Virginia HB 1365: Va. Alternative Energy and Coastal Protection Act; establishing funding source to affected locality.

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18104750D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1365 

Offered January 11, 2018 

A BILL to establish a statewide funding source to affected 
 localities for flood resilience; Virginia Alternative Energy and Coastal 
 Protection Act. 
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Patron-- Adams, D.M. 

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Referred to Committee on Rules 

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Whereas, the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration reports that the number of "nuisance 
 flooding" days in Norfolk has increased 325 percent since the 1960s; and

Whereas, House Joint Resolution 16 and 
 Senate Joint Resolution 3 of the 2014 Session of the 
 General Assembly established a joint subcommittee to 
 formulate recommendations for the development of a comprehensive and 
 coordinated planning effort to address recurrent flooding; and

Whereas, House Joint Resolution 50 and 
 Senate Joint Resolution 76 of the 2012 Session of 
 the General Assembly requested the Virginia 
 Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) to study strategies for adaptation to 
 prevent recurrent flooding in Tidewater and Eastern Shore Virginia localities; 
 and

Whereas, the resulting VIMS report, 
 entitled "Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater Virginia," published 
 as Senate Document No. 3 (2013), states: "Recurrent flooding is a 
 significant issue in all localities in Virginia coastal localities and one that 
 is predicted to become worse over reasonable planning horizons (20-50 
 years)"; and

Whereas, the VIMS report found that 
 "[i]mpacts from flooding can range from temporary road closures to the 
 loss of homes, property and life. In coastal Virginia, the cost of large storm 
 damage can range from millions to hundreds of millions of dollars per 
 storm"; and

Whereas, the Secure Commonwealth Panel, 
 established by � 2.2-222.3 of the Code of Virginia to "monitor and assess 
 the implementation of statewide prevention, preparedness, response, and 
 recovery initiatives and where necessary review, evaluate, and make 
 recommendations relating to the emergency preparedness of government at all 
 levels in the Commonwealth," created a Recurrent Flooding Sub-Panel to 
 further assess the threat of recurrent flooding and 
 sea-level rise in the Commonwealth; and

Whereas, the Secure Commonwealth Panel 
 Recurrent Flooding Sub-Panel's report, entitled "Recommendations to the 
 Secure Commonwealth Panel on the Issue of Sea Level Rise and Recurrent Flooding 
 in Coastal Virginia" (2014), states that "[t]he Commonwealth should 
 identify or establish a fund to assist localities and regions [to] meet their 
 match requirements and otherwise assist them with the costs of adaptation 
 planning"; and

Whereas, the City of Norfolk hired the 
 U.S. branch of the Dutch engineering firm Fugro, which estimated a cost of at 
 least $1 billion to fulfill the fir