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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