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Coalition pushing for statewide building code legislation; pros and cons of bill debated.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
JACKSON -- On January 19, the Coalition to Build a Safer and Stronger Mississippi gathered at the State Capitol to unveil legislation that for the first time in state history would create a statewide building code. Sponsored by State Sen. Mike Chaney of Vicksburg and House Speaker Pro Tempore J.P. Compretta of Bay St. Louis, supporters of the bill maintain that a unified building code in Mississippi is essential, a belief that was only strengthened by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina last August.

"We're rebuilding for our children, so they can live where they want to live in safe and durable houses they can hand down to the next generation," Compretta said.

Compretta and Chaney added that a unified building code would also send a message to Washington, D.C., that Mississippi would use any federal assistance to rebuild in an...

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