BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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.
AB 54
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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