87R16214 JAM-F
By: Geren H.B. No. 3215
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3215:
By: Anchia C.S.H.B. No. 3215
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to energy efficiency building standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 388.003(i) and (j), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(i) A building certified by a national, state, or local
accredited energy efficiency program and determined by the
laboratory to be in compliance with the energy efficiency
requirements of this section may, at the option of the
municipality, be considered in compliance. The United States
Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program
certification of energy code equivalency shall be considered in
compliance. Standard 301 of the American National Standard for the
Calculation and Labeling of the Energy Performance of Dwelling and
Sleeping Units using an Energy Rating Index, commonly cited as
ANSI/RESNET/ICC 301, as it existed on January 1, 2021, [The Energy
Rating Index Compliance Alternative or subsequent alternative
compliance path as described by Subsection (j)] shall be considered
in compliance.
(j) For the purposes of this chapter, Standard 301 of the
American National Standard for the Calculation and Labeling of the
Energy Performance of Dwelling and Sleeping Units using an Energy
Rating Index, commonly cited as ANSI/RESNET/ICC 301, as it existed
on January 1, 2021, [the Energy Rating Index Compliance Alternative
or subsequent alternative compliance path] used to measure
compliance for single-family residential construction in an
optional compliance path of the energy efficiency chapter of the
International Residential Code that uses an energy rating index is
as follows:
(1) for climate zone 2, an energy rating index of:
(A) [65 or lower from September 1, 2016, to
August 31, 2019;
[(B)] 63 or lower from September 1, 2019, to
August 31, 2022; and
(B) [(C)] 59 or lower on or after September 1,
2022;
(2) for climate zone 3, an energy rating index of:
(A) [65 or lower from September 1, 2016, to
August 31, 2019;
[(B)] 63 or lower from September 1, 2019, to
August 31, 2022; and
(B) [(C)] 59 or lower on or after September 1,
2022; and
(3) for climate zone 4, an energy rating index of:
(A) [69 or lower from September 1, 2016, to
August 31, 2019;
[(B)] 67 or lower from September 1, 2019, to
August 31, 2022; and
(B) [(C)] 63 or lower on or after September 1,
2022.
SECTION 2. Section 388.003(k), Health and Safety Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.