S2294

	2022 -- S 2294
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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: Senators Sosnowski, Ruggerio, Raptakis, Archambault, F Lombardi, Ciccone, and Miller
	Date Introduced: February 15, 2022
	Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled
2	"State Building Code" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	23-27.3-100.1.5.5. Hurricane, storm, and flood standards.
4	The state building code standards committee has the authority in consultation with the
5	building code commissioner, to adopt, maintain, amend, and repeal code provisions, which shall
6	be reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted standards and codes, including for existing
7	buildings, for storm and flood resistance. Such code provisions shall, to the extent reasonable and
8	feasible, take into account climatic changes and potential climatic changes and sea level rise and
9	inundation areas below dams classified by the department of environmental management as high
10	hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard. Flood velocity zones may incorporate freeboard
11	calculations adopted by the Coastal Resources Management Council pursuant to its power to
12	formulate standards under the provisions of § 46-23-6.
13	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HURRICANE, STORM AND FLOOD
	STANDARDS
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1	This act would amend dam safety standards to require the state building code standards
2	committee to take into account climate change effect on inundation areas below dams classified as
3	high, significant, or low hazard.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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