Amend SB 1458 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill appropriately:
	SECTION ___.  Section 214.213, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 214.213.  EXCEPTIONS.  (a)  The International 
Residential Code and the International Building Code do [does] not 
apply to the installation and maintenance of electrical wiring and 
related components.
	(b)  A municipality is not required to review and consider 
adoption of amendments to the International Residential Code or the 
International Building Code regarding electrical provisions.
	SECTION ___.  Section 214.214(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The National Electrical Code, as it existed on May 1, 
2001, is adopted as the municipal [residential] electrical 
construction code in this state and applies to all residential and 
commercial electrical construction applications.