HB 2398
An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in local organizations and services, providing for flood evacuation plans for organized camps.
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Bill overview
This bill requires municipalities in Pennsylvania to ensure that organized camps located near flood-prone areas have written flood evacuation plans. Camp operators must file these plans with the municipality and county emergency management agency, review and update them annually, and provide copies to campers or their guardians. Local governments can also require compliance with these plans as a condition for issuing licenses or permits.
Key provisions
- Municipalities must require organized camps near flood hazards to have written evacuation plans.
- Camp operators must file plans with the municipality and county emergency management agency.
- Plans must be reviewed and updated annually.
- Camp operators must post evacuation routes and safe locations within the camp.
- Camp operators must provide plan summaries to campers or their guardians.
- Local governments can enforce compliance by conditioning licenses and permits.
- Definitions are provided for ‘Operator,’ ‘Organized Camp,’ and ‘Special Flood Hazard Area.’
- ‘Special Flood Hazard Area’ is defined as land with a 1% or greater annual flood risk as determined by FEMA.
Who is affected
- Organized Camp Operators
- Municipalities
- County Emergency Management Agencies
- Campers and their Guardians
- Residents living near organized camps
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Cosponsors
Benjamin Sanchez
Danielle Friel Otten
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