Sec. 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.