Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 141.0052 — PROHIBITED LICENSURE OF YOUTH CAMPS WITHIN FLOODPLAIN; EXCEPTION

HS § 141.0052Title 2. HEALTH · Part G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION · Ch. 141. YOUTH CAMPS

(a)The department shall not issue or renew a youth camp license for a youth camp that operates one or more cabins located within a floodplain.

(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department may issue or renew a license to a youth camp described by Subsection (a) only if:

(1)each cabin location within a floodplain is a result of the cabin's proximity to a lake, pond, or other still body of water that:

(A)is not connected to a stream, river, or other watercourse; or

(B)is dammed; or

(2)each cabin is at least 1,000 feet from a floodway.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (S.B. 1), Sec. 4, eff. September 5, 2025.