(a) The EA shall prepare, develop, and formulate the state flood plan and the Board shall adopt a state flood plan pursuant to the schedule in Texas Water Code §16.061.
(b) The EA shall incorporate into the state flood plan presented to the Board those RFPs approved by the Board pursuant to Texas Water Code §16.062 and Chapter 361 of this title (relating to Regional Flood Planning). The Board shall, not less than 30 days before adoption or amendment of the state flood plan, publish notice of its intent to adopt a state flood plan and shall mail notice to each RFPG. The Board shall hold a public meeting during which it may adopt a state flood plan or amendments thereto.
(c) The state flood plan shall incorporate information from Board-approved RFPs, and shall address, at a minimum, the following:
  (1) basis for state flood planning, including sections on Texas water statutes, rules, regulations, and Texas' flood management and mitigation institutions;
  (2) summary of the condition and adequacy of major flood control infrastructure on a regional basis;
  (3) summary of existing flood risk associated with 1% annual chance and 0.2% annual chance flood events;
  (4) description of methods used to develop the regional and state flood plans;
  (5) a statewide, ranked list of recommended FMEs and FMPs that have associated one-time capital costs or other non-recurring costs, and FMSs with non-recurring non-capital costs derived from the Board-approved RFPs;
  (6) an analysis of completed, ongoing, and proposed FMEs, FMPs, and FMSs included in previous state flood plans including projects funded by the TWDB;
  (7) a discussion of how the recommended FMEs, FMPs, and FMSs will reduce flood risk and mitigate flood hazards; and
  (8) legislative recommendations the Board considers necessary to facilitate flood mitigation planning and FME, FMP, and FMS implementation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §362.4 adopted to be effective June 10, 2020, 45 TexReg 3851; amended to be effective October 26, 2023, 48 TexReg 6218