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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY URGING RHODE ISLAND'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND

THE RHODE ISLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO APPEAR AT A

WARWICK CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING THE BIGGERT-WATERS FLOOD

INSURANCE REFORM ACT OF 2012

     

     Introduced By: Senators Walaska, McCaffrey, and Lynch

     Date Introduced: January 21, 2014

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, In July of 2012, the United States Congress passed the Biggert-Waters

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Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12) which calls on the Federal Emergency

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Management Agency (FEMA), and other agencies, to make a number of changes to the way the

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National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is run; and

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     WHEREAS, Key provisions of this legislation require the NFIP to raise rates and change

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how Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) updates impact policyholders; and

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     WHEREAS, The City of Warwick has numerous property owners who reside in flood-

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hazard areas within the city and over time, the NIFP changes have the potential to affect these

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residents and could produce premium rate increases for many of these policyholders; and

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     WHEREAS, The health, safety, and welfare of all Rhode Islanders is of paramount

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importance to this legislature; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby respectfully requests members of Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation and

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representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Rhode Island

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Emergency Management Agency to attend a public hearing of the Warwick City Council

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regarding the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and the impact it will have on

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property owners in the City of Warwick; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

 

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Office of the Administrator of the Federal

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Emergency Management Agency, the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Emergency

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Management Agency, and members of Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation.

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