LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY
OFFICE OF FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
LS 7647 NOTE PREPARED: Apr 22, 2025
BILL NUMBER: HB 1460 BILL AMENDED: Mar 10, 2025
SUBJECT: Drainage Systems.
FIRST AUTHOR: Rep. Pressel BILL STATUS: Enrolled
FIRST SPONSOR: Sen. Niemeyer
FUNDS AFFECTED: GENERAL IMPACT: Local
DEDICATED
FEDERAL
Summary of Legislation: This bill requires a unit to use data from the most recent: (1) Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps; and (2) National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Atlas; to calculate and regulate storm water runoff from a developed or undeveloped plat.
It authorizes a unit to use data from the neighboring state in closest proximity to the developed or
undeveloped plat under consideration.
The bill requires a plan commission or plat committee to take action on a plat application, including meeting
with any stakeholders with a financial interest in the application, 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 plan commission or plat committee is allowed to take action on an applicant’s plat request,
the commission or committee would be required to meet with any stakeholders with a financial
interest in the application within 30 days after receiving the request.
• The planning commission staff would be required to notify the applicant of any and all deficiencies
in the application within 15 days after receiving the application.
Explanation of Local Revenues:
HB 1460 1 State Agencies Affected:
Local Agencies Affected: County and municipal planning and zoning commissions and plat committees.
Information Sources:
Fiscal Analyst: James Johnson, 317-232-9869.
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