| (5) Add new item 4 to Section
R401.2 Compliance to read as follows: "Alternative for single-family
housing only. A manufacturer or builder may choose to use the energy
code with any local amendments or alternative compliance paths that
are requested by a municipality, county, or group of counties located
in the climate zone where the house will be located and are determined
by the Texas Energy Systems Laboratory to be equally or more stringent
than the energy code adopted by the State Energy Conservation Office
(SECO)."
(6) Add new Section C501.7
Moved 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."
(7) Amend Chapter C6 Referenced
Standards and Chapter R6 Referenced
Standards as follows.
(A) Add to Chapter C6 PNNL/DOE, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory/Department of Energy Conservation, https://www.energycodes.gov/software-and-webtools,
as a promulgating agency, COMcheck Version 4.0.5.2 or later, Commercial
Energy Compliance Software as the referenced standard, and section
C102.1.2 as the referenced code section.
(B) Add to Chapter R6 PNNL/DOE, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory/Department of Energy Conservation, https://www.energycodes.gov/software-and-webtools,
as a promulgating agency, REScheck Version 4.6.3 or later, Residential
Energy Compliance Software as the referenced standard, and section
R102.1.2 as the referenced code section.
(C) Add to Chapter R6 the Texas Energy Systems Laboratory,
402 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South, College Station, TX 77845-3581,
as a promulgating agency, IC3, v 3.10 or later, International Code
Compliance Calculator as the referenced standard, and section R102.1.2
as the referenced code section.
(i) The 2015 International
Existing Building Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend Section 101 General as
follows.
(A) Amend Section 101.1 Title to
read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the Existing
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."
(2) Amend Section 102 Applicability
as follows.
(A) Amend Section 102.4 Referenced
codes and standards to read as follows: "The codes and standards
referenced in this code shall be considered to be part of the requirements
of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference and as
further regulated in Sections 102.4.1 through 102.4.3. Whenever amendments
to the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said
code shall be considered to reference the amendment as well."
(B) Add new Section 102.4.3
Accessibility for existing buildings to read as follows: "Wherever
reference elsewhere in this code is made to sections in Chapter 11
of the International Building Code or ICC A117.1, the Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS) of Texas
Government Code, Chapter 469, Elimination of Architectural Barriers
shall be substituted."
(3) Amend the first sentence of Section
1401.2 Applicability to read as follows: "Structures existing
prior to August 1, 2017, in which there is work involving additions,
alterations or changes of occupancy shall be made to conform to the
requirements of this chapter or the provisions of Chapters 5 through
13."
(4) Amend Chapter 15 Referenced
Standards as follows.
(A) Delete the following standard: "ICC A117.1-09, Accessible and Usable Buildings
and Facilities."
(B) Add TDLR, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation,
P.O. Box 12157, Austin, TX 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 102.4, 410.8.2, 410.8.3, 410.8.10,
705.1.2, and 705.1.3 as the referenced code sections.
(j) The 2014 National Electrical
Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Add the following to Article
310.1 Scope: "Aluminum and copper-clad aluminum shall not be
used for branch circuits in buildings classified as a residential
occupancy. Aluminum and copper-clad aluminum conductors, of size number
4 AWG or larger, may be used in branch circuits in buildings classified
as occupancies other than residential."
(2) Add new Article 545.14,
Testing, to read as follows.
(A) "(A) Dielectric Strength Test. The wiring of each
modular house, building, or component shall be subjected to a 1-minute,
900-volt, dielectric strength test (with all switches closed) between
live parts (including neutral conductor) and the house, building,
or component ground. Alternatively, the test shall be permitted to
be performed at 1080 volts for 1 second. This test shall be performed
after branch circuits are complete and after luminaires or appliances
are installed. Exception: Listed luminaires or appliances shall not
be required to withstand the dielectric strength test. Exception:
A DC dielectric tester can be used as an alternate to the use of an
AC dielectric tester. The applied test voltage for testing with a
DC tester shall be 1.414 times the value of the equivalent AC test
voltage."
(B) "(B) Continuity and Operational Tests and Polarity
Checks. Each modular house, building, or component shall be subjected
to all of the following: (1) An electrical continuity test to ensure
that all exposed electrically conductive parts are properly bonded;
(2) An electrical operational test to demonstrate that all equipment,
except water heaters and electric furnaces, are connected and in working
order; (3) Electrical polarity checks of permanently wired equipment
and receptacle outlets to determine that connections have been properly
made."
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