PRINTER'S NO. 1450
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1282
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY T. DAVIS, HILL-EVANS, POWELL, GIRAL, KHAN, PIELLI,
McNEILL, JAMES, M. MACKENZIE, ZIMMERMAN, NEILSON, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, CERRATO, GUENST, PROBST, SANCHEZ, DALEY, HADDOCK,
STEELE, WARREN, DEASY, SHUSTERMAN, CIRESI AND GREEN,
APRIL 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025
AN ACT
Imposing a duty on municipal corporations to provide
notification to property owners of changes to special flood
hazard area maps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Flood Hazard
Notification Act.
Section 2. Notification to affected property owners.
(a) Duty of municipal corporation.-- A municipal corporation,
within 90 days of receipt of notification from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency that indicates a change in a
preliminary special flood hazard area map relating to real
property used for residential, commercial, mixed-use,
industrial, special purpose or agricultural purposes within the
municipal corporation, shall provide to each owner of the
property:
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within the municipal corporation;
(2) written notification of the name and contact
information of the appointed floodplain administrator for the
municipal corporation; and
(3) written notification of the Internet website,
address and telephone number for the National Flood Insurance
Program to aid the property owner in determining if there has
been a change to the flood risk of the property.
(b) Duty of county.--A county shall, within 90 days of being
informed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency of a
change in a final special flood hazard area map of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency relating to real property used for
residential, commercial, mixed-use, industrial, special purpose
or agricultural purposes within the county, provide to each
owner of the property written notification that the change has
occurred.
(c) Form of notice.--Notice sent by first class mail to the
last known address of the owner as shown on the current real
estate tax assessment record shall be deemed adequate compliance
with the duty to provide notification under subsections (a) and
(b).
(d) Municipal immunity.--A municipal corporation or county
may not be liable for the failure of a property owner to receive
or act on written notification under subsection (a) or (b) as a
result of a disruption of service or the failure to deliver the
notification on the part of the United States Postal Service.
Section 3. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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