SECTION 748.3849. What are the requirements for shelter during an overnight excursion?  


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  • (a) During an overnight excursion, you must provide each child with:

    (1) Adequate shelter, such as a tent, tarp, or cabin; and

    (2) Reasonable insulation from cold and dampness by such things as a rain fly, ground cloth, and an insulated pad under bedrolls or sleeping bags.

    (b) Open air sleeping is allowable if:

    (1) The weather permits;

    (2) The child consents; and

    (3) You provide a ground cloth and an insulated pad under bedrolls or sleeping bags.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.3849 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909