Tex. Health & Safety Code § 388.001 · Chapter 388. TEXAS BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The legislature finds that an effective building energy code is essential to:
(1) reducing the air pollutant emissions that are affecting the health of residents of this state;
(2) moderating future peak electric power demand;
(3) assuring the reliability of the electrical grid; and
(4) controlling energy costs for residents and businesses in this state.
(b) The legislature further finds that this state has a number of unique climate types, all of which require more energy for cooling than for heating, and that there are many cost-effective measures that can reduce peak energy use and reduce cooling and other energy costs in buildings.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.388.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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