Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) The council shall consider and review all
amendments to these codes which are approved and recommended by ICC, and if
they are determined to be in the public interest, the amendments shall be
effective 180 days following the date of the council's determination or at a
later date as set by the council.
(b) Any amendment proposed by a local
building official, and determined by the council following a
public hearing to be essential to the health and safety of the public on a
statewide basis, shall become effective 180 days following the date of the
council's determination or at a later date as set by the council.
(c) The 2021 International Building
Code shall be amended as follows.
(1)
Amend
Section 101 Scope and General Requirement as follows.
(A) Amend Section 101.1
Title to read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the
Building Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program,
hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section 101.2
Scope by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the
provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(C) Amend Section
101.2.1 Appendices by adding the following: "Appendices C, F, and K
shall be considered part of this code."
(D) Amend Section 101.4 Referenced
codes to read as follows: "The other codes listed in Sections 101.4.1
through 101.4.9 and referenced elsewhere in this code shall be considered part
of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such
reference. Whenever amendments to the referenced codes have been adopted, each
reference to said code shall be considered to reference the amendment as
well."
(E) Amend Section
101.4.7 Existing buildings to add the following sentence: "Moved
industrialized buildings that bear approved certification decals or insignia,
and that may also bear an alteration decal, in accordance with the requirements
of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code,
Chapter 70, and that have not been altered or modified since the decal,
insignia, or alteration decal was attached, shall be considered to be in
compliance with the current mandatory building codes adopted by the Texas
Industrialized Building Code Council."
(F) Add new Section 101.4.8
Electrical to read as follows: "The provisions of Appendix K shall
apply to the installation of electrical systems, including alterations,
repairs, replacements, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and
appurtenances thereto. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the Electrical Code shall
mean the Electrical Code as adopted."
(G) Add new Section 101.4.9
Accessibility to read as follows: "Buildings and facilities shall be
designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance with this code and the
Texas Accessibility Standards (TAS). Wherever reference
elsewhere in this code is made to ICC A117.1, the TAS of Texas Government Code,
Chapter 469, Elimination of Architectural Barriers shall be substituted.
Buildings subject to the requirements of the Texas Accessibility
Standards are described in Administrative Rules of the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation, 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter
68."
(2) Amend
Section 104.1 General by adding the following: "The term
building official as used in this code, or as used in the
codes and standards referenced in this code, shall mean the Texas Commission of
Licensing and Regulation, the executive director of the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council, or
the local building official in accordance with the powers and
duties assigned to each in Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized
Housing and Buildings."
(3) Amend
Section 107.1 General to read as follows: "Submittal documents
consisting of construction documents, statement of special inspections,
geotechnical report and other data shall be submitted in two or more sets, or
in a digital format if allowed by the building official, with
each permit application. The construction documents shall be prepared by a
registered design professional where required by the statutes of the
jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special
conditions exist, the building official is authorized to
require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design
professional. Construction documents depicting the structural design of
buildings to be located in hurricane prone regions shall be prepared and sealed
by a Texas licensed professional engineer."
(4) Amend
Section 111 Certificate of
Occupancy as follows.
(A) Amend
Section 111.1 Change of occupancy to read as follows: "A
building or structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a
change in the existing use or occupancy classification of a building or
structure or portion thereof shall not be made, until the local building
official has issued a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the locally
adopted rules and regulations. Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall not
be construed as an approval of a violation of the provisions of this code or of
other ordinances of the jurisdiction. Certificates presuming to give authority
to violate or cancel the provisions of this code or other ordinances of the
jurisdiction shall not be valid. Exception: Certificates of occupancy are not
required for work exempt from permits under Section 105.2."
(B) Amend Section 111.2 Certificate
issued to read as follows. "The local building
official shall issue a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the
locally adopted rules and regulations. After the local building
official inspects the industrialized house or building and does not
find violations of the provisions of this code or other laws that are enforced
by the department of building safety, the local building
official shall issue a record of final inspection authorizing the
release of the house or building for occupancy."
(C) Delete Items 1 through 12 of
Section 111.2.
(D)
Amend Section 111.3 Temporary occupancy to read as follows:
"The local building official may issue a temporary certificate
of occupancy in accordance with locally adopted rules and
regulations."
(E) Add new
Section 111.5 Industrialized housing and buildings installed outside
the jurisdiction of a municipality or within a municipality without an
inspection department to read as follows: "The installation of
buildings installed outside the jurisdiction of a municipality or within a
municipality without an inspection department shall comply with the
requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, Administrative Rules Industrialized Housing
and Buildings."
(5) Amend
Section 311.3 Low-hazard storage, Group S-2 by adding the
following to the list of uses that are covered by this occupancy group:
"Equipment shelters or equipment buildings."
(6) Amend
Chapter 11 Accessibility
as follows.
(A) Amend
Section 1102.1 Design to read as follows: "Buildings and
facilities shall be designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance
with this code and the Texas Accessibility Standards
(TAS)."
(B) Delete Section
1103 through Section 1112.
(7) Amend
Chapter 35 Referenced
Standards as follows.
(A) Delete the
following standard: "ICC A117.1-17, Accessible and Usable Buildings and
Facilities".
(B) Add TDLR,
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, P.O. Box 12157, Austin, Texas
78711 as a promulgating agency; add 2012 TAS, Texas Accessibility
Standards as adopted under 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68 as
the referenced standard; and add code sections 202, 907.5.2.3.3, 1009.8.2,
1009.9, 1009.11, 1010.2.13.1, 1012.1, 1012.6.5, 1012.10, 1013.4, 1023.9,
1102.1, 1108.2, 1110.1, 1110.2, 1110.5.1, 1110.5.2, 1111.3, 1111.4, 1111.4.2,
1112.3, 1112.4, 1112.5, and 1112.5.2 as the referenced code sections.
(C) Add code section 101.4.8 as a referenced
code section for NFPA Standard 70-20, National Electrical
Code.
(8) Amend
Section K111.1 Adoption to read as follows: "Electrical
systems and equipment shall be designed, constructed and installed in
accordance with NFPA 70 except as otherwise provided in this code."
(d) The 2021 International
Residential Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend
Section R101 Scope and
General Requirements as follows.
(A)
Amend Section R101.1 Title to read as follows: "These
regulations shall be known as the Residential Code for One- and Two-family
Dwellings of the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program,
hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section R101.2
Scope by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the
provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(2) Amend
Section R102 Applicability as follows.
(A) Amend Section R102.4 Referenced
codes and standards to read as follows: "The codes and standards
referenced in this code shall be considered part of the requirements of this
code to the prescribed extent of each reference and as further regulated in
Sections R102.4.1 through R102.4.4. Whenever amendments to the referenced codes
have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be considered to reference
the amendment as well."
(B) Add new
Section R102.4.3 Electrical code to read as follows: "The
provisions of the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, shall
apply to the installation of electrical systems, including alterations,
repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and
appurtenances thereto. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the Electrical Code shall
mean the Electrical Code as adopted. Any reference to chapters 34 through 43 of
this code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted."
(C) Add new Section R102.4.4 TDI
Code-Wind design to read as follows: "The wind design of buildings to
be placed in the first tier counties along the Texas coast and designated
catastrophe areas as defined by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shall
also comply with the current effective code and amendments adopted by the TDI,
hereafter referred to as the TDI Code. Where conflicts occur between the
provisions of this code and the TDI Code as they relate to the requirements for
wind design, the more stringent requirements shall apply. Where conflicts occur
between the provisions of this code and the editions of the codes specified by
the Texas Department of Insurance as they relate to requirements other than
wind design, this code shall apply."
(D) Amend Section R102.5 Appendices
by adding the following: "Appendices AG, AH, AK, AP, AQ, and AT shall
be considered part of this code."
(E) Add new Section R102.8 Moved
industrialized housing to read as follows: "Moved industrialized
housing shall comply with the requirements of the local building official for
moved buildings."
(3)
Amend Section R104.1 General by adding the following: "The
term building official as used in this code, or as used in the
codes and standards referenced in this code, shall mean the Texas Commission of
Licensing and Regulation, the executive director of the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council, or
the local building official in accordance with the powers and
duties assigned to each in Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized
Housing and Buildings."
(4) Amend
Section R106.1 Submittal documents by adding the following:
"Submittal documents consisting of construction documents, and other data shall
be submitted in two or more sets, or in a digital format if allowed by the
building official, with each application for a permit. The construction
documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required
by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed.
Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized to require
additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design
professional. Construction documents depicting the structural design of
buildings to be located in hurricane prone regions and in the first tier
counties along the Texas coast and designated catastrophe areas as defined by
the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shall be prepared and sealed by a Texas
licensed professional engineer."
(5) Amend
Section R110 Certificate of
Occupancy as follows.
(A) Amend
Section R110.1 Use and change of occupancy to read as follows:
"A building or structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and
a change in the existing use or occupancy classification of a building or
structure or portion thereof shall not be made, until the local
building official has issued a certificate of occupancy in
accordance with locally adopted rules and regulations. Issuance of a
certificate of occupancy shall not be construed as an approval of a violation
of the provisions of this code or of other ordinances of the jurisdiction.
Certificates presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of
this code or other ordinances of the jurisdiction shall not be
valid."
(B) Amend Section
R110.2 Change in use to read as follows: "Changes in the character or
use of new industrialized housing are not allowed. Changes in the character or
use of existing industrialized housing shall not be made except as authorized
by the local building official."
(C) Amend Section R110.3 Certificate
issued to read as follows: "The local building
official shall issue a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the
locally adopted rules and regulations. After the local building
official inspects the industrialized house or building and does not
find violations of the provisions of this code or other laws that are enforced
by the department of building safety, then the local building
official shall issue a record of final inspection authorizing the
release of the house or building for occupancy."
(D) Delete Items 1 through 9 of
Section R110.3.
(E) Amend Section R110.4 Temporary
occupancy to read as follows: "The local building
official may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy in accordance
with locally adopted rules and regulations."
(F) Add new Section R110.6
Industrialized housing installed outside the jurisdiction of a municipality or
in a municipality without an inspection department to read as follows:
"The installation of industrialized housing installed outside the jurisdiction
of a municipality or within a municipality without an inspection department
shall comply with the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and
16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, Administrative Rules Industrialized
Housing and Buildings."
(6) Amend Section R301.2 Climatic and
geographic design criteria by adding the following sentence: "If no
additional criteria have been established, or if there is no local jurisdiction
to set the additional criteria, then the additional criteria shall be in
accordance with the requirements in the footnotes of Table R301.2(1) and
Sections R301.2.1 through R301.8 of this code."
(7) Amend
Section R302.2.2 Common
walls, to read as follows: "Common walls separating townhouse units
shall be assigned a fire-resistance rating in accordance with item (1) or (2)
and shall be rated for fire exposure from both sides. Common walls shall extend
to and be tight against the exterior sheathing of the exterior walls, or the
inside face of exterior walls without stud cavities, and the underside of the
roof sheathing. The common wall shared by two townhouse units shall be
constructed without plumbing or mechanical equipment, ducts or vents, other
than water-filled fire sprinkler piping in the cavity of the common wall. The
wall shall be rated for fire exposure from both sides and shall extend to and
be tight against exterior walls and the underside of the roof sheathing.
Electrical installations shall be in accordance with the National Electrical
Code, NFPA 70 as adopted. Penetrations of the membrane of common walls for
electrical outlet boxes shall be in accordance with Section R302.4.
(A) Amend Section
R302.2.2(1), to read as follows: "Where a fire sprinkler system in
accordance with Section P2904 is provided, the common wall shall be not less
than a 1-hour fire-resistance-rated wall assembly tested in accordance with
ASTM E119 or UL 263 or Section 703.2.2 of the International Building
Code."
(B) Amend Section
R302.2.2(2), to read as follows: "Where a fire sprinkler system in
accordance with Section P2904 is not provided, the common wall shall be not
less than a 2-hour fire-resistance-rated wall assembly tested in accordance
with ASTM E119 or UL 263 or Section 703.2.2 of the International Building
Code."
(C) Amend Section
R302.2.2 Common walls - Exception to read as follows: Exception:
"Common walls are permitted to extend to and be tight against the inside of the
exterior walls if the cavity between the end of the common wall and the
exterior sheathing is filled with a minimum of two 2-inch nominal thickness
wood studs."
(8) Amend
Section R303.10 Required heating to read as follows: "Every
dwelling unit shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining
a minimum room temperature of 68°F (20°C) at a point 3 feet (914 mm)
above the floor and 2 feet (610 mm) from exterior walls in habitable rooms at
the design temperature. The installation of one or more portable space heaters
shall not be used to achieve compliance with this section."
