By: Guillen H.B. No. 2701
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 764 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 764. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK AND CAMPGROUND CONSTRUCTION
STANDARDS
Sec. 764.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "governmental
entity" means this state or a state agency or political subdivision
of this state.
Sec. 764.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
a recreational vehicle park or campground consisting of a privately
owned parcel or tract of land under the control of a person or
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
members of the public or an organization for overnight stays.
Sec. 764.003. MINIMUM STANDARDS. A recreational vehicle
park or campground to which this chapter applies must comply with
the National Fire Protection Association 1194, Standard for
Recreational Vehicle Parks and Campgrounds, 2021 Edition, other
than Sections 1.1.1 and 5.1.1.1.
Sec. 764.004. EFFECT OF OTHER LAW. A governmental entity
may adopt a policy, rule, ordinance, or order to regulate
environmental health and sanitation, electrical distribution
system safety, liquefied petroleum gas storage and dispensing
safety, or fire protection only if the policy, rule, ordinance, or
order does not impose standards more stringent than the standards
imposed under Section 764.003.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Chapter 764, 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, 2026.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.