Sec. 6. COORDINATION OF LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS BY TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

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(a)The Texas Water Development Board shall aid, advise and coordinate the efforts of present and future political subdivisions endeavoring to qualify for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

(b)Pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Program and state and local efforts complimenting such Program, the Board shall aid, advise and co-operate with political subdivisions, the State Board of Insurance, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development when such aid, advice and cooperation are requested or deemed advisable by the Board.

(c)The aforementioned aid may include but is not necessarily limited to:

(1)Coordinating local, state and federal programs relating to floods, flood losses, and flood plain management;

(2)Evaluating the present structure of all federal, state, and political subdivision flood control programs, within or adjacent to the state, including an assessment of the extent to which public and private flood plain management activities have been instituted;

(3)Carrying out studies with respect to the adequacy of present public and private measures, laws, regulations, and ordinances in flood-prone areas as to land management and use, flood control, flood zoning, and flood damage prevention;

(4)Evaluating all available engineering, hydrologic and geologic data relevant to flood-prone areas and flood control in those areas; and

(5)Carrying out flood plain studies and mapping programs of flood plains, flood-prone areas and flood-risk zones.

(d)On the basis of such studies and evaluations, the Board, to the extent of its capabilities, shall periodically identify and publish information and maps with respect to all flood plain areas including the states' coastal area, which have flood hazards, and where possible, aid the Federal Government in identifying and establishing flood-risk zones in all such areas.