(a) The council shall consider and review all amendments to these codes which are approved and recommended by ICC, and if they are determined to be in the public interest, the amendments shall be effective 180 days following the date of the council's determination or at a later date as set by the council.     
      (b) Any amendment proposed by a local             building official,            and determined by the council following a public hearing to be essential to the health and safety of the public on a statewide basis, shall become effective 180 days following the date of the council's determination or at a later date as set by the council.     
      (c) The             2021 International Building Code            shall be amended as follows.      
        (1) Amend                 Section 101 Scope and General Requirement                as follows.                  (A) Amend                     Section 101.1 Title                    to read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"                   (B) Amend                     Section 101.2 Scope                    by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall control."                   (C) Amend                     Section 101.2.1 Appendices                    by adding the following: "Appendices C, F, and K shall be considered part of this code."                   (D) Amend                     Section 101.4 Referenced codes                    to read as follows: "The other codes listed in Sections 101.4.1 through 101.4.9 and referenced elsewhere in this code shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Whenever amendments to the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be considered to reference the amendment as well."                   (E) Amend                     Section 101.4.7 Existing buildings                    to add the following sentence: "Moved industrialized buildings that bear approved certification decals or insignia, and that may also bear an alteration decal, in accordance with the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, and that have not been altered or modified since the decal, insignia, or alteration decal was attached, shall be considered to be in compliance with the current mandatory building codes adopted by the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council."                   (F) Add new                     Section 101.4.8 Electrical                    to read as follows: "The provisions of Appendix K shall apply to the installation of electrical systems, including alterations, repairs, replacements, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and appurtenances thereto. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the Electrical Code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted."                   (G) Add new                     Section 101.4.9 Accessibility                    to read as follows: "Buildings and facilities shall be designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance with this code and the                     Texas Accessibility Standards                    (TAS). Wherever reference elsewhere in this code is made to ICC A117.1, the TAS of Texas Government Code, Chapter 469, Elimination of Architectural Barriers shall be substituted. Buildings subject to the requirements of the                     Texas Accessibility Standards                    are described in Administrative Rules of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68."         
        (2) Amend                 Section 104.1 General                by adding the following: "The term                 building official                as used in this code, or as used in the codes and standards referenced in this code, shall mean the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, the executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council, or the local                 building official                in accordance with the powers and duties assigned to each in Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings."       
        (3) Amend                 Section 107.1 General                to read as follows: "Submittal documents consisting of construction documents, statement of special inspections, geotechnical report and other data shall be submitted in two or more sets, or in a digital format if allowed by the                 building official,                with each permit application. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special conditions exist, the                 building official                is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design professional. Construction documents depicting the structural design of buildings to be located in hurricane prone regions shall be prepared and sealed by a Texas licensed professional engineer."       
        (4) Amend                 Section 111 Certificate of Occupancy                as follows.                  (A) Amend                     Section 111.1 Change of occupancy                    to read as follows: "A building or structure shall not be used or occupied in whole or in part, and a change in the existing use or occupancy classification of a building or structure or portion thereof shall not be made, until the local building official has issued a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the locally adopted rules and regulations. Issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall not be construed as an approval of a violation of the provisions of this code or of other ordinances of the jurisdiction. Certificates presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code or other ordinances of the jurisdiction shall not be valid. Exception: Certificates of occupancy are not required for work exempt from permits under Section 105.2."                   (B) Amend                     Section 111.2 Certificate issued                    to read as follows. "The local                     building official                    shall issue a certificate of occupancy in accordance with the locally adopted rules and regulations. After the local                     building official                    inspects the industrialized house or building and does not find violations of the provisions of this code or other laws that are enforced by the department of building safety, the local                     building official                    shall issue a record of final inspection authorizing the release of the house or building for occupancy."                   (C) Delete Items 1 through 12 of                     Section 111.2.                    (D) Amend                     Section 111.3 Temporary occupancy                    to read as follows: "The local                     building official                    may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy in accordance with locally adopted rules and regulations."                   (E) Add new                     Section 111.5 Industrialized housing and buildings installed outside the jurisdiction of a municipality or within a municipality without an inspection department                    to read as follows: "The installation of buildings installed outside the jurisdiction of a municipality or within a municipality without an inspection department shall comply with the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, Administrative Rules Industrialized Housing and Buildings."         
        (5) Amend                 Section 311.3 Low-hazard storage, Group S-2                by adding the following to the list of uses that are covered by this occupancy group: "Equipment shelters or equipment buildings."       
