This Amendment removes the requirement that an accredited youth camp be deemed as meeting all equivalent youth camp license requirements.

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is not provided in the official material, so it remains unknown when these rules begin applying.

Amendment on Youth Camp Licensing and Shelter Rules

This amendment removes the rule that accredited youth camps automatically meet all license requirements and adds a new requirement for outdoor youth camps to have access to shelter from bad weather without specific size limits.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the requirement that an accredited youth camp is considered to meet all equivalent youth camp license requirements.
• Requires outdoor youth camps to have access to a shelter or building that provides protection from inclement weather.
• States that rules about this shelter cannot require a specific size or square footage.

Who It Names or Affects

• Outdoor youth camps
• Accredited youth camps

Terms To Know

Inclement weather

Severe or unpleasant weather conditions.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state when this amendment will officially take effect.
• The source material does not define what specific types of buildings count as a shelter, only that they must provide protection from inclement weather.

Official Summary Text

This Amendment removes the requirement that an accredited youth camp be deemed as meeting all equivalent youth camp license requirements. Instead, this Amendment requires that outdoor youth camps must have access to a shelter or building that provides protection from inclement weather and that these requirements may not include specific size or square footage.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Harris

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 293

AMEND Senate Bill No. 293 by deleting lines 28 through 29 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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(4) A youth camp license under paragraph (c)(2)a. of this section must include all of the following requirements:

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FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 293 on line 30 by deleting "

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FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 293 on line 32 by deleting "

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FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 293 by deleting lines 35 through 37 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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c. For outdoor youth camps, that the youth camp have access to a shelter or building that provides protection from inclement weather. The requirements under this paragraph (c)(4)c. may not require a specific size or square footage.

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FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 293 on line 38 by deleting “§ 3003A(c)(4)b.” and inserting in lieu thereof “§ 3003A(c)(4)c.”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment removes the requirement that an accredited youth camp be deemed as meeting all equivalent youth camp license requirements. Instead, this Amendment requires that outdoor youth camps must have access to a shelter or building that provides protection from inclement weather and that these requirements may not include specific size or square footage.