Texas Administrative Code › Title 28 - INSURANCE › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE › Chapter 5 - PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE › Subchapter E - TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE ASSOCIATION › Division 1 - PLAN OF OPERATION › Section 5.4011 - Applicable Building Code Standards in Designated Catastrophe Areas for Structures Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions Are Made on and After January 1, 2008, and before April 1, 2020

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) To be eligible for catastrophe property
					 insurance, structures located in the designated catastrophe areas specified in
					 §
											5.4008
					 of this title (relating to Applicable Building Code Standards in Designated
					 Catastrophe Areas for Structures Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions
					 Are Made On and After September 1, 1998, and before February 1, 2003) and which
					 are constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on and after January
					 1, 2008, and before April 1, 2020, must comply with the 2006 Editions of the
					 International Residential Code and the International Building Code, as each is
					 revised by the 2006 Texas Revisions, and all of which are adopted by reference
					 to be effective January 1, 2008. The codes are published by and available from
					 the International Code Council, Publications, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country
					 Club Hills, Illinois, 60478-5795, (Telephone: 888-422-7233), and the 2006 Texas
					 Revisions to the 2006 Edition of the International Residential Code and the
					 2006 Texas Revisions to the 2006 Edition of the International Building Code are
					 available from the Windstorm Inspections Section of the Inspections Division,
					 Texas Department of Insurance, 333 Guadalupe, P.O. Box 149104, MC 104-INS,
					 Austin, Texas, 78714-9104 and on the Texas Department of Insurance website at
					 www.tdi.texas.gov. The following wind speed requirements must apply:
(1) Areas seaward of the intracoastal canal.
					 To be eligible for catastrophe property insurance, structures located in
					 designated catastrophe areas which are seaward of the intracoastal canal and
					 constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or after January 1,
					 2008, and before April 1, 2020, must be designed and constructed to resist a
					 3-second gust of 130 miles per hour.
(2) Areas inland of the intracoastal canal
					 and within approximately 25 miles of the Texas coastline and east of the
					 specified boundary line and certain areas in Harris County. To be eligible for
					 catastrophe property insurance, structures located in designated catastrophe
					 areas specified in §
												5.4008(b)(2)(A)
					 and (B) of this title (relating to Applicable
					 Building Code Standards in Designated Catastrophe Areas for Structures
					 Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions Are Made On and After September 1,
					 1998, and before February 1, 2003) and constructed, repaired, or to which
					 additions are made on or after January 1, 2008, and before April 1, 2020, must
					 be designed and constructed to resist a 3-second gust of 120 miles per
					 hour.
(3) Areas inland and west of
					 the specified boundary line. To be eligible for catastrophe property insurance,
					 structures located in designated catastrophe areas specified in §
												5.4008(c)
					 of this title (relating to Applicable Building Code Standards in Designated
					 Catastrophe Areas for Structures Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions
					 Are Made On and After September 1, 1998, and before February 1, 2003) and
					 constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or after January 1,
					 2008, and before April 1, 2020, must be designed and constructed to resist a
					 3-second gust of 110 miles per hour.