three new laws<\/a> enhancing safety measures at summer camps, Worner said the camp only needed to make a few adjustments.<\/p>\n\u201cWe added a public address system that allows us to give specific commands, not just a siren,\u201d Gust said. \u201cWe beefed up our emergency action plans a little bit and we had to submit it to the state of Texas, to the health department this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Camps struggle to meet new requirements<\/p>\n
For Tejas Camp and Retreat in Giddings, the path to compliance was more difficult. Executive Director Paul Biles said the fiber optic internet requirement was the biggest challenge for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though we were three miles away, three miles is very expensive and you could quickly spend a quarter million dollars getting fiber to your facility,\u201d Biles explained.<\/p>\n
Biles says thankfully Tejas was able to meet the requirement in time to open for summer, but other camps weren\u2019t so lucky.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s several camps in the state of Texas that had to close their doors because of the regulations that again with the time frame given and their budgets and what they\u2019re able to do, it\u2019s just too big of a hill to climb,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n
Biles says looking forward he hopes lawmakers will engage directly with camp operators and consider more flexible compliance options during the upcoming legislative session.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving the opportunity for lawmakers to visit and to speak with and to experience camps across Texas we can really make a wonderful law that keeps kids safe and camps open and have fun at the same time,\u201d Biles said.<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 4, marks one year since the deadly Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n
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