1. (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.

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

   1. (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:

      1. (A) is not connected to a stream, river, or other watercourse; or
      2. (B) is dammed; or
   2. (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.