| Chapter 358 |
| 2022 -- H 8295 Enacted 06/29/2022 |
| 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 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.5 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled |
| "State Building Code" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 23-27.3-100.1.5.5. Hurricane, storm, and flood standards. |
| The state building code standards committee has the authority, in consultation with the |
| building code commissioner, to adopt, maintain, amend, and repeal code provisions, which shall |
| be reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted standards and codes, including for existing |
| buildings, for storm and flood resistance. Such The code provisions shall, to the extent reasonable |
| and feasible, take into account climatic changes and potential climatic changes and sea level rise |
| and inundation areas below dams classified by the department of environmental management as |
| high hazard, significant hazard, or low hazard. Flood velocity zones may incorporate freeboard |
| calculations adopted by the Coastal Resources Management Council pursuant to its power to |
| formulate standards under the provisions of ยง 46-23-6. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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