SECTION 19.52. Public Comment on Building Energy Efficiency Performance Standards

(a) Pursuant to Health and Safety Code, §388.003(a), following publication of a new edition of the International Residential Code, and not more often than every six years, SECO will publish notice in the Texas Register and on the SECO website informing interested persons that they may provide written comments to SECO regarding new editions of the Codes.

(b) Pursuant to Health and Safety Code, §388.003(b), following publication of a new edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, SECO will publish notice in the Texas Register and on the SECO website informing interested persons that they may provide written comments to SECO regarding the new editions of the Code.

(c) Comments are encouraged from any interested persons, including without limitation: commercial and residential builders; architects and engineers; municipal, county, and other local government authorities; environmental groups; and manufacturers of building materials and products.

(d) Comments will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days after publication of the notice in the Texas Register or for a longer period as specified in the request for comments.

(e) Written comments should be submitted to SECO's business or mailing address specified in §19.2 of this title (relating to State Energy Conservation Office Business Location and Mailing Address), or the comments may be submitted electronically to SECO's email address specified on the SECO website.

(f) SECO will forward any written comments received on the Codes pursuant to this section to the Laboratory for the Laboratory to consider in developing their written findings on the stringency of the energy efficiency chapter of the International Residential Code or the International Energy Conservation Code.

Source Note: The provisions of this §19.52 adopted to be effective February 4, 2008, 33 TexReg 946; amended to be effective January 5, 2016, 41 TexReg 269