BILL NUMBER: AB 1100	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   866
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 13, 1995
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 12, 1995
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 11, 1995
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 6, 1995
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 31, 1995
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 3, 1995
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 6, 1995

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Speier

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1995

   An act to add Section 51.6 to the Civil Code, relating to civil
rights.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1100, Speier.  Civil rights:  price discrimination.
   Existing law prohibits a business establishment from
discriminating against a person because of the sex of the person, and
specifies the remedies for a violation of this provision.
   This bill would provide specifically that no business
establishment may discriminate, with respect to the price charged for
services of similar or like kind, against a person because of the
person's gender.  The bill would specify the remedies for a violation
of this provision.
   The bill would provide further that its provisions do not alter or
affect the provisions of the Health and Safety Code, the Insurance
Code, or other laws that govern health care service plan or insurer
underwriting or rating practices.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 51.6 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   51.6.  (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995.
   (b) No business establishment of any kind whatsoever may
discriminate, with respect to the price charged for services of
similar or like kind, against a person because of the person's
gender.
   (c) Nothing in subdivision (b) prohibits price differences based
specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost of
providing the services.
   (d) The remedies for a violation of this section are the remedies
provided in subdivision (a) of Section 52.  However, an action under
this section is independent of any other remedy or procedure that may
be available to an aggrieved party.
   (e) This act does not alter or affect the provisions of the Health
and Safety Code, the Insurance Code, or other laws that govern
health care service plan or insurer underwriting or rating practices.