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Mississippi Lawmakers End Hunting/Fishing Exemption from Flood Regulation

The Mississippi Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill to allow local governments to enforce federal floodplains codes at hunting and fishing camps and remain in the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill now goes to the governor. …

Mississippi Moves to Enforce Flood Codes on Hunting-Fishing Camps

The Mississippi House has approved a bill to allow local governments to enforce federal floodplains codes at hunting and fishing camps and remain in the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill (House Bill 773) would remove the hunting- and-fishing-camp exemption …