Amended IN Senate June 13, 2022 Amended IN Assembly May 04, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2962Introduced by Committee on Judiciary (Assembly Members Stone (Chair), Holden, Kalra, Maienschein, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)March 08, 2022 An act to amend Section 14985.6 of add Section 68511.3 to the Government Code, relating to disability access. courts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2962, as amended, Committee on Judiciary. Disability access: construction-related accessibility violations. Court records: fees.Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules to establish standards and guidelines for the creation, maintenance, reproduction, and preservation of court records, to ensure the accuracy and preserve the integrity of the records, and ensure that the public can access and reproduce the records. Existing rules of court require that all records be made reasonably available to the public except those that are sealed by court order or made confidential by law.This bill would prohibit a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, from charging a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records. The bill would allow a court to charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The bill would require the Judicial Council, by January 1, 2024, to develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.Existing law requires the California Commission on Disability Access to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards. Existing law requires the commission to develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.This bill would require, by July 1, 2023, the commission to develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 68511.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.(f) As used in this section:(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.SECTION 1.Section 14985.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:14985.6.(a)A priority of the commission shall be the development and dissemination of educational materials and information to promote and facilitate disability access compliance.(b)The commission shall work with other state agencies, including the Division of the State Architect and the Department of Rehabilitation, to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards.(c)(1)The commission shall develop and make available on its internet website, or make available on its internet website if developed by another governmental agency, including Americans with Disabilities Act centers, toolkits or educational modules to assist a California business to understand its obligations under the law and to facilitate compliance with respect to the top 10 alleged construction-related violations, by type, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14985.8.(2)(A)Upon completion of this requirement, the commission shall develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, other toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.(B)By July 1, 2023, the commission shall develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.(C)The Legislature finds and declares, based upon reports of the commission, that construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel are consistently in the top 10 alleged construction-related accessibility violations, by type, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14985.8.(d)The commission shall post the following on its internet website:(1)Educational materials and information that will assist building owners, tenants, building officials, and building inspectors to understand the disability accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with disability access laws. The commission shall at least annually review the educational materials and information on disability access requirements and compliance available on the internet website of other local, state, or federal agencies, including Americans with Disabilities Act centers, to augment the educational materials and information developed by the commission.(2)A link to the internet website of the Division of the State Architects certified access specialist (CASp) program to assist building owners and tenants in locating or hiring a CASp.(e)The commission shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate with other state agencies and local building departments to ensure that information provided to the public on disability access requirements is uniform and complete, and make its educational materials and information available to those agencies and departments.
Amended IN Senate June 13, 2022 Amended IN Assembly May 04, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2962Introduced by Committee on Judiciary (Assembly Members Stone (Chair), Holden, Kalra, Maienschein, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)March 08, 2022 An act to amend Section 14985.6 of add Section 68511.3 to the Government Code, relating to disability access. courts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2962, as amended, Committee on Judiciary. Disability access: construction-related accessibility violations. Court records: fees.Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules to establish standards and guidelines for the creation, maintenance, reproduction, and preservation of court records, to ensure the accuracy and preserve the integrity of the records, and ensure that the public can access and reproduce the records. Existing rules of court require that all records be made reasonably available to the public except those that are sealed by court order or made confidential by law.This bill would prohibit a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, from charging a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records. The bill would allow a court to charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The bill would require the Judicial Council, by January 1, 2024, to develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.Existing law requires the California Commission on Disability Access to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards. Existing law requires the commission to develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.This bill would require, by July 1, 2023, the commission to develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 13, 2022 Amended IN Assembly May 04, 2022
Amended IN Senate June 13, 2022
Amended IN Assembly May 04, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2962
Introduced by Committee on Judiciary (Assembly Members Stone (Chair), Holden, Kalra, Maienschein, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)March 08, 2022
Introduced by Committee on Judiciary (Assembly Members Stone (Chair), Holden, Kalra, Maienschein, Reyes, and Robert Rivas)
March 08, 2022
An act to amend Section 14985.6 of add Section 68511.3 to the Government Code, relating to disability access. courts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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AB 2962, as amended, Committee on Judiciary. Disability access: construction-related accessibility violations. Court records: fees.
Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules to establish standards and guidelines for the creation, maintenance, reproduction, and preservation of court records, to ensure the accuracy and preserve the integrity of the records, and ensure that the public can access and reproduce the records. Existing rules of court require that all records be made reasonably available to the public except those that are sealed by court order or made confidential by law.This bill would prohibit a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, from charging a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records. The bill would allow a court to charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The bill would require the Judicial Council, by January 1, 2024, to develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.Existing law requires the California Commission on Disability Access to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards. Existing law requires the commission to develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.This bill would require, by July 1, 2023, the commission to develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.
Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules to establish standards and guidelines for the creation, maintenance, reproduction, and preservation of court records, to ensure the accuracy and preserve the integrity of the records, and ensure that the public can access and reproduce the records. Existing rules of court require that all records be made reasonably available to the public except those that are sealed by court order or made confidential by law.
