As Amended
SEC. 29-13-1. Participation in National Flood Insurance Program.
(1) The Office of General Services is required to purchase and maintain flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program (42 U.S.C., Section 4001 et seq.) as required by federal law on state-owned buildings and/or contents. To meet the requirements of participation in such program, the Office of General Services is further required to adopt flood plain management criteria and procedures in accordance with the rules and regulations of 24 CFR, Chapter X, Subchapter B (National Flood Insurance Program), established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448) as amended and by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-234) as amended, and any supplemental changes to such rules and regulations. The Office of General Services shall adopt the flood plain management criteria set forth in 24 CFR, Chapter X, Section 1910.3, on an emergency basis immediately upon passage of this chapter and until such time as final regulations and criteria are developed by the Office of General Services. Final regulations, criteria and procedures shall be implemented by the Office of General Services within ninety (90) days after passage of this chapter. Such criteria and procedures shall apply to any new construction or substantial improvement of state-owned buildings and other state-owned development located in flood plain areas as identified in conjunction with the National Flood Insurance Program. The Office of General Services shall enforce the flood plain management criteria and procedures adopted by the Office of General Services pursuant to this section.
(2) No state agency shall be authorized to expend any state, federal or special funds for the construction, renovation, repair or placement of any structure in a designated floodplain, floodway or coastal high hazard area, or to allow for the construction, renovation, repair or placement of any privately owned structure onto state-owned land in a designated floodplain, floodway or coastal high hazard area unless such agency has previously obtained the necessary permits required by the Department of Finance and Administration to comply with the regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program and the state's floodplain management regulations.
SOURCES: Laws, 1979, 1st Ex Sess. ch. 5, Sec. 1; 1984, ch. 488, Sec. 191, eff from and after July 1, 1984. Laws, 1994, ch. 449, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1994