89S20254 KRM-D     By: Hickland H.B. No. 171       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to flood risk notice requirements for certain campgrounds;   providing a civil penalty.          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 762 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 762. CAMPGROUNDS           Sec. 762.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "campground"   means a commercial property designed to provide cabins for   transient guest use or areas for locating recreational vehicles or   tents for transient guest use.          Sec. 762.002.  FLOOD RISK NOTICE. The owner or operator of a   campground located on or near a body of water that is at risk of   flooding shall before each camper is allowed access to the   campground:                (1)  provide written notice to the camper, or the   parent or legal guardian of a camper who is a minor, of the risk of   flooding at the campground; and                (2)  ensure the camper, or the parent or legal guardian   of a camper who is a minor, signs and submits to the owner or   operator a statement acknowledging receipt of the notice.          Sec. 762.003.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a) An owner or operator of a   campground who fails to comply with Section 762.002 is liable to   this state for a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation.  Each   day a violation continues constitutes a separate violation.          (b)  The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty and   may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing an   action under this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.