Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 141.002. Definitions

(1) “Cabin” means a structure used to provide temporary sleeping quarters for campers.

(1-a) “Camper” means a minor who is attending a youth camp on a day care or boarding basis.

(2) “Day camp” includes any camp that primarily operates during any portion of the day between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. for a period of four or more consecutive days but may incidentally offer not more than two overnight stays each camp session.  The term does not include a facility required to be licensed with the Department of Family and Protective Services.

(2-a) “Floodplain” has the meaning assigned by Section 762.001.

(2-b) “Floodway” means an area identified on the most recent flood hazard map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. Section 4001 et seq.) as a regulatory floodway.

(2-c) “Governmental entity” means this state or a state agency or political subdivision of this state.

(3) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization.

(4) “Resident youth camp” includes any camp that for a period of four or more days continuously provides residential services, including overnight accommodations for the duration of the camp session.

(5) “Youth camp” means a facility or property, other than a facility required to be licensed by the Department of Family and Protective Services, that:

(6) “Youth camp operator” means a person who owns, operates, controls, or supervises a youth camp, regardless of profit.