§ 418.8 — Flood mitigation program

Iowa § 418.8

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 418: FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM

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1. The board shall establish and the department, subject to direction and approval by
the board, shall administer a flood mitigation program to assist governmental entities in
undertaking projects approved under this chapter. The flood mitigation program shall
include projects approved by the board to utilize either financial assistance from the
flood mitigation fund created under section 418.10 or sales tax revenues remitted to the
governmental entity under section 418.12. A governmental entity shall not be approved by
the board to utilize both financial assistance from the flood mitigation fund and sales tax
revenues remitted to the governmental entity.
2. The board shall, by rules adopted under section 418.7, prescribe application
instructions, forms, and other requirements deemed necessary to operate the flood
mitigation program.
3. The board may contract with or otherwise consult with the Iowa flood center,
established under section 466C.1, to assist the board in administering the flood mitigation
program.
4. The board shall submit a written report to the governor and the general assembly
on or before January 15 of each year. The report shall include information relating to all
projects approved by the board for inclusion in the flood mitigation program, the status
of such projects, summaries of each report submitted to the board under section 418.4,
subsection 6, information relating to the types of funding being used for each approved
project, including all indebtedness incurred by the applicable governmental entities, and
any recommendations for legislative action to modify the provisions of this chapter.