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2022 SESSION

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SJ 35 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued as the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.

Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding as the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding for two additional years, through the 2023 interim. The resolution expands the review of the joint subcommittee to include riverine and stormwater flooding. The joint subcommittee is directed to recommend short-term and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of flooding. This resolution is identical to HJ 16.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding as the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding for two additional years, through the 2023 interim. The resolution expands the review of the joint subcommittee to include riverine and stormwater flooding and increases the membership of the joint subcommittee from 11 to 15 members, with three of the additional members to be local elected officials from three separate regions of the state representing Virginia's flood-prone communities and the fourth additional member to be a certified floodplain manager. The joint subcommittee is directed to recommend short-term and long-term strategies for minimizing the impact of flooding.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Coastal Flooding for two additional years, through the 2023 interim.