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"They did not ask to be part of a law". This is mostly false, actually. They exist as model codes to be a part of building codes in a lot of cases. They serve
by DannyBee 8y ago
"They did not ask to be part of a law".
This is mostly false, actually.
They exist as model codes to be a part of building codes in a lot of cases.
They serve no other purposes.
Nobody is sitting around making building codes as a hobby that are accidentally getting incorporated into law.
Additionally, in the case such a thing did happen, the authors would have have recourse - not against the public, but against the government, for a taking.
- pwg 8y agoWhile I can't cite a source, it also would be very believable to learn that lobbyists from some of the larger standards orgs (the ones that more or less stand alone, like e.g. the NFPA) are encouraging politicians to actually reference "the standard" rather than write "law language" to define something already present in the standard. Potentially with a "back of the mind" thought by the lobbyist of "this will drive more sales for us".
- Anechoic 8y agoit also would be very believable to learn that lobbyists from some of the larger standards orgs [...]are encouraging politicians to actually reference "the standard This is true thought by the lobbyist of "this will drive more sales for us". This is not. The money just isn't all that much, the industries want standards incorporated into laws to that organizations have one well-tested set of rules to follow across the country, rather than having to follow dozens/hundreds/thousands of variations across various jurisdictions.