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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to flood safety requirements for youth camps located near |
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rivers, creeks, and streams. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 141.0091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 141.0091. FLOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN YOUTH |
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CAMPS. (a) This section applies only to a youth camp located near a |
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river, creek, or stream. |
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(b) A youth camp operator of a youth camp to which this |
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section applies shall for each camp cabin used as an overnight |
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accommodation for campers: |
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(1) equip the cabin with emergency equipment, |
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including: |
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(A) radio devices capable of cabin-to-cabin |
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communication; |
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(B) reflective life jackets suitable for the age |
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of each camper staying in the cabin in a number equal to: |
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(i) the maximum occupancy of the cabin; or |
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(ii) the total number of campers assigned |
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to the cabin, provided the camp distributes a life jacket to each |
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camper at the time of the camper's arrival at camp; |
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(C) a first aid kit; and |
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(D) an emergency hammer tool suitable for |
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breaking a window; |
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(2) safely store in the cabin in a location easily |
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accessible to campers and other cabin occupants the emergency |
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equipment described by Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) conspicuously post in the cabin easily |
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understandable instructions for using the emergency equipment |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |