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<br />Assembly Bill No.1379
<br />CHAPTER 667
<br />An act to amend Section 4467 of the Government Code, relating to
<br />disability access, and making an appropriation therefor.
<br />[Approved by Govemor October 11, 2017. Filed with
<br />Secretary of State October 11, 2017.]
<br />LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
<br />AB 1379, Thurmond. Certified access specialist program: funding.
<br />(1) Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a
<br />program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets
<br />specified criteria as a certified access specialist (CASp), as provided. Existing
<br />law, on and after January 1, 2013, and until December 31, 2017, inclusive,
<br />requires that any applicant for an original or renewal of a local business
<br />license or equivalent instrument or permit to pay an additional fee of Sl for
<br />that license, instrument, or permit, to be collected by the city, county, or
<br />city and county that issued the license, instrument, or permit.
<br />This bill would extend the operation of this fee indefinitely and, on and
<br />after January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2023, increase the amount
<br />from $1 to $4. The bill would revert the amount of the fee back to Sl on
<br />and after January 1, 2024. The bill, in any city, county, or city and county
<br />that does not issue a business license or an equivalent instrument or permit,
<br />would require an applicant for a building permit to pay an additional fee of
<br />$4 on and after January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2023, and an
<br />additional fee of $1 on and after January 1, 2024, for the building permit,
<br />to be collected by the city, county, or city and county that issued the building
<br />permit.
<br />(2) Existing law requires that the city, county, or city and county retain
<br />70% of the fees collected under the above -described provision, to be used
<br />to, among other things, fuhd increased CASp services in that jurisdiction
<br />for the public, thereby making an appropriation. Existing law requires that
<br />the remaining 30% of the fees be transmitted on a quarterly basis to the
<br />Division of the State Architect for deposit in the Disability Access and
<br />Education Revolving Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.
<br />This bill, on and after January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2023,
<br />inclusive, would require the city, county, or city and county to instead retain
<br />90% of the fees collected. The bill would revert the amount retained back
<br />to 70% on and after January 1, 2024. The bill would also require the moneys
<br />retained by the city, county, or city and county to instead be deposited in a
<br />special fund, established by the city, county, or city and county to be known
<br />as the "CASp Certification and Training Fund;' and used for increased
<br />CASp training and certification within that local jurisdiction, thereby making
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