IA HF2511

Iowa Flood Center must develop and adopt an Iowa State Resilience Plan by December 31, 2028, in coordination with the departments of transportation, homeland security, agriculture, natural resources, and economic development authority.

The plan requires a statewide risk assessment including 30-year projections for flooding, water supply changes, and other natural hazards, plus analysis of state and local government capacity to address hazard risks.

Critical assets to be inventoried include transportation infrastructure (airports, bridges, highways, railways), utilities (water, wastewater, electric), emergency facilities (hospitals, fire stations, schools), and natural/cultural resources (agricultural lands, parks, wetlands).

Plan goals include protecting against loss of life and property through hazard mitigation, identifying priority resilience projects, and establishing strategies to allocate state and federal funding for plan implementation.

The plan must analyze economic impacts of extreme weather on forestry, agriculture, water, soil health, wildlife, infrastructure, economic productivity, education, and public health.