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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to flood safety signage in certain areas in flood-prone |
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municipalities and counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 370.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 370.010. FLOOD SAFETY SIGNAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS IN |
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FLOOD-PRONE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. (a) In this section, |
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"100-year floodplain" means an area with a one percent or greater |
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chance of inundation by a flood in any given year as designated in |
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maps or other data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or |
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in soil maps from the United States Department of Agriculture. |
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(b) This section applies only to a municipality or county in |
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which a disaster involving storms or flooding has been declared in |
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accordance with state or federal law at least once in the preceding |
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10 years. |
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(c) A municipality in the municipality's boundaries or |
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county in the county's unincorporated area shall install signs: |
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(1) in public locations in which people commonly |
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gather that are located in the 100-year floodplain; and |
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(2) that indicate the location of an area outside the |
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100-year floodplain to assist individuals seeking safety from a |
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flood. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |