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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to construction standards for certain recreational |
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vehicle parks and campgrounds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 764 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 764. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK AND CAMPGROUND CONSTRUCTION |
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STANDARDS |
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Sec. 764.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "governmental |
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entity" means this state or a state agency or political subdivision |
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of this state. |
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Sec. 764.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to |
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a recreational vehicle park or campground consisting of a privately |
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owned parcel or tract of land under the control of a person or |
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entity, other than a governmental entity, on which sites for |
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recreational vehicles, recreational park trailers, or other |
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camping units are offered primarily for transient guest use by |
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members of the public or an organization for overnight stays. |
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Sec. 764.003. MINIMUM STANDARDS. A recreational vehicle |
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park or campground to which this chapter applies must comply with |
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the National Fire Protection Association 1194, Standard for |
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Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds, 2021 Edition, other |
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than Section 1.1.1. |
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Sec. 764.004. EFFECT OF OTHER LAW. A governmental entity |
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may adopt a policy, rule, ordinance, or order to regulate |
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environmental health and sanitation, electrical distribution |
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system safety, liquefied petroleum gas storage and dispensing |
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safety, or fire protection only if the policy, rule, ordinance, or |
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order does not impose standards more stringent than the standards |
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imposed under Section 764.003. |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Chapter 764, Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by this Act, a recreational vehicle park or |
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campground to which that chapter applies operating on the effective |
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date of this Act is not required to comply with that chapter before |
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September 1, 2026. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |