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| Be Sure You Know the ICC Code Development Process Deadlines ICC requires that Primary Representatives must complete an online questionnaire by Sept. 1 for Governmental Member Voting Representatives (GMVR) to be to be eligible to vote at this year's Annual Business Meeting, Public Comment Hearing and Online Governmental Consensus Vote. If a GMVR was properly validated for the 2014 Online Assembly Floor Motion, the Primary Representative does not need to re-validate the GMVR for this Annual Business Meeting, Public Comment Hearing and Online Governmental Consensus Vote, unless there are updates or changes to be made. Click for FAQs, including a link to check GMVR status. |
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| PMG Code Action Committee Holding Teleconferences in August The Code Council's PMG Code Action Committee is developing proposed changes to the Group A codes via a series of teleconferences on August 5 and August 19 to develop public comments on the Group C International Green Construction Code and to develop proposed changes to the Group A International Codes that are due in January. |
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Public Comments Requested for Solar Thermal Systems Draft The ICC Solar Thermal Standard Consensus Committee (IS-STSC) has held four public meetings to develop the first Public Comments Draft of the ICC 900/SRCC 300-201* Solar Thermal Systems Standard. Public comments are requested on this draft. The deadline is August 11. |
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Storm Shelters Become Mandatory for All New Illinois School Buildings A new Illinois law will require all new school buildings being constructed in Illinois to include a storm shelter. House Bill 2513 makes it mandatory that Illinois public school buildings meet minimum requirements for a storm shelter set forth by the International Code Council and the National Storm Shelter Association. Daijon Meresh, a sophomore at Marion High School says he would feel safer if his school had a storm shelter. "I don't think the school has the requirements to like save a whole bunch of kids," Meresh said. "These are students' lives." Read more from KFVS News |
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