88R5155 LRM-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 1286
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to construction standards for certain recreational
  vehicle parks and campgrounds.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 769 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 769. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK AND CAMPGROUND CONSTRUCTION
  STANDARDS
         Sec. 769.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "governmental
  entity" means this state or a state agency or political subdivision
  of this state.
         Sec. 769.002.  APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
  a recreational vehicle park or campground consisting of a privately
  owned parcel or tract of land under the control of a person or
  entity, other than a governmental entity, on which sites for
  recreational vehicles, recreational park trailers, or other
  camping units are offered primarily for transient guest use by
  members of the public or an organization for overnight stays.
         Sec. 769.003.  MINIMUM STANDARDS. A recreational vehicle
  park or campground to which this chapter applies must comply with
  the National Fire Protection Association 1194, Standard for
  Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds, other than Section
  1.1.1.
         Sec. 769.004.  EFFECT OF OTHER LAW. A governmental entity
  may adopt a policy, rule, ordinance, or order that regulates
  environmental health and sanitation, electrical distribution
  system safety, liquefied petroleum gas storage and dispensing
  safety, or fire protection only if the policy, rule, ordinance, or
  order does not impose standards more stringent than the standards
  imposed under Section 769.003.
         SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Chapter 769, Health and Safety
  Code, as added by this Act, a recreational vehicle park or
  campground to which that chapter applies operating on the effective
  date of this Act is not required to comply with that chapter before
  September 1, 2024.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.