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AN ACT
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relating to the energy efficiency performance standards for |
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construction of certain industrialized housing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1202.1536 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1202.1536. OPTION TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN INDUSTRIALIZED |
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HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE |
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STANDARDS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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subchapter related to energy efficiency performance standards, a |
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manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing may construct |
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single-family industrialized housing in accordance with the energy |
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efficiency performance standards outlined in: |
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(1) the energy code adopted by the council; or |
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(2) the energy code in this state for single-family |
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residential construction with any local amendments or alternative |
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compliance paths described by Section 388.003, Health and Safety |
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Code, that are: |
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(A) requested by a municipality, county, or group |
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of counties located in the climate zone in which the single-family |
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industrialized housing will be located; and |
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(B) determined by the laboratory, as defined by |
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Section 388.002, Health and Safety Code, to be equally or more |
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stringent than the energy code described by Section 388.003(a), |
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Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) A manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing |
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shall maintain and, on request, make available to the department, |
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to a design review agency, or to another entity authorized to |
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evaluate industrialized housing under this chapter all |
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documentation necessary to evaluate single-family industrialized |
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housing constructed by the manufacturer or builder in accordance |
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with the energy efficiency performance standards described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2546 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 15, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2546 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 18, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2546 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |