PROHIBITED LICENSURE OF YOUTH CAMPS WITHIN FLOODPLAIN; EXCEPTION.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 141.0052.
in effect(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.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 3 (S.B. 1 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 5, 2025.