NY State Senate Bill 2025-S854

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2025	referred to finance

2025-S854 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8981

2025-S854 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S854 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S854

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To create the Flooding Prevention and Mitigation Task Force to examine
the effects of coastal and inland flooding on residential areas and
provide recommendations.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill creates the Flood and Mitigation Task Force and
outlines the composition of the task force. This section also outlines
the procedures for appointing the chairperson of the task force and
filling any vacancies on the task force. It also directs state agencies
to provide the task force with such assistance, facilities, and data as

will enable the task force to carry out its powers and duties.

Section 1 also outlines the scope of the task force's study and provides
that a report of the task force's findings and recommendations be
provided to the Governor and legislature no later than December 31,
2025.

Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date and the repeal of
this act effective January 1, 2027.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Each year, the lives of countless New Yorkers are put on hold as floods
cause devastating damage to homes and communities. Recent hurricanes.
including Ida and Ian, have also posed serious threats to families
across the state. In 2023, more than 23 million people were placed under
flood advisories and states of emergency due to flood risks and the
state spent over $1 billion on flood risk reduction.

This legislation creates a task force to study home flooding threats and
make recommendations to mitigate future flooding damage across the
state. This includes recommendations on construction standards and tech-
niques to mitigate future flood damage as well as flood mitigation tech-
niques which can be employed by local governments. The task force will
also examine the impact of increased flooding on flood insurance rates.
This is an issue of growing concern, as flood insurance premiums have
continued to rise throughout the United States.

Given the substantial costs associated with the home flooding and toll
that these weather events take on communities throughout New York, we
must take steps to study this issue and develop comprehensive solutions.
This task force does just that by bringing together experts in environ-
mental conservation, emergency management, insurance, and construction
to address the threat of home flooding.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S. 8981 referred to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S854 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    854
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (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:
 
   Section 1.  Home flooding prevention and  mitigation  task  force.  1.
 There is hereby created, within the department of state, the home flood-
 ing  prevention  and  mitigation  task  force, which shall consist of 11
 members who shall be appointed as follows:
   (a) the secretary of state, or their designee;
   (b) the commissioner of environmental conservation, or their designee;
   (c) the director of the state  emergency  management  task  force,  or
 their designee;
   (d) the superintendent of insurance, or their designee;
   (e) one member to be appointed by the governor;
   (f)  one  member  to  be  appointed  by the temporary president of the
 senate;
   (g) one member to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (h) one member to be appointed by the senate minority leader;
   (i) one member to be appointed by the assembly minority leader;
   (j) one member to be appointed by the largest trade group representing
 homebuilders; and
   (k) one member to be appointed by the largest trade group representing
 flood insurance companies.
   2. The at large members shall have expertise in one  or  more  of  the
 following  areas: construction; flood insurance; climatology; hydrology;
 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

 S. 854                              2

 resilient  infrastructure;  geographic mapping and spatial analysis; and
 urban planning and sustainable development.
   3. Task force members shall receive no compensation for their services
 but  shall  be  reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
 the performance of their duties.
   4. The chairperson of the task force shall be voted  on  by  the  task
 force  members.  The task force shall meet no less than six times and at
 other times at the call of the chairperson.
   5. Any vacancies on the task force  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner
 provided for in the initial appointment.
   6.  The  task  force  shall  be authorized to hold public hearings and
 meetings to enable it to accomplish its duties.
   7. The task force  may  consult  with  any  organization,  educational
 institution, other government entity or agency or person in the develop-
 ment of its report required by subdivision 11 of this section.
   8.  The  department  of  state  shall provide the task force with such
 facilities, assistance and data as will enable the task force  to  carry
 out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other agencies of the state
 or  subdivisions thereof may, at the request of the chairperson, provide
 the task force with such facilities, assistance, and data as will enable
 the task force to carry out its powers and duties.
   9. The purpose of the home flooding  prevention  and  mitigation  task
 force shall be to study the impact of coastal and inland waterway flood-
 ing on residential homes, including, but not limited to:
   (a) the monetary value of damage caused on an annual basis;
   (b) the number of homes impacted on an annual basis;
   (c) the number of homes in New York located in flood plains, as desig-
 nated by the federal emergency management agency;
   (d) the impact of increased flooding on flood insurance rates;
   (e)  changes  needed  in construction materials, standards, techniques
 and building codes to mitigate damage caused by flooding;
   (f) coastal and inland waterway land use that contributes to flooding;
 and
   (g) flood mitigation techniques to be used by municipalities in  coas-
 tal and inland waterway residential areas.
   10.  The task force shall be appointed no later than 60 days after the
 effective date of this act.
   11. No later than December 31, 2026, the task force  shall  submit  to
 the  governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the
 assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader  of
 the assembly, a report detailing its findings, including recommendations
 for implementation.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2027.

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Pamela Helming

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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2025-S854 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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