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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to energy efficiency building standards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 388.003(i) and (j), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(i) A building certified by a national, state, or local |
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accredited energy efficiency program and determined by the |
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laboratory to be in compliance with the energy efficiency |
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requirements of this section may, at the option of the |
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municipality, be considered in compliance. The United States |
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Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program |
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certification of energy code equivalency shall be considered in |
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compliance. Standard 301 of the American National Standard for the |
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Calculation and Labeling of the Energy Performance of Dwelling and |
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Sleeping Units using an Energy Rating Index, commonly cited as |
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ANSI/RESNET/ICC 301, as it existed on January 1, 2021, [The Energy |
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Rating Index Compliance Alternative or subsequent alternative |
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compliance path as described by Subsection (j)] shall be considered |
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in compliance. |
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(j) For the purposes of this chapter, Standard 301 of the |
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American National Standard for the Calculation and Labeling of the |
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Energy Performance of Dwelling and Sleeping Units using an Energy |
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Rating Index, commonly cited as ANSI/RESNET/ICC 301, as it existed |
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on January 1, 2021, [the Energy Rating Index Compliance Alternative |
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or subsequent alternative compliance path] used to measure |
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compliance for single-family residential construction in an |
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optional compliance path of the energy efficiency chapter of the |
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International Residential Code that uses an energy rating index is |
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as follows: |
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(1) for climate zone 2, an energy rating index of: |
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(A) [65 or lower from September 1, 2016, to |
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August 31, 2019; |
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[(B)] 63 or lower from September 1, 2019, to |
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August 31, 2022; and |
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(B) [(C)] 59 or lower on or after September 1, |
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2022; |
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(2) for climate zone 3, an energy rating index of: |
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(A) [65 or lower from September 1, 2016, to |
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August 31, 2019; |
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[(B)] 63 or lower from September 1, 2019, to |
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August 31, 2022; and |
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(B) [(C)] 59 or lower on or after September 1, |
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2022; and |
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(3) for climate zone 4, an energy rating index of: |
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(A) [69 or lower from September 1, 2016, to |
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August 31, 2019; |
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[(B)] 67 or lower from September 1, 2019, to |
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August 31, 2022; and |
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(B) [(C)] 63 or lower on or after September 1, |
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2022. |
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SECTION 2. Section 388.003(k), Health and Safety Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |