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| − | ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
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| − | WASHINGTON, D.C.
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| − | July, 1966
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| − | TO:
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| − | MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
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| − | At the suggestion of the U.S. Conferer.ce of Mayors and the
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| − | National League of Cities, we are sending to you a copy of a recent
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| − | report by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
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| − | which will likely be of interest to your locality. This report
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| − | deals with: Building Codes: A Program for I ntergovernmental Reform.
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| − | The report concludes that obsolete code requirements; unnecessary diversity of such requirements among local jurisdictions,
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| − | particularly in metropolitan areas; and inadequate administration
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| − | and enforcement, taken together, tend to place unwarranted burdens
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| − | on the technology and economics of building. The Commission calls
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| − | for a major overhaul and restructuring of intergovernmental responsibilities for building codes to help overcome these and other
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| − | obstacles to meeting the Nation's housing and commercial construction
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| − | needs.
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| − | To implement some of the key recommendations in the report,
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| − | the Commission is preparing model State legislation on such matters
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| − | as State technical assistance to local governments for building ·.
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| − | code administration, a model State building code, a State construction review agency, and State licensing of building inspectors.
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| − | Th ese draft bills will be included in the Commission publication,
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| − | 1967 State Legisla tive Program, available on request l a ter this
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| − | summer.
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| − | Sincerely
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| − | Execut ive
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