Government likes model laws and codes because it's easy and they can just reference them -- that doesn't mean that the law should be limited in availability. The trade associations can still require payment for services, just like Red Hat can sell subscriptions to Linux.
Public access to law is about more than building codes. In many cases, government has sold the rights to the law to companies like Thompson. I worked for a government agency that actually had to pay for a subscription to both the law and regulations that the agency actually produced.
Government likes model laws and codes because it's easy and they can just reference them -- that doesn't mean that the law should be limited in availability. The trade associations can still require payment for services, just like Red Hat can sell subscriptions to Linux.
Public access to law is about more than building codes. In many cases, government has sold the rights to the law to companies like Thompson. I worked for a government agency that actually had to pay for a subscription to both the law and regulations that the agency actually produced.