79R1787 PAM-D

By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1599



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for the adoption of local amendments to 
certain municipal residential construction codes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 214.212, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) and 
(f) to read as follows:
	(d)  A municipality may review and consider amendments made 
by the International Code Council to the International Residential 
Code after May 1, 2001.  Subsection (e) does not apply to an 
amendment adopted by a municipality under this subsection.
	(e)  A local amendment adopted under Subsection (c) may not 
result in less stringent building requirements than the 
requirements prescribed by the International Residential Code, as 
it existed on May 1, 2001.  Except as provided by Subsection (f), a 
local amendment adopted before September 1, 2005, that does not 
comply with this subsection is void.
	(f)  This subsection applies to a residential structure for 
which a municipal building permit or other similar municipal 
authorization for the construction, alteration, remodeling, 
enlargement, or repair of the structure was required and approved 
before September 1, 2005.  A local amendment adopted under 
Subsection (c) that does not comply with Subsection (e) continues 
in effect with respect to a residential structure subject to this 
subsection.
	SECTION 2.  Section 214.214, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  A local amendment adopted under Subsection (b) may not 
result in less stringent electrical construction requirements than 
the requirements prescribed by the National Electric Code, as it 
existed on May 1, 2001.  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a 
local amendment adopted before September 1, 2005, that does not 
comply with this subsection is void.
	(d)  This subsection applies to a residential structure for 
which a residential electrical construction application or other 
similar municipal authorization was required and approved before 
September 1, 2005.  A local amendment adopted under Subsection (b) 
that does not comply with Subsection (c) continues in effect with 
respect to a residential structure subject to this subsection.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.