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Senate Bill 1458 |
Senate Author: Wentworth |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: Corte |
Senate Bill 1458 amends the Local Government Code to adopt the International Building Code, as it existed on May 1, 2003, as a municipal commercial building code in Texas. The building code applies to all commercial buildings in a municipality for which construction begins on or after January 1, 2006, and to any alteration, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of those buildings. The bill authorizes a municipality to establish procedures to administer and enforce the International Building Code and to adopt local amendments to it. A municipality that has adopted a more stringent commercial building code before January 1, 2006, is not required to repeal the more stringent measure and may adopt future editions of it. Electrical wiring and related components are an exception, and a municipality need not consider amendments to that code regarding electrical provisions. Instead, the bill adopts the National Electrical Code, as it existed on May 1, 2001, as the municipal electrical construction code in Texas applicable to commercial electrical construction applications.
The bill requires municipalities, before January 1, 2006, to establish rules and take other actions to implement the building code provisions. Provisions relating to those required preparatory rules and actions take effect September 1, 2005. Other parts of the bill take effect January 1, 2006.