures will have been adopted for the political subdivision that
[which measures] will be not less stringent than [consistent with] 
the comprehensive criteria for land management and use developed by 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.