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2007 SESSION

074632299
HOUSE BILL NO. 2729
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled January 10, 2007
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-976, relating to notification of changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain map.
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Patrons-- Englin, Amundson, Jones, D.C., Kilgore, McClellan, McEachin, Sickles and Tyler
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 5 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-976 as follows:

§ 15.2-976. Notification of changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency floodplain map.

Any locality receiving notification from the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that a change in the FEMA floodplain map concerns or relates to real property within such locality shall provide to each owner of any such property (i) written notification of such change as it concerns or relates to such property and (ii) any other relevant information FEMA provided to the locality that concerns or relates to such property.