(9) Amend
Section R313 Automatic Fire
Sprinkler Systems as follows.
(A)
Amend Section R313.1 Townhouse automatic fire sprinkler
systems to read as follows: "The common wall between
townhouses shall be constructed in accordance with Section
R302.2(2) if an automatic residential fire sprinkler system is not installed.
The fire-rating of the common wall may be reduced in accordance with Section
R302.2(1) if an automatic residential fire sprinkler system is installed in
townhouses."
(B)
Amend Section R313.2 One- and two-family dwelling automatic fire
systems to read as follows: "One- and two-family dwelling
automatic fire sprinkler systems. The construction, projections,
openings and penetrations of exterior walls of one- and two-family dwellings
and accessory buildings shall comply with Table R302.1(1) if an automatic
residential fire sprinkler system is not installed. The construction,
projections, openings and penetrations of the exterior walls of one- and
two-family dwellings and their accessory uses may be constructed in accordance
with the requirements of Table R302.1(2) if an automatic residential fire
sprinkler system is installed in one- and two-family dwellings."
(10) Amend the second sentence of
Section R902.1 Roofing covering materials to read as follows:
"Class A, B or C roofing shall be installed.
(11) Amend
Chapter 11 Energy
Efficiency as follows.
(A) Replace
N1101.2 Intent with N1101.2 Compliance to
read as follows: "Compliance shall be demonstrated by meeting the requirements
of the Residential Provisions of the International
Energy Conservation Code."
(B) Delete Section N1101.3
through Section N1113.
(12) Delete Part VIII-Electrical,
Chapters 34 through 43.
(13) Amend
Chapter 44 Referenced
Standards as follows.
(A) Delete code
sections N1101.5 and N1101.13 as referenced code sections for IECC-15,
International Energy Conservation Code.
(B) Add code section R102.4.3 and delete code
sections E3401.1, E3401.2, E4301.1, Table E4303.2, E4304.3, and E4304.4 as
referenced code sections for NFPA Standard 70-20, National Electrical
Code.
(C) Add TDI, Texas
Department of Insurance, Windstorm Inspections Program, 333 Guadalupe Street,
Austin, Texas 78701 as a promulgating agency, add TDI Code, Building
Codes adopted by TDI for the Windstorm Inspection Program, as the
referenced standard, and add code sections R102.4.4 and R106.1 as the
referenced code sections.
(14) Amend Section U101.1
General to read as follows: "These provisions shall be applicable for
new construction where solar-ready provisions are provided."
(e) The 2021 International
Fuel Gas Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend
Section 101
General as follows.
(A) Amend
Section 101.1 Title to read as follows: "These regulations
shall be known as the Fuel Gas Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and
Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section 101.2
Scope by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the
provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(2) Amend
Section 102 Applicability as follows.
(A) Amend Section 102.4 Additions,
alterations or repairs to read as follows: "The provisions of the
International Existing Building Code shall apply to all
matters governing the repair, alterations, or additions of existing previously
occupied industrialized buildings that are designed to be transported from one
commercial site to another commercial site. Additions, alterations, or repairs
shall not cause an existing installation to become unsafe, hazardous, or
overloaded."
(B) Amend
Section 102.5 Change in occupancy by adding the following to
the beginning of the section: "The provisions of the International
Existing Building Code shall apply to all matters governing a change
in the occupancy of existing previously occupied industrialized buildings that
are designed to be transported from one commercial site to another commercial
site."
(C) Amend Section
102.7 Moved buildings by replacing the first sentence with the
following: "Moved industrialized buildings that bear approved certification
decals or insignia, and that may also bear an alteration decal, in accordance
with the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, and that have not been altered or modified
since the decal, insignia, or alteration decal was attached, shall be
considered to be in compliance with the current mandatory building codes
adopted by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council."
(D) Amend Section 102.8 Referenced
codes and standards by adding the following: "Whenever amendments to
the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be
considered to reference the amendment as well."
(3) Amend Chapter 8 Referenced
Standards by adding ICC Standard IEBC-21, International
Existing Building Code, referenced in code sections 102.4 and
102.5.
(f) The
2021 International Mechanical Code shall be amended as
follows.
(1) Amend
Section 101
General as follows.
