NFIB backs four business reform bills
by John Seiler | April 1, 2015 4:59 am
Here’s the analysis of four bills in the California Legislature by the National Federation of Independent Business California[1]. The NFIB supports all the bills. Two are by Democrats, two by Republicans.
Assembly Bill 52[2]: Public accommodations: construction-related accessibility claims. It’s by Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, and would:
- Protect small businesses from financial exploitation and encourage compliance with construction-related requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Reduce statutory damages in claims against small businesses if the business corrected any violations within 180 days.
Assembly Bill 54[3]: Public accommodations: construction-related accessibility standards: tax credit. It’s by Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto, and would:
- Aim to deter costly and unnecessary lawsuits against businesses by providing small businesses a 60 day opportunity to cure, if construction-related accessibility standards related to an alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violation had changed within three years.
Assembly Bill 1486[4]: Civil rights: disability access. It’s by Assembly member Catharine Baker, R-San Ramon, and would:
- Provide that a State Architect certification of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act would serve as presumptive evidence that public building and facilities are in compliance with the Act.
Senate Bill 67[5]: Disability Access: statutory damages. It’s by state Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, and would:
- Exempt small businesses from statutory damages for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Extend the opportunity to cure technical violations from 60 to 120 days.
- National Federation of Independent Business California: http://www.nfib.com/california/
- Assembly Bill 52: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_52&sess=CUR&house=B&author=gray_%3Cgray%3E
- Assembly Bill 54: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_54&sess=CUR&house=B&author=olsen_%3Colsen%3E
- Assembly Bill 1486: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1486_bill_20150227_introduced.htm
- Senate Bill 67: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_67&sess=CUR&house=B&author=galgiani_%3Cgalgiani%3E
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