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Kansas bill would loosen local building-code limits, aim to speed home construction
Summary
Senate Bill 418 would adopt several measures — including allowing the 2018 building code for smaller houses and other streamlining steps — that sponsors say will cut delays and lower costs for new homes; the committee heard a brief overview and closed the hearing.
Senator Rose told the Senate Commerce Committee that Senate Bill 418 is intended to reduce construction delays and lower the cost of new homes. "There are 5 components to the bill," Rose said, adding that "three of those components are intended to speed up the construction process of new homes."
The bill, as Rose described it, combines several…
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