5844-S AMS KEIS SIMS 070

SSB 5844 - S AMD 302

By Senators Keiser, Fain

ADOPTED 04/08/2011

    On page 7, after line 31, insert the following:

    (vii) Flood levies.  State assistance for flood levy repairs and improvements must support projects that will achieve the greatest reduction of the risk to public safety and property from levies at risk of failure due to changes in flood water flows and deterioration of the levy structural capacity.  State assistance is not intended to supplant the responsibility of local government and property owners benefiting from levies to adequately fund the routine repair and maintenance of levies.  Jurisdictions accepting state assistance for flood levies must demonstrate compliance with the responsibility to adequately fund levy routine repair and maintenance or agree to a plan to meet that responsibility.  Jurisdictions seeking state assistance for levies must demonstrate adequate land use policies that prevent inappropriate development in flood plains, prevent encroachment upon flood levies, and prevent the inappropriate use of flood levies.  Flood levy projects must be evaluated and prioritized against these policy objectives by the department of ecology

EFFECT:   Adds flood levy repairs and improvements as a policy objective for state infrastructure assistance.

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