(A) Amend
Section 101.1 Title to read as follows: "These regulations
shall be known as the Mechanical Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and
Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section 101.2
Scope by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the
provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(2) Amend
Section 102 Applicability as follows.
(A) Amend Section 102.4 Additions,
alterations or repairs to read as follows: "The provisions of the
International Existing Building Code shall apply to all
matters governing the repair, alterations, or additions of existing previously
occupied industrialized buildings that are designed to be transported from one
commercial site to another commercial site. Additions, alterations or repairs
shall not cause an existing installation to become unsafe, hazardous or
overloaded."
(B) Amend
Section 102.5 Change in occupancy by replacing the first
sentence with the following: "The provisions of the International
Existing Building Code shall apply to all matters governing a change
in the occupancy of existing previously occupied industrialized buildings that
are designed to be transported from one commercial site to another commercial
site."
(C) Amend Section
102.7 Moved buildings by replacing the first sentence with the
following: "Moved industrialized buildings that bear approved certification
decals or insignia, and that may also bear an alteration decal, in accordance
with the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, and that have not been altered or modified
since the decal, insignia, or alteration decal was attached, shall be
considered to be in compliance with the current mandatory building codes
adopted by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council."
(D) Amend Section 102.8 Referenced
codes and standards by adding the following: "Whenever amendments to
the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be
considered to reference the amendment as well."
(3) Amend Chapter 15 Referenced
Standards by adding ICC Standard IEBC-21, International
Existing Building Code, referenced in code sections 102.4 and
102.5.
(g) The
2021 International Plumbing Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend
Section 101
General as follows.
(A) Amend
Section 101.1 Title to read as follows: "These regulations
shall be known as the Plumbing Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and
Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"
(B) Amend Section 101.2
Scope by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the
provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(2) Amend
Section 102 Applicability as follows.
(A) Amend Section 102.4 Additions,
alterations or repairs by replacing the first sentence with the
following: "The provisions of the International Existing Building
Code shall apply to all matters governing the repair, alterations, or
additions of existing previously occupied industrialized buildings that are
designed to be transported from one commercial site to another commercial
site."
(B) Amend Section
102.5 Change in occupancy by adding the following to the beginning of
the section: "The provisions of the International Existing Building
Code shall apply to all matters governing a change in the occupancy of
existing previously occupied industrialized buildings that are designed to be
transported from one commercial site to another commercial site."
(C) Amend Section 102.7 Moved
buildings to read as follows: "Moved industrialized buildings that
bear approved certification decals or insignia, and that may also bear an
alteration decal, in accordance with the requirements of Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, and that have
not been altered or modified since the decal, insignia, or alteration decal was
attached, shall be considered to be in compliance with the current mandatory
building codes adopted by the Texas Industrialized Building Code
Council."
(D) Amend Section
102.8 Referenced codes and standards by adding the following:
"Whenever amendments to the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference
to said code shall be considered to reference the amendment as well."
(3) Amend
Section 403
Minimum Plumbing Facilities as follows.
(A) Add new Section 403.7
Industrialized housing and buildings exceptions to read as follows:
"Plumbing fixtures for industrialized buildings shall be provided as required
by Table 403.1 except as allowed in Sections 403.7.1, 403.7.2 and
403.7.3."
(B) Add new
Section 403.7.1 Buildings that are not normally occupied to
read as follows: "Buildings, such as equipment or communication shelters, that
are not normally occupied or that are only occupied to service equipment, shall
not be required to provide plumbing facilities. EXCEPTION: Buildings that are
not normally occupied that are also classified as a Group H occupancy must be
provided with plumbing facilities required for this type of occupancy such as
requirements for emergency showers and eyewash stations."
(C) Add new Section 403.7.2 Other
industrialized buildings to read as follows: "All other industrialized
buildings shall contain the minimum plumbing fixtures required in accordance
with Table 403.1 unless the building is a non-site specific building and the
plans and the data plate contain a special condition/limitation note that the
minimum number of required fixtures shall be provided in another building
located on the installation site with a path of travel that does not exceed a
distance of 500 feet. The plumbing facilities must be accessible to the
occupants of the industrialized building. Non-site specific buildings and
special condition limitation notes shall be as defined in the 16 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program."
