Emergency management; Youth Camp and Recreational Area Safety Revolving Fund; purpose; apportionment of monies; exception; General Revenue Fund; school buildings and fallout protection; youth camps and recreational campgrounds; emergency plans; local emergency management director; effective date; emergency.
What changed between versions
New definitions were added for emergency action plan, hazard exposure zone, outdoor program, regulating authority, severe weather hazard, and youth camp to clarify what activities and conditions are covered.
New requirements mandate that youth camps conduct site-specific hazard assessments identifying weather risks, structural vulnerabilities, and evacuation routes.
Camps must develop emergency action plans addressing monitoring, decision-making, evacuation criteria, shelter standards, accountability, and post-event communication.
New communication requirements include at least two independent alert methods, one not relying on cellular service, plus internal communication systems and parent notification procedures.
Hazard assessments must be reviewed and updated at least every three years or when facilities, terrain, or hazard conditions change materially.
Exemptions were added for single-day programs without oversight components and programs operated exclusively by parents for their own children.
The revolving fund section was rewritten with updated language but the core purpose of creating the Youth Camp and Recreational Area Safety Revolving Fund remains.
New enforcement provisions were added requiring camps to file emergency plans with local emergency management directors and maintain records of compliance.
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