1. (a) A person holding a license issued under this chapter must:

   1. (1) renew the license annually by submitting a renewal application on a date determined by department rule on a form provided by the department; and

   2. (2) submit a renewal application not later than the 30th day after the date the person:

      1. (A) alters the boundaries of a youth camp operated by the person;
      2. (B) completes construction of one or more new cabins located on the premises of the camp; or

      3. (C) completes any renovation to one or more existing cabins located on the premises of the camp that:

         1. (i) increases or decreases the number of beds in an affected cabin; or
         2. (ii) alters the method of ingress or egress to an affected cabin.
2. (b) The application must be accompanied by a renewal fee in an amount set by the executive commissioner by rule.
3. (c) The department may not renew the license of a youth camp which has not corrected deficiencies before the application for renewal is submitted. The executive commissioner shall adopt substantive and procedural rules for the submission by a youth camp operator of evidence that a deficiency or deficiencies have been corrected.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 251, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1373, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1110, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0381, eff. April 2, 2015.

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

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