ICC Advisory - CP 28 Changes Address Code Development
Friday, February 27Advisory - CP 28 Changes Address Code Development
The Code Council Board of Directors today (February 27, 2009) adopted changes to address Code Development as part of its ongoing
process to update and revise procedures. These changes are the latest in a series of revisions based on several years of work by the
Task Force on Hearings, and significant feedback from members expressing a desire to streamline procedures at code hearings. These changes
accompany the previously announced changes to the Code Hearings Schedule, and are also designed to clarify issues raised since the
announcement of the code schedule revision.
Board President Adolf Zubia said “the Board has maintained a close focus on our code development process, working diligently to improve
procedures in a way that will best benefit our membership. The series of actions taken by the Board in the past several weeks are the
result of continued interaction with our members, stakeholders and other partners who regularly participate in the code development process.
These actions will make our Code Development Process more efficient and more responsive to the real life challenges that our Members face
to participate in the process.”
Highlights of these changes include:
- Reinstatement of the ability to make modifications at code hearings.
- Making the ruling of the Chair a final ruling regarding whether modifications are included.
- Limitation of multiple proposals and comments on the same subject from the same person.
- Making a successful Assembly action the Standing Motion at Final Action Hearings, with a two-thirds vote.
- Accommodation of administrative updates to currently referenced standards during the transition to the new process by extending the deadline to December 1, 2011, for availability of the new editions for which reference is sought.
The entire CP 28 document, as revised, can be accessed on the Code Council website by clicking here.
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