Prohibited Licensure of Youth Camps Within Floodplain; Exception

Sec. 141.0052. PROHIBITED LICENSURE OF YOUTH CAMPS WITHIN FLOODPLAIN; EXCEPTION. (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.