Environment – Flood Control – Flood Risk Assessment and Model Ordinance (Climate Ready Floodplain Act of 2023)
What this bill does
Requiring the Department of the Environment to publish a statewide flood risk assessment map projected to the year 2050, educate the public on certain information, and establish a certain model floodplain ordinance by July 1, 2024; requiring certain units of local government to submit to the Department for review a proposed floodplain ordinance by July 1, 2025; and requiring the Department to approve a proposed ordinance or provide notice of certain revisions to the ordinance on or before September 1, 2025.
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Testimony (39)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Johnston, Matthew | Arundel Rivers Federation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bartolomeo, Kathleen | GCAN, MCRT | Position only |
| FAV | Lehman, Mary | MGA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | Pluta, Matt | ShoreRivers | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Arndt, Dave | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Delegate Lehman, Delegate Lehmanlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Gousha, Debbie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Hessler, Thereselobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Matheson, Barbara | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Smith, Greg | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Duffy, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| UNF | Bailey Thupari, Angelica | Maryland Municipal League | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | May, Lisalobbyist | Maryland REALTORS | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Moredock, Amy | Queen Anne's County Government | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Crepeau, Marisa | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Klaus | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Kolakoski, Virginia | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lang, Kevin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lee, Mickey | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | MANOHAR, KRISHNA | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Welch, Franklin | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | sirkel, jess | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Butchko, Dominic | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Graf, Lorilobbyist | Maryland Building Industry Association | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Abbott, Tyler | Maryland Department of the Environment | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Ballentine, Tom | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Leach, Gabrielle | MD Derpatment of the Enviornment | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Moredock, Amy G. | Maryland Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers | Written (PDF) |