BILL NUMBER: AB 2873INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Thurmond FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 4459.5 of the Government Code, relating to public contracts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2873, as introduced, Thurmond. Certified access specialists. Existing law requires the State Architect to establish a program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a certified access specialist with respect to access to buildings for persons with disabilities. Existing law authorizes the State Architect to implement the program with startup funds derived, as a loan, from the reserve of the Public School Planning, Design, and Construction Review Revolving Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be repaid as specified. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 4459.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 4459.5. (a) The State Architect shall establish and publicize a program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a certified access specialist.No later than January 1, 2005, theThe State Architect shall determine minimum criteria a person is required to meet in order to be a certified access specialist, which may include knowledge sufficient to review, inspect, or advocate universal design requirements, completion of specified training, and testing on standards governing access to buildings for persons with disabilities. (b) The State Architect may implement the program described in subdivision (a) with startup funds derived, as a loan, from the reserve of the Public School Planning, Design, and Construction Review Revolving Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature. That loan shall be repaid when sufficient fees have been collected pursuant to Section 4459.8.