(D)
Add new Section 403.7.3 Requirements for service sinks for
industrialized buildings to read as follows: "Commercial
industrialized buildings with areas of less than or equal to 1,800 square feet
shall not be required to contain a service sink provided that the building
contains a lavatory and water closet that can be substituted for the service
sink. EXCEPTION: A building of less than 1,800 square feet in area without any
plumbing facilities shall comply with section 403.7.2.
(4) Amend Chapter 15 Referenced
Standards by adding ICC Standard IEBC-21, International
Existing Building Code, referenced in code sections 102.4 and
102.5.
(h) The 2015
International Energy Conservation Code shall be amended as
follows.
(1) Amend
Section C101 Scope
and General Requirements and
R101 Scope and General
Requirements as follows.
(A) Amend
Section C101.1 Title and Section R101.1 Title
to read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the Energy
Conservation Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program,
hereinafter referred to as "this code."
(B) Amend Section C101.2
Scope and R101.2 Scope by adding the following:
"Where conflicts occur between the provisions of this code and the provisions
of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings,
or the provisions of 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing
the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70
shall control."
(2) Amend
Section C102 Alternate Materials - Method of Construction, Design or
Insulating Systems and
R102 Alternate Materials, Design and
Methods of Construction and Equipment as follows.
(A) Add new
Section C102.1.2
Compliance software tools to read as follows: "The following software
tools may be used to demonstrate energy code compliance for commercial
buildings. The mandatory requirements of this code apply regardless of the
software program that is used to demonstrate compliance.
1. The PLLN/DOE software programs
COMcheck.
2.
Software programs approved by the State Energy Conservation Office.
3. Other software programs if approved by the
executive director or the Council."
(B) Add new
Section R102.1.2
Compliance software tools to read as follows: "The following software
tools may be used to demonstrate energy code compliance for commercial
buildings. The mandatory requirements of this code apply regardless of the
software program that is used to demonstrate compliance.
1. The PLLN/DOE software programs
REScheck.
2. The
Texas Energy Systems Laboratory International Code Compliance
Calculator, IC3.
3.
Software programs approved by the State Energy Conservation Office.
4. Other software programs if approved by the
executive director or the Council."
(3) Amend Section C106.1 Referenced
codes and standards and Section R106.1 Referenced Codes and
Standards by adding the following: "Whenever amendments to the
referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be
considered to reference the amendment as well."
(4) Add new Section C401.2.2
Buildings for state agencies and institutions of higher education to
read as follows: "Buildings for state agencies and institutions of higher
education shall comply with the energy standard adopted pursuant to Texas
Government Code, §
447.004 by the State
Energy Conservation Office (SECO), and implementation through 34 Texas
Administrative Code, Chapter 19, Subchapter C, Energy Conservation Design
Standards."
(5) Add new item 4 to
Section R401.2 Compliance to read as follows: "Alternative for
single-family housing only. A manufacturer or builder may choose to use the
energy code with any local amendments or alternative compliance paths that are
requested by a municipality, county, or group of counties located in the
climate zone where the house will be located and are determined by the Texas
Energy Systems Laboratory to be equally or more stringent than the energy code
adopted by the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)."
(6) Add new Section C501.7 Moved
buildings to add the following sentence: "Moved industrialized
buildings that bear approved certification decals or insignia, and that may
also bear an alteration decal, in accordance with the requirements of Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70,
and that have not been altered or modified since the decal, insignia, or
alteration decal was attached, shall be considered to be in compliance with the
current mandatory building codes adopted by the Texas Industrialized Building
Code Council."
(7) Amend
Chapter C6 Referenced Standards and
Chapter R6
Referenced Standards as follows.
(A)
Add to Chapter C6 PNNL/DOE, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Department of
Energy Conservation,
https://www.energycodes.gov/software-and-webtools,
as a promulgating agency, COMcheck Version 4.0.5.2 or later, Commercial Energy
Compliance Software as the referenced standard, and section C102.1.2 as the
referenced code section.
(B) Add to
Chapter R6 PNNL/DOE, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Department of Energy
Conservation,
https://www.energycodes.gov/software-and-webtools,
as a promulgating agency, REScheck Version 4.6.3 or later, Residential Energy
Compliance Software as the referenced standard, and section R102.1.2 as the
referenced code section.
(C) Add to
Chapter R6 the Texas Energy Systems Laboratory, 402 Harvey Mitchell Parkway
South, College Station, Texas 77845-3581, as a promulgating agency, IC3, v 3.10
or later, International Code Compliance Calculator as the referenced standard,
and section R102.1.2 as the referenced code section.
