Bill > S2196

This bill seeks to establish a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs and the Secretary of Public Safety and Security to develop a comprehensive adaptation management plan to address climate change, which must be revised at least once every 5 years. 2. Creating a Comprehensive Adaptation Management Plan Advisory Commission to assist in developing the plan. 3. Requiring state agencies, state authorities, and public utility companies to develop and update vulnerability and adaptation assessments for their assets every 5 years. 4. Establishing a grant program to provide financial and technical assistance to municipalities for developing and implementing comprehensive adaptation management plans. 5. Allowing the Executive Office to acquire land that has been repeatedly damaged by severe weather for conservation and recreation purposes. 6. Authorizing the Executive Office to lease certain acquired properties to municipalities or nonprofit organizations for conservation and recreation use. The bill also provides funding for the comprehensive adaptation management plan grant program and requires the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate rules regulating the dredging, filling, or altering of land subject to coastal storm flowage.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2196