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By: Guillen H.B. No. 3266
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3266:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 3266
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to construction standards for certain recreational
vehicle parks and campgrounds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 769 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 769. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
Sec. 769.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Governmental entity" means the state, an agency
of the state, or a political subdivision of the state.
(2) "NFPA" means the National Fire Protection
Association.
Sec. 769.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to a
campground or recreational vehicle park consisting of a privately
owned parcel or tract of land under the control of a person,
organization, or other entity, other than a governmental entity, on
which sites for recreational vehicles, recreational park trailers,
or other camping units are offered primarily for transient guest
use by the public or members of an organization for overnight stays.
Sec. 769.003. MINIMUM STANDARDS. A campground or
recreational vehicle park to which this chapter applies must comply
with the NFPA 1194, Standard for Recreational Vehicle Parks and
Campgrounds, 2014 Edition, other than Section 1.1.1.
Sec. 769.004. EFFECT OF OTHER LAW. A governmental entity
may adopt a law, policy, rule, regulation, ordinance, or order that
regulates environmental health and sanitation, safety of
electrical distribution systems, safety of liquefied petroleum gas
storage and dispensing, or fire protection, provided that the law,
policy, rule, regulation, ordinance, or order does not impose
standards more stringent than the standards under Section 769.003.
SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 769, Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act, a recreational vehicle park or
campground to which that chapter applies operating on the effective
date of this Act is not required to comply with that chapter before
September 1, 2016.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 769.004, Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act, a recreational vehicle park or
campground described by Subsection (a) of this section, during the
period following the effective date of this Act until the date the
recreational vehicle park or campground is in compliance with
Chapter 769, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, is
subject to any other state or local laws, policies, rules,
regulations, ordinances, or orders applicable to a recreational
vehicle park or campground.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.