LRB-1037/P2
EVM:kjf
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Sherwin, BB0369 - Local government risk assessment and resiliency plans
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
local government
Consideration of climate change in certain local plans
Under current law, local governmental units are required or permitted to prepare a variety of plans that guide the local governmental unit's response to future events. Among these plans are comprehensive plans that assist in guiding a local governmental unit's future physical development, community health plans that assist in guiding a local governmental unit's response to community health problems, and hazard mitigation plans that assist a local governmental unit in preparing for disasters. Under this bill, if a local governmental unit prepares a comprehensive plan, a community health plan, or a disaster mitigation plan, it must consider the effects of climate change when preparing the plan.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 66.1001 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
66.1001 (2g) Consideration of climate change. In preparing or updating a comprehensive plan, a local governmental unit shall consider, to the extent practicable, the effects of climate change with regard to each of the elements under sub. (2).
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2. 251.05 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
251.05 (3) (c) Involve key policymakers and the general public in determining and developing a community health improvement plan that includes actions to implement the services and functions specified under s. 250.03 (1) (L). The plan under this paragraph shall include consideration of the effects of climate change on community health and consideration of the policies, plans, and programs that may assist in mitigating community health problems and health hazards.
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3. 323.14 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
323.14
(1m) Considerations in federal hazard mitigation planning. If a city, village, town, or county develops a mitigation plan under
42 U.S.C. 5165, the city, village, town, or county shall consider the effects of climate change on the natural hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities of the city, village, town, or county and consider actions that may assist in mitigating the effects of climate change on these hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities.
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