GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 (a) For the purpose of delineating tfee — f loodway a flood hazard 



2 area and evaluating the possibility of flood damages, r e sponsibl e 



3 local — govr e rnmontc — *?« — ompoworod — to ; a local government may; 



4 (1) Request technical assistance from the competent 



5 federal agencies, including the Army Corps of 



6 Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, the 



7 Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Geological 



8 Survey, or successor ag e nci e s , — *fi4 agencies . 



9 (2) Utilize the reports and data supplied by federal 



10 and State agencies as the basis for the exercise by 



11 local ordinance or resolution of the powers and 



12 responsibilities conferred on responsible local 



13 governments by this Part. 



14 (b) The Department shall — fee — empow e r e d — fee — r e nd e r may provide 



15 advice and assistance to any local government having 



16 responsibilities under this Part. In exercising this function it 



17 shall specifically be authorized to furnish manuals, suggested 



18 standards, plans, and other technical data; to conduct training 



19 programs; and to give advice and assistance with respect to 



20 handling — &i — particular — applications ; delineation of flood hazard 



21 areas and the development of appropriate ordinances; but it shall 



22 not be limited to such activities. The Department shall send a 

 2 3 copy of every rule adopted to implement this Part to the 



24 governing body of each local government in the State. 



25 (c) A local government may delineate any f loodway flood hazard 



26 area subject to its regulation by showing it on a map or drawing, 



27 by a written description, or any combination thereof, to be 



28 designated appropriately and filed permanently with the clerk of 



29 superior court and with the register of deeds in the county where 



30 the land lies. A local government may also delineate a flood 



3 1 hazard area by reference to a map prepared pursuant to the 



32 National Flood Insurance Program. The Commission Department may 



33 delineate a f loodway / flood hazard area, in the same manner and 



34 subject to the same requirement, when the reach of a stream in 



35 which a f loodway flood hazard area is determined by the 



36 Commission Department to be needed exceeds the jurisdiction of a 



37 single local government. Alterations in the lines delineated 



38 shall be indicated by appropriate entries upon or addition to 



39 such map or description. Such entries or additions shall be made 



40 by or under the direction of the clerk of superior court. 

 4 1 Photographic, typed or other copies of such map or description, 



42 certified by the clerk of superior court, shall be admitted in 



43 evidence in all courts and shall have the same force and effect 



44 as would the original map or description. A local government or 



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