HB 75

By: McLaughlin
  H.B. No. 75
  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
  AN ACT
  relating to building standards for youth camps located within or
  near certain floodplains.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 141.009, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 141.009.  STANDARDS.  (a)  The executive commissioner
  by rule shall establish health and safety standards for youth
  camps.  The standards may relate to:
               (1)  adequate and proper supervision at all times of
  camp activities;
               (2)  qualifications for directors, supervisors, and
  staff and sufficient numbers of those persons;
               (3)  proper safeguards for sanitation and public
  health;
               (4)  adequate medical services for personal health and
  first aid;
               (5)  proper procedures for food preparation, handling,
  and mass feeding;
               (6)  healthful and sufficient water supply;
               (7)  proper waste disposal;
               (8)  proper water safety procedures for swimming pools,
  lakes, and waterways;
               (9)  safe boating equipment;
               (10)  proper maintenance and safe use of motor
  vehicles;
               (11)  safe buildings and physical facilities;
               (12)  proper fire precautions;
               (13)  safe and proper recreational and other equipment;
               (14)  proper regard for density and use of the
  premises; and
               (15)  records of criminal convictions of camp
  personnel.
         (b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish
  minimum building standards for youth camps to minimize and prevent
  flooding of a camp's buildings and other physical facilities
  located within a 100-year floodplain or within five feet of a
  100-year floodplain.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.