HUNT, Texas (KXAN) – In a letter to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, three Hill Country camps are asking lawmakers to help with the costs of complying with the newly proposed safety regulations, including a rule that prevents the state from issuing or renewing a license for camps that operate cabins located in a flood plain.

The legislation comes months after devastating flash floods over the Fourth of July weekend killed 27 children and counselors at Kerr County’s Camp Mystic and its longtime owner, Dick Eastland. Several of the parents who lost their daughters at Camp Mystic testified that the deaths of their children were preventable and urged lawmakers to pass the camp safety legislation.

“The camp had a heightened duty of care, and they failed to perform. That failure cost 25 campers and

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