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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20575 July, 1966 TO: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS At the suggestion of the U.S. Conferer.ce of Mayors and the National League of Cities, we are sending to you a copy of a recent report by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, which will likely be of interest to your locality. This report deals with: Building Codes: A Program for I ntergovernmental Reform. The report concludes that obsolete code requirements; unnecessary diversity of such requirements among local jurisdictions, particularly in metropolitan areas; and inadequate administration and enforcement, taken together, tend to place unwarranted burdens on the technology and economics of building. The Commission calls for a major overhaul and restructuring of intergovernmental responsibilities for building codes to help overcome these and other obstacles to meeting the Nation's housing and commercial construction needs. To implement some of the key recommendations in the report, the Commission is preparing model State legislation on such matters as State technical assistance to local governments for building ·. code administration, a model State building code, a State construction review agency, and State licensing of building inspectors. Th ese draft bills will be included in the Commission publication, 1967 State Legisla tive Program, available on request l a ter this summer. Sincerely ~c Execut ive Enc losur__g_ �