HB 1282 — An Act imposing a duty on municipal corporations to provide notification to property owners of changes to special flood hazard area maps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

PRINTER'S NO.   1450

                   THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1282
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, POWELL, GIRAL, KHAN, PIELLI,
        McNEILL, JAMES, M. MACKENZIE, ZIMMERMAN, NEILSON, CEPEDA-
        FREYTIZ, CERRATO, GUENST, PROBST, SANCHEZ, DALEY, HADDOCK,
        STEELE, WARREN, DEASY, SHUSTERMAN, CIRESI AND GREEN,
        APRIL 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025


                                   AN ACT
 1   Imposing a duty on municipal corporations to provide
 2      notification to property owners of changes to special flood
 3      hazard area maps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6   Section 1.   Short title.
 7      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Flood Hazard
 8   Notification Act.
 9   Section 2.   Notification to affected property owners.
10      (a)   Duty of municipal corporation.--A municipal corporation,
11   within 90 days of receipt of notification from the Federal
12   Emergency Management Agency that indicates a change in a
13   preliminary special flood hazard area map relating to real
14   property used for residential, commercial, mixed-use,
15   industrial, special purpose or agricultural purposes within the
16   municipal corporation, shall provide to each owner of the
17   property:
 1            (1)   written notification that the change has occurred
 2      within the municipal corporation;
 3            (2)   written notification of the name and contact
 4      information of the appointed floodplain administrator for the
 5      municipal corporation; and
 6            (3)   written notification of the Internet website,
 7      address and telephone number for the National Flood Insurance
 8      Program to aid the property owner in determining if there has
 9      been a change to the flood risk of the property.
10      (b)   Duty of county.--A county shall, within 90 days of being
11   informed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency of a
12   change in a final special flood hazard area map of the Federal
13   Emergency Management Agency relating to real property used for
14   residential, commercial, mixed-use, industrial, special purpose
15   or agricultural purposes within the county, provide to each
16   owner of the property written notification that the change has
17   occurred.
18      (c)   Form of notice.--Notice sent by first class mail to the
19   last known address of the owner as shown on the current real
20   estate tax assessment record shall be deemed adequate compliance
21   with the duty to provide notification under subsections (a) and
22   (b).
23      (d)   Municipal immunity.--A municipal corporation or county
24   may not be liable for the failure of a property owner to receive
25   or act on written notification under subsection (a) or (b) as a
26   result of a disruption of service or the failure to deliver the
27   notification on the part of the United States Postal Service.
28   Section 3.     Effective date.
29      This act shall take effect in 60 days.



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