Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.1536
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1202.1536, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1202.1536. OPTION TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter related to energy efficiency performance standards, a manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing may construct single-family industrialized housing in accordance with the energy efficiency performance standards outlined in:
(1) the energy code adopted by the council; or
(2) the energy code in this state for single-family residential construction with any local amendments or alternative compliance paths described by Section 388.003, Health and Safety Code, that are:
(A) requested by a municipality, county, or group of counties located in the climate zone in which the single-family industrialized housing will be located; and
(B) determined by the laboratory, as defined by Section 388.002, Health and Safety Code, to be equally or more stringent than the energy code described by Section 388.003(a), Health and Safety Code.
(b) A manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing shall maintain and, on request, make available to the department, to a design review agency, or to another entity authorized to evaluate industrialized housing under this chapter all documentation necessary to evaluate single-family industrialized housing constructed by the manufacturer or builder in accordance with the energy efficiency performance standards described by Subsection (a).
(1) the energy code adopted by the council; or
(2) the energy code in this state for single-family residential construction with any local amendments or alternative compliance paths described by Section 388.003, Health and Safety Code, that are:
(A) requested by a municipality, county, or group of counties located in the climate zone in which the single-family industrialized housing will be located; and
(B) determined by the laboratory, as defined by Section 388.002, Health and Safety Code, to be equally or more stringent than the energy code described by Section 388.003(a), Health and Safety Code.
(b) A manufacturer or builder of industrialized housing shall maintain and, on request, make available to the department, to a design review agency, or to another entity authorized to evaluate industrialized housing under this chapter all documentation necessary to evaluate single-family industrialized housing constructed by the manufacturer or builder in accordance with the energy efficiency performance standards described by Subsection (a).
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