89S20308 CS-D     By: Curry H.B. No. 194       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to flood safety signage in certain areas in flood-prone   municipalities and counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Section 370.010 to read as follows:          Sec. 370.010.  FLOOD SAFETY SIGNAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS IN   FLOOD-PRONE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.  (a)  In this section,   "100-year floodplain" means an area with a one percent or greater   chance of inundation by a flood in any given year as designated in   maps or other data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or   in soil maps from the United States Department of Agriculture.          (b)  This section applies only to a municipality or county in   which a disaster involving storms or flooding has been declared in   accordance with state or federal law at least once in the preceding   10 years.          (c)  A municipality in the municipality's boundaries or   county in the county's unincorporated area shall install signs:                (1)  in public locations in which people commonly   gather that are located in the 100-year floodplain; and                (2)  that indicate the location of an area outside the   100-year floodplain to assist individuals seeking safety from a   flood.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.