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 5.4009 - Applicable Building Code Standards in Designated Catastrophe Areas for Structures Constructed, Repaired or to Which Additions Are Made On and After February 1, 2003 and before January 1, 2005

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 chapter (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 February
					 1, 2003, and before January 1, 2005, shall comply with the 2000 International
					 Residential Code or the 2000 International Building Code, as revised by the
					 Texas Revisions to the International Residential Code and the Texas Revisions
					 to the International Building Code, and all of which are adopted by reference
					 to be effective February 1, 2003. The codes are published by and available from
					 the International Code Council, Publications, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country
					 Club Hills, Illinois, 60478-5795, (Telephone: 800-214-4321), and the Texas
					 Revisions to the International Residential Code and the Texas Revisions to 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 103-3A, Austin, Texas, 78714-9104 and the Texas
					 Department of Insurance website at www.tdi.state.tx.us. The following wind
					 speed requirements shall 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 February 1, 2003, shall 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 subsections (b)(2)(A) and (b)(2)(B) of §
												5.4008
					 of this chapter and constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or
					 after February 1, 2003, shall 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 subsection (c) of §
												5.4008
					 of this chapter and constructed, repaired, or to which additions are made on or
					 after February 1, 2003, shall be designed and constructed to resist a 3-second
					 gust of 110 miles per hour.