This bill would prohibit a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, from charging a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records. The bill would allow a court to charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The bill would require the Judicial Council, by January 1, 2024, to develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.
Existing law requires the California Commission on Disability Access to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards. Existing law requires the commission to develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.
This bill would require, by July 1, 2023, the commission to develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 68511.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.(f) As used in this section:(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.SECTION 1.Section 14985.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:14985.6.(a)A priority of the commission shall be the development and dissemination of educational materials and information to promote and facilitate disability access compliance.(b)The commission shall work with other state agencies, including the Division of the State Architect and the Department of Rehabilitation, to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards.(c)(1)The commission shall develop and make available on its internet website, or make available on its internet website if developed by another governmental agency, including Americans with Disabilities Act centers, toolkits or educational modules to assist a California business to understand its obligations under the law and to facilitate compliance with respect to the top 10 alleged construction-related violations, by type, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14985.8.(2)(A)Upon completion of this requirement, the commission shall develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, other toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.(B)By July 1, 2023, the commission shall develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.(C)The Legislature finds and declares, based upon reports of the commission, that construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel are consistently in the top 10 alleged construction-related accessibility violations, by type, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14985.8.(d)The commission shall post the following on its internet website:(1)Educational materials and information that will assist building owners, tenants, building officials, and building inspectors to understand the disability accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with disability access laws. The commission shall at least annually review the educational materials and information on disability access requirements and compliance available on the internet website of other local, state, or federal agencies, including Americans with Disabilities Act centers, to augment the educational materials and information developed by the commission.(2)A link to the internet website of the Division of the State Architects certified access specialist (CASp) program to assist building owners and tenants in locating or hiring a CASp.(e)The commission shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate with other state agencies and local building departments to ensure that information provided to the public on disability access requirements is uniform and complete, and make its educational materials and information available to those agencies and departments.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 68511.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.(f) As used in this section:(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.
SECTION 1. Section 68511.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:
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68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.(f) As used in this section:(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.
68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.(f) As used in this section:(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.
68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.(f) As used in this section:(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.
68511.3. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a court shall make information that constitutes a public court record available to a person for inspection and copying at a courthouse during hours when the courthouse is open to the public. A court may charge a fee for copying public court records pursuant to Section 70627.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), a court that makes public court records available in an electronic format by means of an internet website maintained by the court, or a third party on behalf of the court, shall not charge a fee that exceeds the courts direct costs of duplication for users of the website to search for, download, or copy public court records.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a court to do either of the following:
(1) Create, post, or reconstruct a record in an electronic format.
(2) Release an electronic record if its release would jeopardize or compromise the security or integrity of the original record or of any proprietary software in which it is maintained.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to court records that have been sealed by court order or that are confidential by law.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a court may charge a fee to a commercial user for viewing, searching, duplicating, downloading, or printing public court records in an electronic format. The Judicial Council shall, by January 1, 2024, develop a rule of court establishing statewide commercial user fees or a process for courts to use in developing commercial user fees.
(f) As used in this section:
(1) Commercial user means a person or entity, or any person acting on behalf of an entity, that has viewed, downloaded, or printed at least 100 individual electronic court records during a 12-month period. Entities formally organized as nonprofit corporations, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations providing legal services to the persons whose records are obtained, are not commercial users.
(2) Court record has the same meaning as in subdivision (a) of Section 68151.
(3) Direct costs of duplication means the actual cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format and does not include any ancillary costs, including, but not limited to, the cost of personnel time or database development or maintenance.
(4) Public court record means a court record that is not sealed by court order, made exempt from remote public access under the California Rules of Court, or otherwise confidential by law.
(a)A priority of the commission shall be the development and dissemination of educational materials and information to promote and facilitate disability access compliance.
(b)The commission shall work with other state agencies, including the Division of the State Architect and the Department of Rehabilitation, to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards.
(c)(1)The commission shall develop and make available on its internet website, or make available on its internet website if developed by another governmental agency, including Americans with Disabilities Act centers, toolkits or educational modules to assist a California business to understand its obligations under the law and to facilitate compliance with respect to the top 10 alleged construction-related violations, by type, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14985.8.
(2)(A)Upon completion of this requirement, the commission shall develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, other toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses on the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements.
(B)By July 1, 2023, the commission shall develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas.
(C)The Legislature finds and declares, based upon reports of the commission, that construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel are consistently in the top 10 alleged construction-related accessibility violations, by type, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14985.8.
(d)The commission shall post the following on its internet website:
(1)Educational materials and information that will assist building owners, tenants, building officials, and building inspectors to understand the disability accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with disability access laws. The commission shall at least annually review the educational materials and information on disability access requirements and compliance available on the internet website of other local, state, or federal agencies, including Americans with Disabilities Act centers, to augment the educational materials and information developed by the commission.
(2)A link to the internet website of the Division of the State Architects certified access specialist (CASp) program to assist building owners and tenants in locating or hiring a CASp.
(e)The commission shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate with other state agencies and local building departments to ensure that information provided to the public on disability access requirements is uniform and complete, and make its educational materials and information available to those agencies and departments.