Bill Text: OR HB2699 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2699 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to building entryway accessibility for wheelchair users.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2699 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2699-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 2961

                         House Bill 2699

Sponsored by Representative CLEM

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires that each state building entryway be accessible by
wheelchair users. Makes noncompliance on or after January 1,
2016, subject to civil penalty.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to building entryway accessibility for wheelchair users.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 447.210 to 447.280. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a)(A) 'Entryway' means, except as provided in subparagraph (B)
of this paragraph, a location made available for nonemergency use
by the general public to enter or depart from a building.
  (B) 'Entryway' does not mean:
  (i) A passageway that connects areas within the interior of a
building;
  (ii) A location that is reachable only after traveling through
the interior of a building, such as an enclosed courtyard or a
terrace, observation deck or roof;
  (iii) A location that is available for exiting from a building
but not available for use by the general public to enter the
building; or
  (iv) A location used as a temporary replacement of an entryway
that has become unavailable.
  (b) 'State building' means a building:
  (A) Occupied on a full-time basis by a unit of state government
as defined in ORS 174.111; and
  (B) Owned by the state or held by the state under a fixed-term
lease that exceeds one year.
  (2) Each entryway of a state building must be accessible by
wheelchair users. For purposes of this subsection, an entryway is
accessible if a wheelchair user with no disability other than the
inability to walk is able to use the entryway to independently
enter or depart from the building. An accessible entryway must be
served by at least one path of travel accessible by wheelchair
users.
  (3) The requirement imposed by this section is in addition to,
and not in lieu of, any other requirement for the accessibility
of affected buildings and related facilities imposed by federal
or state law. + }

  SECTION 3.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 447.280, 455.450 and
455.895, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business
Services may impose a civil penalty for noncompliance with
section 2 of this 2013 Act only for noncompliance that occurs on
or after January 1, 2016. + }
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