West Virginia Code § 33-2-15a

Annual flood insurance notification to public entities by commissioner
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The commissioner shall annually post a notification on the agency's website with the
following objectives:
(1) To make state and local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations aware of the
1988 amendments to the federal Robert T. Stafford Emergency Assistance and Disaster
Relief Act which impose penalties in the form of reductions in Federal Emergency
Management Agency disaster relief funds on public entities who fail to purchase adequate
flood insurance on all property located in identified flood hazard areas;
(2) To make state and local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations generally
aware of the magnitude of risk exposure and potential financial loss that may result from
these penalties; and
(3) To make state and local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations aware that
low-cost, federally subsidized flood insurance may lbe available through the National Flood
Insurance Program. s

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