32:11D-36 - Flood lands acquisition
32:11D-36. Flood lands acquisition
The commission shall have power to acquire the fee or any lesser interest in lands and improvements thereon within the area of a flood plain for the purpose of restricting the use of such property so as to minimize the flood hazard, converting property to uses appropriate to flood plain conditions, or preventing unwarranted constrictions that reduce the ability of the river channel to carry flood water. Any such action shall be in accord with the standards adopted and promulgated pursuant to section 6.2.
L.1961, c. 13, p. 60, s. 6.3.