Box 1, Folder 1, Document 25

Box 1, Folder 1, Document 25

ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20575



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July, 1966

TO: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS

At the suggestion of the U. S. Conference 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 Intergovernmental Reform.

The report concludes that obsolete code requirements; unnec-
essary 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 respon-
sibilities 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 construc-
tion review agency, and State licensing of building inspectors.
These draft bills will be included in the Commission publication,
1967 State Legislative Program, available on request later this
summer.



Sincerely yours,

Executive Director

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