MA S1320

Bill

Relative to emergency action on FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to zoning for flood insurance rate maps by cities and towns. Municipalities and Regional Government.

AI Summary

This bill allows town boards of selectmen or select boards, during the COVID-19 state of emergency and for 30 days after its termination, to adopt or amend zoning bylaws to maintain compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program and incorporate updated flood hazard areas from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The bill streamlines the approval process, allowing the board's two-thirds vote to be effective immediately, while still requiring a public hearing by the planning board and preserving the ability for town meeting to consider unfavorably acted-upon bylaws after the state of emergency ends.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (6)

Michael Brady (D)*, Susan Gifford (R), John Keenan (D), Jason Lewis (D), Susan Moran (D), Matt Muratore (R),

Last Action

Accompanied H2184 (on 06/15/2021)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1320

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1320
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1320.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1032	Relative to an investigation of flood insurance by the attorney general	No further action taken	Similar To
H2184	Relative to emergency action on FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps	No further action taken	Replaced by
H3916	Relative to changing the name of the board of selectmen in the town of Norwell	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H3948	Relative to the Board of Selectmen of the town of Fairhaven	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 81 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
S1334	Relative to remote town meetings	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2082	To modernize participation in public meetings	Accompanied a new draft, see H5031	Similar To
S2288	Authorizing the town of Marblehead to amend Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2004: Parking Violations in the Town of Marblehead	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
S2482	Amending the town of Sutton Home Rule Charter	New Draft substituted, see S2799	Similar To
S2491	Amending the Town Administrator Special Act to change the name of the Hingham board of selectmen to the Hingham select board	New draft substituted, see S2588	Similar To
S467	To protect the integrity of town meetings	Accompanied a study order, see H5284	Similar To

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MA S1320

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