(i) The 2021 International
Existing Building Code shall be amended as follows.
(1) Amend
Section 101 Scope and
General Requirements as follows.
(A)
Amend Section 101.1 Title to read as follows: "These
regulations shall be known as the Existing Building Code of the Texas
Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this
code.'"
(B) Amend Section
101.2 Scope by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between
the provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16
Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized
Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall
control."
(2) Amend
Section 102 Applicability as follows.
(A) Amend Section 102.4 Referenced
codes and standards to read as follows: "The codes and standards
referenced in this code shall be considered to be part of the requirements of
this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference and as further
regulated in Sections 102.4.1 through 102.4.3. Whenever amendments to the
referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be
considered to reference the amendment as well."
(B) Add new Section 102.4.3
Accessibility for existing buildings to read as follows: "Wherever
reference elsewhere in this code is made to sections in Chapter 11 of the
International Building Code or ICC A117.1, the Texas Accessibility
Standards (TAS) of Texas Government Code, Chapter 469, Elimination of
Architectural Barriers shall be substituted."
(3) Amend Section 1301.2
Applicability to read as follows: "Existing buildings in which there
is work involving additions, alterations or changes of occupancy shall be made
to conform to the requirements of this chapter or the provisions of Chapters 6
through 12. The provisions of Sections 1301.2.1 through 1301.2.6 shall apply to
existing occupancies that will continue to be, or are proposed to be, in Groups
A, B, E, F, I-2, M, R and S. These provisions shall also apply to Group U
occupancies where such occupancies are undergoing a change of occupancy or a
partial change in occupancy with separations in accordance with Section
1301.2.2. These provisions shall not apply to buildings with occupancies in
Group H, I-1, I-3, or I-4."
(4)
Amend
Chapter 16 Referenced Standards as follows.
(A) Delete the following standard:
"ICC A117.1-09, Accessible and Usable Buildings and
Facilities."
(B) Amend to
read as follows: "TDLR, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, P.O. Box
12157, Austin, Texas 78711 as a promulgating agency; add 2012 TAS - effective
March 2012, Texas Accessibility Standards as adopted under 16
Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68 as the referenced standard; and add code
sections 102.4, 410.8.2, 410.8.3, 410.8.10, 705.1.2, and 705.1.3 as the
referenced code sections."
(j) The 2020 National Electrical
Code shall be amended as follows.
(1)
Amend Article 310.1 Scope to read as follows: "This article
covers general requirements for conductors rated up to and including 2000 volt
and their type designations, insulations, markings, mechanical strengths,
ampacity ratings, and uses. These requirements do not apply to conductors that
form an integral part of equipment, such as motors, motor controllers, and
similar equipment, or to conductors specifically provided for elsewhere in this
Code. Aluminum and copper-clad aluminum shall not be used for
branch circuits in buildings classified as a residential occupancy. Aluminum
and copper-clad aluminum conductors, of size number 4 AWG or larger, may be
used in branch circuits in buildings classified as occupancies other than
residential."
(2) Add new
Article 545.14, Testing, to read as follows.
(A) "(A) Dielectric Strength Test. The wiring
of each modular house, building, or component shall be subjected to a 1-minute,
900-volt, dielectric strength test (with all switches closed) between live
parts (including neutral conductor) and the house, building, or component
ground. Alternatively, the test shall be permitted to be performed at 1080
volts for 1 second. This test shall be performed after branch circuits are
complete and after luminaires or appliances are installed. Exception: Listed
luminaires or appliances shall not be required to withstand the dielectric
strength test. Exception: A DC dielectric tester can be used as an alternate to
the use of an AC dielectric tester. The applied test voltage for testing with a
DC tester shall be 1.414 times the value of the equivalent AC test
voltage."
(B) "(B) Continuity and
Operational Tests and Polarity Checks. Each modular house, building, or
component shall be subjected to all of the following:
(1) An electrical continuity test to ensure
that all exposed electrically conductive parts are properly bonded;
(2) An electrical operational test to
demonstrate that all equipment, except water heaters and electric furnaces, are
connected and in working order;
(3)
Electrical polarity checks of permanently wired equipment and receptacle
outlets to determine that connections have been properly made."
(3) Remove Section
210.8(F).