Municipal Code Corporation

Municipal Code Corporation (Municode) publishes legal documents for local governments.[1] The company, founded in 1951 by George Langford who remains the Chairman of the Board of Directors,[2] is located in Tallahassee, Florida. Documents published by Municode include the original codification, recodification, or republication of municipal legislation (i.e. Codes of Ordinances, Land Use Codes, and Charters), and the updating and supplementation of municipal legislation through printed looseleaf pages and various electronic formats.

Municipal Code Corporation
Founded1951
FounderGeorge Langford
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationTallahassee, Florida
Publication typesLegal Documents
Official websitewww.municode.com

In 2016, Municode acquired the Oregon-based government website content management provider Aha Consulting, Inc.[3] In addition to legal codification and website design and hosting, Municode offers electronic payment and traditional bill print services.[4]

Codification

The company's Code Department publishes Codes of Ordinances, which requires the original codification, recodification, or republication of a local government's local legislation.[5] Staff attorneys within this department (also known as "code attorneys") have the overall responsibility of supervising each publication project. A code attorney reviews the local legislation, organizes the individual pieces of legislation into logical classifications, and then performs a legal review of that legislation, involving an analysis of the legislation compared to state statutes, court decisions, and constitutional principles. The code attorney points out any inconsistencies between the municipality's legislation and the statutes or case law, and makes recommendations to the municipal attorney regarding how to cure any defects found in the local legislation. When the new language is approved by the municipality, the code attorney releases the project to a team of indexer, editors and proofreaders. The company also has full printing and binding capabilities in-house.

The MCC Online Library contains a publicly accessible collection of more than 2700 Codes of Ordinances that the company has published for local governments in 50 states.[6] The collection of Codes of Ordinances available are integrated with a search engine, and include various research tools that make it a valuable repository of local laws. Searches may be made within an individual Code of Ordinances for free, or in multiple Codes of Ordinances, including an entire state, the entire country or individually selected content, as a premium service.

Website hosting and design services

Features of the websites include online fillable forms, emergency alerts, meeting management tools, meeting and minute calendars, and a local government search engine. The company utilizes an open-source content management system (CMS), Drupal, to build their municipal websites. The website can only be accessed from the USA. However, this restriction may be easily bypassed using VPN services.

Electronic payment and bill print services

Municode offers utility bill presentment services exclusively for local governments. The company processes, prints, inserts, and mail over 10 million statements for over 75 municipalities. They own a mobile-friendly payment platform (OrbiPay) that includes pay-by-text, text statement notifications, voice reminders, pay-by-phone, and a consumer self-management mobile application.

Recognition

Municode was recognized as a GovTech 100 company every year since 2016, as well as being a company "focused on and marking a difference in—and selling to—state and local governments. Since 1951, Municode provides website design & development, electronic payment processing, codification, and publishing services to local governments."[7]

Subsidiaries

On July 31, 2003 the company created a subsidiary, MCCi, LLC, that is a value-added reseller (VAR) of document management and agenda automation software. MCCi was recognized in 2008, 2009, and 2010 by Laserfiche, the manufacturer of the document management software, as the top VAR serving the local government market.

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  1. Municipal Code Corporation
  2. "Municode - leadership". www.municode.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  3. "Municode Acquires Government Website Design Firm Aha Consulting". PRWeb. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  4. "Municode - Home". www.municode.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  5. "Municode - Home". www.municode.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  6. "Municode - Library". www.municode.com. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  7. "GovTech100: Next Wave of Civic Innovation". www.govtech.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
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