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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD

STANDARDS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Carson, Cortvriend, Noret, Hull, and J Lombardi

     Date Introduced: May 27, 2022

     Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled

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"State Building Code" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     23-27.3-100.1.5.5. Hurricane, storm, and flood standards.

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     The state building code standards committee has the authority in consultation with the

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building code commissioner, to adopt, maintain, amend, and repeal code provisions, which shall

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be reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted standards and codes, including for existing

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buildings, for storm and flood resistance. Such code provisions shall, to the extent reasonable and

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feasible, take into account climatic changes and potential climatic changes and sea level rise and

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inundation areas below dams classified by the department of environmental management as high

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hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard. Flood velocity zones may incorporate freeboard

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calculations adopted by the Coastal Resources Management Council pursuant to its power to

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formulate standards under the provisions of ยง 46-23-6.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD

STANDARDS

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     This act would amend dam safety standards to require the state building code standards

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committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as

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high, significant, or low hazard.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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