2014 -- S 2124
Enacted 01/22/14
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E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N
Introduced By: Senators Walaska, McCaffrey, and
Lynch
Date Introduced: January 21, 2014
WHEREAS, In July of 2012, the
United States Congress passed the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2012 (BW-12) which calls on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and
other agencies, to make a number of changes to the way the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) is run; and
WHEREAS, Key provisions of this legislation require the NFIP to
raise rates and change how Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) updates impact
policyholders; and
WHEREAS, The City of Warwick has numerous property owners who
reside in flood-hazard areas within the city and over time, the NIFP changes
have the potential to affect these residents and could produce premium rate
increases for many of these policyholders; and
WHEREAS, The health, safety, and welfare of all Rhode Islanders is
of paramount importance to this legislature; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations hereby respectfully requests members of Rhode Island’s
Congressional Delegation and representatives from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency to attend a
public hearing of the Warwick City Council regarding the Biggert-Waters Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and the impact it will have on property owners in
the City of Warwick; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized
and directed to transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Office
of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Executive
Director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency, and members of Rhode
Island’s Congressional Delegation.
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