1995 WISCONSIN ACT 311
An Act to create 87.30 (1g) of the statutes; relating to: the regulation of floodproofed residential basements under floodplain zoning ordinances.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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Section 1
. 87.30 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:
87.30 (1g) Regulation of floodproofed basements. The department may not promulgate any rule or impose any restriction that does any of the following:
(a) Results in an ordinance or other regulation containing provisions for floodproofed residential basements that are more restrictive than those imposed by the federal emergency management agency.
(b) Allows the department to deny an exception for such basements if the federal emergency management agency has granted an exception under 44 CFR 60.6.
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Section 2
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Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies to floodplain zoning ordinances on the effective date of this subsection regardless of when the floodplain zoning ordinances were enacted.