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1		-	H.B. No. 3215
	1	+	By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 3215
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;
	3	+	May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
	4	+	Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to energy efficiency building standards.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Sections 388.003(i), (j), and (k), Health and
8	14		Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
9	15		(i) A building certified by a national, state, or local
10	16		accredited energy efficiency program and determined by the
11	17		laboratory to be in compliance with the energy efficiency
12	18		requirements of this section may, at the option of the
13	19		municipality, be considered in compliance. The United States
14	20		Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program
15	21		certification of energy code equivalency shall be considered in
16	22		compliance. A home energy rating system index utilizing Standard
17	23		301 of the American National Standard for the Calculation and
18	24		Labeling of the Energy Performance of Dwelling and Sleeping Units
19	25		using an Energy Rating Index, commonly cited as ANSI/RESNET/ICC
20	26		301, as it existed on January 1, 2021, [The Energy Rating Index
21	27		Compliance Alternative or subsequent alternative compliance path]
22	28		as described by Subsection (j) shall be considered in compliance
23	29		provided that:
24	30		(1) the building meets the mandatory requirements of
25	31		Section R406.2 of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code;
26	32		and
27	33		(2) the building thermal envelope is equal to or
28	34		greater than the levels of efficiency and solar heat gain
29	35		coefficient in Table R402.1.2 or Table R402.1.4 of the 2018
30	36		International Energy Conservation Code.
31	37		(j) For the purposes of this chapter, Standard 301 of the
32	38		American National Standard for the Calculation and Labeling of the
33	39		Energy Performance of Dwelling and Sleeping Units using an Energy
34	40		Rating Index, commonly cited as ANSI/RESNET/ICC 301, as it existed
35	41		on January 1, 2021, [the Energy Rating Index Compliance Alternative
36	42		or subsequent alternative compliance path] used to measure
37	43		compliance for single-family residential construction [in an
38	44		optional compliance path of the energy efficiency chapter of the
39	45		International Residential Code] that uses an energy rating index is
40	46		as follows:
41	47		(1) for climate zone 2, an energy rating index of:
42	48		(A) [65 or lower from September 1, 2016, to
43	49		August 31, 2019;
44	50		[(B)] 63 or lower from September 1, 2019, to
45	51		August 31, 2022; [and]
46	52		(B) [(C)] 59 or lower on or after September 1,
47	53		2022;
48	54		(C) 57 or lower on or after September 1, 2025; and
49	55		(D) 55 or lower on or after September 1, 2028;
50	56		(2) for climate zone 3, an energy rating index of:
51	57		(A) [65 or lower from September 1, 2016, to
52	58		August 31, 2019;
53	59		[(B)] 63 or lower from September 1, 2019, to
54	60		August 31, 2022; [and]
55	61		(B) [(C)] 59 or lower on or after September 1,
56	62		2022; [and]
57	63		(C) 57 or lower on or after September 1, 2025; and
58	64		(D) 55 or lower on or after September 1, 2028; and
59	65		(3) for climate zone 4, an energy rating index of:
60	66		(A) [69 or lower from September 1, 2016, to
61	67		August 31, 2019;
62	68		[(B)] 67 or lower from September 1, 2019, to
63	69		August 31, 2022; [and]
64	70		(B) [(C)] 63 or lower on or after September 1,
65	71		2022;
66	72		(C) 61 or lower on or after September 1, 2025; and
67	73		(D) 59 or lower on or after September 1, 2028.
68	74		(k) This subsection and Subsection (j) expire September 1,
69	75		2031 [2025].
70	76		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
71		-	______________________________ ______________________________
72		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
73		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3215 was passed by the House on May 5,
74		-	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not
75		-	voting.
76		-	______________________________
77		-	Chief Clerk of the House
78		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3215 was passed by the Senate on May
79		-	26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
80		-	______________________________
81		-	Secretary of the Senate
82		-	APPROVED: _____________________
83		-	Date
84		-	_____________________
85		-	Governor
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