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                                                                      AB 54


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          Date of Hearing:  January 21, 2016 


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                                 Jimmy Gomez, Chair


          AB  
          54 (Olsen) - As Amended January 13, 2016


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  NoReimbursable:  No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill modifies existing requirements for the reporting of  
          information about demand letters and complaints to the  
          California Commission on Disability Access (CCDA) regarding  
          construction-related accessibility cases. Specifically, this  
          bill requires an attorney who provides copies of a demand letter  
          or complaint to the CCDA to also submit information about the  
          demand letter or complaint in a standard format as specified by  
          the commission.








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          FISCAL EFFECT:


          Minor absorbable one-time costs for the commission to develop a  
          standard reporting format for information to be submitted with  
          demand letters and claims.


          COMMENTS:


          Purpose. Current law already requires an attorney who provides a  
          demand letter or who sends or serves a complaint in a  
          construction-related accessibility case to send a copy of the  
          demand letter or complaint to the Commission within five  
          business days.  As recently amended, AB 54 requires these  
          attorneys to submit additional information about the demand  
          letter or complaint to the Commission in a standard format  
          specified by the Commission, so that data about accessibility  
          claims can be more effectively compiled by the Commission and  
          provided to the Legislature.  


          Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081