UPDATE: H.R.1735 – Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017
LATEST ACTION:
BILL SUMMARY:
Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017
This bill directs the
-- a process by which the state hazard mitigation officer appointed for such a buy-out or acquisition shall, within 60 days after an applicant for assistance enters into the buy-out or acquisition agreement, provide written notification to each affected local government that includes the location and a description of the buy-out or acquisition, the state-local assistance agreement for the hazard mitigation grant program, and a copy of the model deed restriction; and
-- recommendations for entering into and implementing a memorandum of understanding between local governments and covered entities that allows an affected local government to use and maintain the open space created by such a project, consistent with all adjoining property and subject to the notification of the adjoining property, as long as the maintenance cost is borne by the local government, and to maintain the open space pursuant to standards exceeding any local government standards defined in the agreement with
A "covered entity" includes the grantee or subgrantee receiving assistance for an open space project, the state in which such project is located, the applicable state hazard mitigation officer, and the applicable regional administrator.
[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of
BILL NUMBER: 115th
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For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.1735, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1735
BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1735/text
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[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of
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SUBJECTS: Administrative law and regulatory procedures,
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