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Governor Greg Abbott has officially signed a number of camp safety and flood relief bills at the Governor's Mansion in Austin.
He was joined by a number of legislators from the House and Senate, as well as Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and families of the July 4th flood victims.
Abbott praised the legislators who worked on these bills, saying, "They dug into details, they tapped into empathy, and they delivered laws that will be in effect when camps open this next summer."
Among the bills signed were Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1, which require camps to install and maintain emergency alert systems, develop emergency plans, and train staff on evacuation plans.
Abbott also signed Senate Bill 3, which requires local governments in flood-prone areas to install and maintain flood alert sirens and also provides state grants for those sirens.