(a) In addition to the information required by Section 4469, each city, county, or city and county that issues business licenses, building permits for additions, alterations, and structural repairs to commercial property, or building permits for new construction of commercial property, shall make readily available, and, upon submission to the city, county, or city and county of an application for a business license or building permit, shall provide to the applicant, an informational notice to the applicant containing all of the following:

(1) General information about the compliance requirements pursuant to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.) and the state’s disability access laws.

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(2) An advisory to the applicant for a building permit that strongly encourages the applicant to do both of the following:

(A) Obtain a consultation by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) before alteration or construction in order for the property to be in compliance with disability access laws after the work is completed, so that the applicant can benefit from the advantages of compliance.

(B) Obtain an inspection by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) after alteration or construction in order to benefit from the legal protections afforded business and property owners under the Construction-Related Accessibility Compliance Act (Part 2.52 (commencing with Section 55.51) of Division 1 of the Civil Code).

(3) An advisory to the applicant for a business license that strongly encourages the applicant to do both of the following:

(A) Obtain a consultation by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) before engaging in business on the premises in order for the property to be in compliance with disability access laws, so that the applicant can benefit from the advantages of compliance.

(B) Obtain an inspection by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) after beginning to engage in business on the premises in order to benefit from the legal protections afforded business and property owners under the Construction-Related Accessibility Compliance Act (Part 2.52 (commencing with Section 55.51) of Division 1 of the Civil Code).

(4) Information about how to locate CASp inspectors, including a link to the Internet Web site of the State Architect where CASp inspectors are listed, pursuant to Section 4459.8, by geographic area in which they provide or intend to provide services and information about how to obtain CASp services.

(5) A notice of the federal and state programs that are available to assist small businesses with disability compliance and access expenditures, including, but not limited to, Section 44 of the Internal Revenue Code (disabled access credit for eligible small businesses); Section 190 of the Internal Revenue Code (deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers); the California Capital Access Program Americans with Disabilities Act Financing Program (CalCAP/ADA); and the Disabled Access Credit for Eligible Small Businesses specified in Sections 17053.42 and 23642 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(6) A link to the homepage and the resource page of the California Commission on Disability Access.

(b) The informational notice specified in subdivision (a) shall be translated and made available in all of the languages specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of § 1632 of the Civil Code and shall be provided to the applicant in whichever format the building permit or business license application is required to be submitted.

(c) For purposes of this section, the term “commercial property” means property that is operating, or is intended to be operated, as a “place of public accommodation” as defined in Section 202 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, or as a facility to which the general public is invited at those premises.

(d) (1) The Division of the State Architect shall develop a model notice that local agencies can use to comply with the requirements of this section.

(2) The Division of the State Architect shall post the model notice on the publicly available portion of the division’s Internet Web site.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 680, Sec. 2. (AB 3002) Effective January 1, 2019.)