BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 54 Page 1 Date of Hearing: January 21, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Jimmy Gomez, Chair AB 54 (Olsen) - As Amended January 13, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Judiciary |Vote:|9 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. AB 54 Page 2 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