89R4633 JBD-F
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 871
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the residential and commercial building codes of
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 214.212(a) and (d), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the
International Residential Code, as it existed on May 1, 2021
[2012], is adopted as a municipal residential building code in this
state.
(d) A municipality may review and consider amendments made
by the International Code Council to the International Residential
Code after May 1, 2021 [2012].
SECTION 2. Sections 214.216(a) and (d), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the
International Building Code, as it existed on May 1, 2021 [2012], is
adopted as a municipal commercial building code in this state.
(d) A municipality may review and consider amendments made
by the International Code Council to the International Building
Code after May 1, 2021 [2012].
SECTION 3. (a) Sections 214.212 and 214.216, Local
Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to residential
or commercial construction, remodeling, alteration, enlargement,
or repair that begins under an agreement made on or after January 1,
2026, or that begins, in the absence of an agreement, on or after
that date. Residential or commercial construction, remodeling,
alteration, enlargement, or repair that begins under an agreement
made before January 1, 2026, or that begins, in the absence of an
agreement, before that date is governed by the law in effect when
the agreement was made or the activity began, as appropriate, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2025, municipalities shall
establish rules and take other necessary actions to implement
Sections 214.212 and 214.216, Local Government Code, as amended by
this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.