TEXAS — State investigators released a 115-page final report on Thursday detailing systemic safety deficiencies at Camp Mystic during a July 4 flood that killed camp director Richard Eastland. Lawmakers committed to new legislation.

Investigators Casey Garrett and Michael Massengale were hired by the Texas Legislature. Camp Mystic did not maintain state-required written emergency plans or post approved evacuation procedures. Leadership confiscated cellphones from counselors without supplying alternative communication devices and reduced staffing.

Eastland called his son for assistance shortly after 3 a.m. Post-flood reunification efforts were disorganized, with parents receiving conflicting information.

Massengale said, "And when disaster struck, and it did strike on July 4 of last year, it may as well have been no plan at all." He said, "Our investigation showed that apart from what Dick Eastland was likely doing, nobody else at the camp was watching that night." Massengale said, "Staff members and counselors were not assigned any responsibilities in the event of that kind of an evacuation. This was a fatal error." He said, "Camp Mystic had the means to inform itself and to appropriately protect its campers from severe weather."

The Legislature passed laws last year addressing all but one deficiency. Lawmakers will address counselor communication issues in the session starting in January. A joint committee of the Texas Legislature said, "We do not recall being aware of this deficiency at the time we developed and passed (the laws), and we are thankful this process revealed it to us."