| (a) Pursuant to Health and Safety Code, §388.003(a),
following publication of a new edition of the International Residential
Code, and not more often than every six years, SECO will publish notice
in the Texas Register and on the SECO
website informing interested persons that they may provide written
comments to SECO regarding new editions of the Codes.
(b) Pursuant to Health and Safety Code, §388.003(b),
following publication of a new edition of the International Energy
Conservation Code, SECO will publish notice in the Texas Register and on the SECO website informing
interested persons that they may provide written comments to SECO
regarding the new editions of the Code.
(c) Comments are encouraged from any interested persons,
including without limitation: commercial and residential builders;
architects and engineers; municipal, county, and other local government
authorities; environmental groups; and manufacturers of building materials
and products.
(d) Comments will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days
after publication of the notice in the Texas
Register or for a longer period as specified in the request
for comments.
(e) Written comments should be submitted to SECO's
business or mailing address specified in §19.2 of this title
(relating to State Energy Conservation Office Business Location and
Mailing Address), or the comments may be submitted electronically
to SECO's email address specified on the SECO website.
(f) SECO will forward any written comments received
on the Codes pursuant to this section to the Laboratory for the Laboratory
to consider in developing their written findings on the stringency
of the energy efficiency chapter of the International Residential
Code or the International Energy Conservation Code.
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