| (a) The council shall consider and review all amendments
to these codes which are approved and recommended by ICC, and if they
are determined to be in the public interest, the amendments shall
be effective 180 days following the date of the council's determination
or at a later date as set by the council.
(b) Any amendment proposed by a local building official, and determined by the
council following a public hearing to be essential to the health and
safety of the public on a statewide basis, shall become effective
180 days following the date of the council's determination or at a
later date as set by the council.
(c) The 2021 International
Building Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend Section 101 Scope
and General Requirement as follows.
(A) Amend Section 101.1 Title to
read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the Building
Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, hereinafter
referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section 101.2 Scope by
adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the provisions
of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16
Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(C) Amend Section 101.2.1
Appendices by adding the following: "Appendices C, F, and K
shall be considered part of this code."
(D) Amend Section 101.4 Referenced
codes to read as follows: "The other codes listed in Sections
101.4.1 through 101.4.9 and referenced elsewhere in this code shall
be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed
extent of each such reference. Whenever amendments to the referenced
codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be considered
to reference the amendment as well."
(E) Amend Section 101.4.7
Existing buildings to add the following sentence: "Moved industrialized
buildings that bear approved certification decals or insignia, and
that may also bear an alteration decal, in accordance with the requirements
of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative
Code, Chapter 70, and that have not been altered or modified since
the decal, insignia, or alteration decal was attached, shall be considered
to be in compliance with the current mandatory building codes adopted
by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council."
(F) Add new Section 101.4.8
Electrical to read as follows: "The provisions of Appendix
K shall apply to the installation of electrical systems, including
alterations, repairs, replacements, equipment, appliances, fixtures,
fittings and appurtenances thereto. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the
Electrical Code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted."
(G) Add new Section 101.4.9
Accessibility to read as follows: "Buildings and facilities
shall be designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance with
this code and the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS).
Wherever reference elsewhere in this code is made to ICC A117.1, the
TAS of Texas Government Code, Chapter 469, Elimination of Architectural
Barriers shall be substituted. Buildings subject to the requirements
of the Texas Accessibility Standards are
described in Administrative Rules of the Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation, 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68."
(2) Amend Section 104.1 General by
adding the following: "The term building
official as used in this code, or as used in the codes and
standards referenced in this code, shall mean the Texas Commission
of Licensing and Regulation, the executive director of the Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Industrialized Building Code
Council, or the local building official in
accordance with the powers and duties assigned to each in Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings."
(3) Amend Section 107.1 General to
read as follows: "Submittal documents consisting of construction documents,
statement of special inspections, geotechnical report and other data
shall be submitted in two or more sets, or in a digital format if
allowed by the building official, with
each permit application. The construction documents shall be prepared
by a registered design professional where required by the statutes
of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where
special conditions exist, the building official is
authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared
by a registered design professional. Construction documents depicting
the structural design of buildings to be located in hurricane prone
regions shall be prepared and sealed by a Texas licensed professional
engineer."
(4) Amend Section 111 Certificate
of Occupancy as follows.
(A) Amend Section 111.1 Change
of occupancy to read as follows: "A building or structure shall
not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a change in the existing
use or occupancy classification of a building or structure or portion
thereof shall not be made, until the local building official has issued
a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the locally adopted
rules and regulations. Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall
not be construed as an approval of a violation of the provisions of
this code or of other ordinances of the jurisdiction. Certificates
presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of
this code or other ordinances of the jurisdiction shall not be valid.
Exception: Certificates of occupancy are not required for work exempt
from permits under Section 105.2."
(B) Amend Section 111.2 Certificate
issued to read as follows. "The local building
official shall issue a certificate of occupancy in accordance
with the locally adopted rules and regulations. After the local building official inspects the industrialized
house or building and does not find violations of the provisions of
this code or other laws that are enforced by the department of building
safety, the local building official shall
issue a record of final inspection authorizing the release of the
house or building for occupancy."
(C) Delete Items 1 through 12 of
Section 111.2.
(D) Amend Section 111.3 Temporary
occupancy to read as follows: "The local
building official may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy
in accordance with locally adopted rules and regulations."
(E) Add new Section 111.5
Industrialized housing and buildings installed outside the jurisdiction
of a municipality or within a municipality without an inspection department
to read as follows: "The installation of buildings installed
outside the jurisdiction of a municipality or within a municipality
without an inspection department shall comply with the requirements
of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative
Code, Chapter 70, Administrative Rules Industrialized Housing and
Buildings."
(5) Amend Section 311.3 Low-hazard
storage, Group S-2 by adding the following to the list of uses
that are covered by this occupancy group: "Equipment shelters or equipment
buildings."
(6) Amend Chapter 11 Accessibility
as follows.
(A) Amend Section 1102.1 Design to
read as follows: "Buildings and facilities shall be designed and constructed
to be accessible in accordance with this code and the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS)."
(B) Delete Section 1103 through Section 1112.
(7) Amend Chapter 35 Referenced
Standards as follows.
(A) Delete the following standard: "ICC A117.1-17, Accessible and Usable Buildings
and Facilities".
(B) Add TDLR, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation,
P.O. Box 12157, Austin, Texas 78711 as a promulgating agency; add
2012 TAS, Texas Accessibility Standards as
adopted under 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68 as the referenced
standard; and add code sections 202, 907.5.2.3.3, 1009.8.2, 1009.9,
1009.11, 1010.2.13.1, 1012.1, 1012.6.5, 1012.10, 1013.4, 1023.9, 1102.1,
1108.2, 1110.1, 1110.2, 1110.5.1, 1110.5.2, 1111.3, 1111.4, 1111.4.2,
1112.3, 1112.4, 1112.5, and 1112.5.2 as the referenced code sections.
(C) Add code section 101.4.8 as a referenced code section
for NFPA Standard 70-20, National Electrical
Code .
(8) Amend Section K111.1 Adoption
to read as follows: "Electrical systems and equipment shall
be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with NFPA 70
except as otherwise provided in this code."
(d) The 2021 International
Residential Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend Section R101 Scope
and General Requirements as follows.
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