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S00854 Summary:

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Establishes the eleven member home flooding prevention and mitigation task force to study the impact of coastal and inland waterway flooding on residential homes.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 854

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT in relation to establishing the home flooding prevention and
 mitigation task force; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
 upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Home flooding prevention and mitigation task force. 1.
 2 There is hereby created, within the department of state, the home flood-
 3 ing prevention and mitigation task force, which shall consist of 11
 4 members who shall be appointed as follows:
 5 (a) the secretary of state, or their designee;
 6 (b) the commissioner of environmental conservation, or their designee;
 7 (c) the director of the state emergency management task force, or
 8 their designee;
 9 (d) the superintendent of insurance, or their designee;
 10 (e) one member to be appointed by the governor;
 11 (f) one member to be appointed by the temporary president of the
 12 senate;
 13 (g) one member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
 14 (h) one member to be appointed by the senate minority leader;
 15 (i) one member to be appointed by the assembly minority leader;
 16 (j) one member to be appointed by the largest trade group representing
 17 homebuilders; and
 18 (k) one member to be appointed by the largest trade group representing
 19 flood insurance companies.
 20 2. The at large members shall have expertise in one or more of the
 21 following areas: construction; flood insurance; climatology; hydrology;
 22 economics; marine fisheries; law enforcement and emergency management;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01075-01-5

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 1 resilient infrastructure; geographic mapping and spatial analysis; and
 2 urban planning and sustainable development.
 3 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 4 but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
 5 the performance of their duties.
 6 4. The chairperson of the task force shall be voted on by the task
 7 force members. The task force shall meet no less than six times and at
 8 other times at the call of the chairperson.
 9 5. Any vacancies on the task force shall be filled in the manner
 10 provided for in the initial appointment.
 11 6. The task force shall be authorized to hold public hearings and
 12 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
 13 7. The task force may consult with any organization, educational
 14 institution, other government entity or agency or person in the develop-
 15 ment of its report required by subdivision 11 of this section.
 16 8. The department of state shall provide the task force with such
 17 facilities, assistance and data as will enable the task force to carry
 18 out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other agencies of the state
 19 or subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the chairperson, provide
 20 the task force with such facilities, assistance, and data as will enable
 21 the task force to carry out its powers and duties.
 22 9. The purpose of the home flooding prevention and mitigation task
 23 force shall be to study the impact of coastal and inland waterway flood-
 24 ing on residential homes, including, but not limited to:
 25 (a) the monetary value of damage caused on an annual basis;
 26 (b) the number of homes impacted on an annual basis;
 27 (c) the number of homes in New York located in flood plains, as desig-