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Top lawmakers back lifting camp safety law
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Top Texas legislators are pushing to waive a new state law that requires camps to install broadband fiber optics in order to legally operate this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported. Scores of camps are struggling to meet the deadline. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows released a statement last week saying they support lifting the law. Nearly 20 camps have sued to block the law requiring them to install a fiberoptic network, arguing that it does not make their properties safer and would cost millions of dollars. So far only nine Texas summer camps are licensed...