AUSTIN (KXAN) -- More than a dozen Texas camp representatives said new safety measures signed into law last month after the deadly July 4 floods that killed at least 135 people, including 27 at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, could put them out of business.

"The recent legislation, while well-intended, would have devastating effects on camps like ours if applied as written," said Loretta Lynn Orr, CEO of Orr Family Ministries, which owns Camp Oak Haven, located about 70 miles west of Houston.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is working to implement new camp safety measures passed under Senate Bill 1. On Friday, Texas DSHS heard public testimony on the new changes.

'Force us to close our doors'

Lynn said for her youth camp and other smaller, rural ones, it would be "financially

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