Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 233.151 · Subchapter F. RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this subchapter, "new residential construction" includes:
(1) residential construction of a single-family house or duplex on a vacant lot; and
(2) construction of an addition to an existing single-family house or duplex, if the addition will increase the square footage or value of the existing residential building by more than 50 percent.
(b) The term does not include a structure that is constructed in accordance with Chapter 1201, Occupations Code, or a modular home constructed in accordance with Chapter 1202, Occupations Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (H.B. 2833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.233.htm
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