86R11034 JG-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2546
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the energy efficiency performance standards for
construction of industrialized housing or buildings.
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. Notwithstanding Section 1202.151, a
manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing or buildings may
construct industrialized housing or buildings in accordance with
the energy efficiency performance standards outlined in:
(1) the energy code described by Section 388.003(a),
Health and Safety Code; or
(2) a local amendment to the energy code described by
Section 388.003(a), Health and Safety Code, that is:
(A) applicable to the municipality or county in
which the industrialized housing or buildings will be located; and
(B) determined by the laboratory, as defined by
Section 388.002, Health Safety Code, to be equally or more
stringent than the energy code described by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.