{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.216","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 214.216","heading":"INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.","body":"(a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, the International Building Code, as it existed on May 1, 2012, is adopted as a municipal commercial building code in this state.\n(b) The International Building Code applies to all commercial buildings in a municipality and to any alteration, remodeling, enlargement, or repair of those commercial buildings.\n(c) Subject to Subsection (f), a municipality may establish procedures:\n(1) to adopt local amendments to the International Building Code that may add, modify, or remove requirements set by the code; and\n(2) for the administration and enforcement of the International Building Code.\n(d) A municipality may review and consider amendments made by the International Code Council to the International Building Code after May 1, 2012.\n(e) A municipality that has adopted a more stringent commercial building code than a commercial building code required by this section is not required to repeal that code and may adopt future editions of that code.\n(f) 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 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 389 (S.B. 1458), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 738), Sec. 2, 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#214.216","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"57ff7031088eef22e4d54cbbab2b6a3e050c30582f589ebd770e4e83068f5273","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.215","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-214.217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}