Tex. Local Government Code § 214.212: INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.

(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the International Residential Code, as it existed on May 1, 2012, is adopted as a municipal residential building code in this state.

(b) The International Residential Code applies to all construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, and repair of residential structures in a municipality.

(c) Subject to Subsection (e), a municipality may establish procedures:

(1) to adopt local amendments to the International Residential Code that may add, modify, or remove requirements set by the code; and

(2) for the administration and enforcement of the International Residential Code.

(d) A municipality may review and consider amendments made by the International Code Council to the International Residential Code after May 1, 2012.

(e) A municipality may not adopt a local amendment under Subsection (c) unless the municipality:

(1) holds a public hearing on the local amendment before adopting the local amendment; and

(2) adopts the local amendment by ordinance.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 120, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 738), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.