{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.215","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.215","heading":"ADOPTION OF REHABILITATION CODES OR PROVISIONS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"rehabilitation\" means the alteration, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of an existing structure.\n(b) A municipality that adopts a building code, other than the International Residential Code adopted under Section 214.212, shall adopt one of the following:\n(1) prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation as part of the municipality's building code; or\n(2) the rehabilitation code that accompanies the building code adopted by the municipality.\n(c) The rehabilitation code or prescriptive provisions do not apply to the rehabilitation of a structure to which the International Residential Code applies or to the construction of a new structure.\n(d) A municipality may:\n(1) adopt the rehabilitation code or prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation recommended by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners; or\n(2) amend its rehabilitation code or prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation.\n(e) A municipality shall enforce the prescriptive provisions for rehabilitation or the rehabilitation code in a manner consistent with the enforcement of the municipality's building code.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 331, Sec. 6.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","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#214.215","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"02049e75d708d239b9660b0907c8342b52419d8913fcb35af604466460f7c1fc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.214","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.216"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}