Explanation
(This amendment provides $1.6 million from the general fund each year to establish the Department of Flood Control, established pursuant to House Bill 602 which establish the Commonwealth Flood Board and Department of Flood Control as a policy board and agency within the executive branch. The bill provides that the Board's duties shall include, among others, overseeing the development, implementation, and updating of the Commonwealth Flood Plan. The bill also creates the Department of Flood Control under the authority of the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to provide technical expertise in all aspects related to flood control, management, mitigation, abatement, and recovery. The Commonwealth Flooding Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee is also established in the bill as an advisory committee of the Commonwealth Flood Board to assist the Commonwealth in developing and implementing the Commonwealth Flood Plan.)