By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 2546
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019;
  April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Business & Commerce; May 20, 2019, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2546 By:  Nichols
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the energy efficiency performance standards for
  construction of certain industrialized housing.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1202.1536 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1202.1536.  OPTION TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN INDUSTRIALIZED
  HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE
  STANDARDS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
  subchapter related to energy efficiency performance standards, a
  manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing may construct
  single-family industrialized housing in accordance with the energy
  efficiency performance standards outlined in:
               (1)  the energy code adopted by the council; or
               (2)  the energy code in this state for single-family
  residential construction with any local amendments or alternative
  compliance paths described by Section 388.003, Health and Safety
  Code, that are:
                     (A)  requested by a municipality, county, or group
  of counties located in the climate zone in which the single-family
  industrialized housing will be located; and
                     (B)  determined by the laboratory, as defined by
  Section 388.002, Health and Safety Code, to be equally or more
  stringent than the energy code described by Section 388.003(a),
  Health and Safety Code.
         (b)  A manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing
  shall maintain and, on request, make available to the department,
  to a design review agency, or to another entity authorized to
  evaluate industrialized housing under this chapter all
  documentation necessary to evaluate single-family industrialized
  housing constructed by the manufacturer or builder in accordance
  with the energy efficiency performance standards described by
  Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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