        (6) Amend                 Chapter 11 Accessibility                as follows.                  (A) Amend                     Section 1102.1 Design                    to read as follows: "Buildings and facilities shall be designed and constructed to be accessible in accordance with this code and the                     Texas Accessibility Standards                    (TAS)."                   (B) Delete                     Section 1103                    through                     Section 1112.          
        (7) Amend                 Chapter 35 Referenced Standards                as follows.                  (A) Delete the following standard:                     "ICC A117.1-17, Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities".                    (B) Add TDLR, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, P.O. Box 12157, Austin, Texas 78711 as a promulgating agency; add 2012 TAS,                     Texas Accessibility Standards                    as adopted under 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68 as the referenced standard; and add code sections 202, 907.5.2.3.3, 1009.8.2, 1009.9, 1009.11, 1010.2.13.1, 1012.1, 1012.6.5, 1012.10, 1013.4, 1023.9, 1102.1, 1108.2, 1110.1, 1110.2, 1110.5.1, 1110.5.2, 1111.3, 1111.4, 1111.4.2, 1112.3, 1112.4, 1112.5, and 1112.5.2 as the referenced code sections.                   (C) Add code section 101.4.8 as a referenced code section for                     NFPA Standard 70-20, National Electrical Code                    .         
        (8) Amend                 Section K111.1 Adoption                to read as follows: "Electrical systems and equipment shall be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with NFPA 70 except as otherwise provided in this code."       
      (d) The             2021 International Residential Code            shall be amended as follows.      
        (1) Amend                 Section R101 Scope and General Requirements                as follows.                  (A) Amend                     Section R101.1 Title                    to read as follows: "These regulations shall be known as the Residential Code for One- and Two-family Dwellings of the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, hereinafter referred to as 'this code.'"                   (B) Amend                     Section R101.2 Scope                    by adding the following: "Where conflicts occur between the provisions of this code and the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings, or the provisions of 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70, rules governing the Texas Industrialized Housing and Buildings Program, the provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202 and 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 70 shall control."         
        (2) Amend                 Section R102 Applicability                as follows.                  (A) Amend                     Section R102.4 Referenced codes and standards                    to read as follows: "The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each reference and as further regulated in Sections R102.4.1 through R102.4.4. Whenever amendments to the referenced codes have been adopted, each reference to said code shall be considered to reference the amendment as well."                   (B) Add new                     Section R102.4.3 Electrical code                    to read as follows: "The provisions of the                     National Electrical Code,                    NFPA 70, shall apply to the installation of electrical systems, including alterations, repairs, replacement, equipment, appliances, fixtures, fittings and appurtenances thereto. Any reference to NFPA 70 or the Electrical Code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted. Any reference to chapters 34 through 43 of this code shall mean the Electrical Code as adopted."                   (C) Add new                     Section R102.4.4 TDI Code-Wind design                    to read as follows: "The wind design of buildings to be placed in the first tier counties along the Texas coast and designated catastrophe areas as defined by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shall also comply with the current effective code and amendments adopted by the TDI, hereafter referred to as the TDI Code. Where conflicts occur between the provisions of this code and the TDI Code as they relate to the requirements for wind design, the more stringent requirements shall apply. Where conflicts occur between the provisions of this code and the editions of the codes specified by the Texas Department of Insurance as they relate to requirements other than wind design, this code shall apply."                   (D) Amend                     Section R102.5 Appendices                    by adding the following: "Appendices AG, AH, AK, AP, AQ, and AT shall be considered part of this code."                   (E) Add new                     Section R102.8 Moved industrialized housing                    to read as follows: "Moved industrialized housing shall comply with the requirements of the local building official for moved buildings."         
        (3) Amend                 Section R104.1 General                by adding the following: "The term                 building official                as used in this code, or as used in the codes and standards referenced in this code, shall mean the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, the executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council, or the local                 building official                in accordance with the powers and duties assigned to each in Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1202, Industrialized Housing and Buildings."       
        (4) Amend                 Section R106.1 Submittal documents                by adding the following: "Submittal documents consisting of construction documents, and other data shall be submitted in two or more sets, or in a digital format if allowed by the building official, with each application for a permit. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed. Where special conditions exist, the building official is authorized to require additional construction documents to be prepared by a registered design professional. Construction documents depicting the structural design of buildings to be located in hurricane prone regions and in the first tier counties along the Texas coast and designated catastrophe areas as defined by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shall be prepared and sealed by a Texas licensed professional engineer."       
        (5) Amend                 Section R110 Certificate of Occupancy                as follows.                 Cont'd...