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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="3-1018" title_number="3" title_name="Environmental Programs" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Sea Level Rise Inundation and Coastal Flooding">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before October 1, 2019, the Department of Planning, in consultation with the Department and the Department of the Environment, shall develop and publish guidelines to assist local jurisdictions in the collection of data to establish nuisance flooding baselines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before October 1, 2020, a local jurisdiction that experiences nuisance flooding shall develop a plan to address nuisance flooding.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local jurisdiction shall update the plan required under paragraph (1) of this subsection at least once every 5 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A local jurisdiction shall publish the plans required under this subsection on the local jurisdiction’s website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A local jurisdiction that develops a plan to address nuisance flooding shall submit a copy of the nuisance flooding plan to the Department of Planning.</text>
  </level>
</section>
