LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY
OFFICE OF FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
LS 7647 NOTE PREPARED: Jan 9, 2025
BILL NUMBER: HB 1460 BILL AMENDED:
SUBJECT: Drainage Systems.
FIRST AUTHOR: Rep. Pressel BILL STATUS: As Introduced
FIRST SPONSOR:
FUNDS AFFECTED: GENERAL IMPACT: Local
DEDICATED
FEDERAL
Summary of Legislation: This bill requires a unit to use data from the: (1) unit's 100 year flood map; and
(2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlas 14 to calculate and regulate storm water
runoff from a developed or undeveloped plat.
The bill requires a plat committee to take action on a plat application, including meeting with all necessary
individuals, not later than 30 days after receiving the application. It provides that if a plan commission or
plat committee fails to make written findings and a decision granting or denying primary approval to a plat
not later than 60 days after a public hearing, then the plat is considered to have received primary approval.
Effective Date: July 1, 2025.
Explanation of State Expenditures:
Explanation of State Revenues:
Explanation of Local Expenditures: This bill’s provisions will result in an increase in the administrative
workload for county and municipal planning and zoning commissions and plat committees as a result of the
following:
• Before a plat committee is allowed to take action on an applicant’s plat request, the committee would
be required to meet with all necessary individuals within 30 days after receiving the request.
• The planning commission staff would be required to notify the applicant of any and all defects in
the application within 15 days after receiving the application.
Explanation of Local Revenues:
State Agencies Affected:
Local Agencies Affected: County and municipal planning and zoning commissions and plat committees.
HB 1460 1 Information Sources:
Fiscal Analyst: James Johnson, 317-232-9869.
HB 1460 2