The bill, H.B. No. 249, amends the Health and Safety Code by adding Section 141.0093, which prohibits the construction of overnight accommodations at resident youth camps located within a designated 100-year floodplain. The bill defines a 100-year floodplain as an area with a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year, as determined by maps or data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the United States Department of Agriculture. Youth camp operators are explicitly barred from building overnight facilities in these floodplain areas.

Additionally, the bill grants the executive commissioner the authority to adopt necessary rules to implement this new section. The provisions of this act will only apply to the construction of new overnight accommodations that commence on or after the effective date of the legislation, which is set to take effect 91 days after the conclusion of the legislative session.

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