| (a) The EA shall prepare, develop, and formulate the
state flood plan and the Board shall adopt a state flood plan pursuant
to the schedule in Texas Water Code §16.061.
(b) The EA shall incorporate into the state flood plan
presented to the Board those RFPs approved by the Board pursuant to
Texas Water Code §16.062 and Chapter 361 of this title (relating
to Regional Flood Planning). The Board shall, not less than 30 days
before adoption or amendment of the state flood plan, publish notice
of its intent to adopt a state flood plan and shall mail notice to
each RFPG. The Board shall hold a public meeting during which it may
adopt a state flood plan or amendments thereto.
(c) The state flood plan shall incorporate information
from Board-approved RFPs, and shall address, at a minimum, the following:
(1) basis for state flood planning, including sections
on Texas water statutes, rules, regulations, and Texas' flood management
and mitigation institutions;
(2) summary of the condition and adequacy of major
flood control infrastructure on a regional basis;
(3) summary of existing flood risk associated with
1% annual chance and 0.2% annual chance flood events;
(4) description of methods used to develop the regional
and state flood plans;
(5) a statewide, ranked list of recommended FMEs and
FMPs that have associated one-time capital costs or other non-recurring
costs, and FMSs with non-recurring non-capital costs derived from
the Board-approved RFPs;
(6) an analysis of completed, ongoing, and proposed
FMEs, FMPs, and FMSs included in previous state flood plans including
projects funded by the TWDB;
(7) a discussion of how the recommended FMEs, FMPs,
and FMSs will reduce flood risk and mitigate flood hazards; and
(8) legislative recommendations the Board considers
necessary to facilitate flood mitigation planning and FME, FMP, and
FMS implementation.
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