New York Laws
Article 36 - Participation in Flood Insurance Programs
36-0103 - Definitions.


1. "Area of special flood hazard" means any area subject to a one
percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year as determined by
the federal emergency management agency.

2. "Local government with land use jurisdiction" means a city; a town
as to all areas within such town outside the limits of any village; and
a village.

3. "National flood insurance program" means that act of congress
codified as chapter fifty of title forty-two of the United States code,
all acts amendatory thereof and all regulations promulgated thereunder.