{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.212","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.212","heading":"INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.","body":"(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.\n(b) The International Residential Code applies to all construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, and repair of residential structures in a municipality.\n(c) Subject to Subsection (e), a municipality may establish procedures:\n(1) to adopt local amendments to the International Residential Code that may add, modify, or remove requirements set by the code; and\n(2) for the administration and enforcement of the International Residential Code.\n(d) A municipality may review and consider amendments made by the International Code Council to the International Residential Code after May 1, 2012.\n(e) A municipality may not adopt a local amendment under Subsection (c) unless the municipality:\n(1) holds a public hearing on the local amendment before adopting the local amendment; and\n(2) adopts the local amendment by ordinance.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 120, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 738), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES","SUBCHAPTER G. BUILDING AND REHABILITATION CODES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm#214.212","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"726e44bd638d8fccfa40f02dc89b4b35acea7f6931dfe0e2a00f9fa6d7617120","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.211","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}