89R895 LRM-F     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 Section 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.