Southeastern Initiative #8

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

And here's the other of the pair.  The building codes are fairly regular, but aren't quite as standardized as the right-to-work laws.  I used South Carolina's law on this subject as the basis here.

Southeastern Building Code Initiative

§ 1. Findings
The Governor of the Southeastern Region having noticed that nine of the States that compose our Region (Mississippi excepted) have adopted portions of the International Building Code series feels that it would useful to the Fantasy Forum to have such Codes adopted by the Southeastern Region to serve as a basis for fantasy politics as applied to such laws.  The law included in this initiative is intended to be representative of the existing laws of the States of the Southeastern Region.

§ 2. Purpose.
The public policy of the Southeastern Region is to maintain reasonable and consistent standards of construction in buildings and other structures in the Region in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens.  Accordingly, all agencies should enforce the same editions of nationally recognized codes and standards for the construction, manufacture, renovation, improvement, and maintenance of structures.  To effect this policy, it is intended that all region regulatory agencies enforce the same editions of nationally recognized codes.

§ 3. Definitions.
As used in this initiative:
   (1) “Agency” means any agency, board, commission, department, or office of the Southeastern Region, or of any of its political subdivions that wields executive aithority and is charged with the regulation of buildings or other structures by enforcing a nationally recognized code.  An agency is charged with the regulation of buildings or other structures by enforcing a nationally recognized code if the code is referenced in the statutes or regulations administered by that agency.
   (2) “Building code” means building, electrical, energy conservation, fire, fuel gas, mechanical, plumbing, or residental codes which are part of the International Building Code series, as published, promulgated, and made available by the International Code Council.
   (3) “Latest edition” means latest complete edition officially published, adopted, or approved by the organization which issued the nationally recognized code.
   (4) “Nationally recognized code” means all building codes or standards. Unless expressly adopted as stated in this initiative or otherwise required by law, a “nationally recognized code” does not include its appendices. For the purposes of this initiative, “nationally recognized code” does not include any provision of a building code or standard which concerns the qualification, removal, dismissal, duties, responsibilities of, or administrative procedures for all building officials, fire officials, deputy officials, chief inspectors, or other inspectors, assistants, or administrators.
   (5) “Revision” means a change to a nationally recognized code if that change was officially published, adopted, or approved other than at the time a complete edition was officially published, adopted, or approved.
   (6) “Standard” means building, energy, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas, or fire standards published by organizations including the American National Standards Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Standard Testing Materials Institute, and the National Fire Protection Association if the standard is referenced by any other statute or regulation.

§ 4. Compliance with latest edition of a nationally recognized code.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency shall accept full and complete compliance with the latest edition of a nationally recognized code as compliance with a provision of a statute or regulation which refers to a particular edition of that nationally recognized code unless the agency has published a notice stating that the edition has not been adopted.
(b) This section does not affect when, or the circumstances under which, a nationally recognized code is applicable.

§ 5. Adoption of a nationally recognized code appendix.
If an agency is authorized or required by law to enforce the provisions contained in a nationally recognized code appendix, the agency may adopt the appendix, after giving a 30 day notice of its intent.

§ 6. Enforcement of provision of nationally recognized code inconsistent with regional statute.
Unless otherwise required by law, an agency may not enforce a provision of a nationally recognized code to the extent it is inconsistent with any regional statute or regulation that does not rely on a nationally recognized code.

§ 7. Addition to codes by political subdivisions.
Nothing in this initiative is intended to render invalid the right of any political subdivision of the Southeastern Region to adopt additions to these nationally recognized codes so long as such additions are not inconsistent with them.

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drat, we don't comply
I do support this initiative.