SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
S/C on Flooding & Evacuations
TIME & DATE:
2:00 PM, Monday, October 18, 2010
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
The Senate Subcommittee on Flooding & Evacuations will meet on Monday,
October 18, 2010 at 2pm in E1.016.
The Committee will consider the following charges:
Charge One: Study the benefit of legislation that would require coastal
regions, when making routine improvements to drainage systems and other
infrastructure, to take into account probability of future flooding and
any upgrades necessary to prevent future flooding.  
Charge 3: Study and make recommendations relating to cost effective
options to either retrofit or require new building structures to be built
as shelters for use during future evacuations.  
Invited and public testimony will be taken.  Public testimony will be
limited to three minutes.