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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Provides that new housing subject to regulation under the Act shall be constructed in compliance with specified accessibility guidelines.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Inserts provisions substantially similar to those of HB 55, except provides that dwelling units and public and common use areas serving persons with disabilities in all multi-unit buildings not defined as multi-story buildings shall comply with the accessibility standards for new construction if the building consists of 4 or more dwelling units, whether for rent or sale. Provides that new construction of multi-unit housing may be subject to the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act. Deletes language providing that if there are separate entrances for ground floor units, each entrance shall be accessible.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that the provision requiring new housing to be constructed in compliance with all applicable regulations and certain technical requirements does not apply within any unit of local government that by ordinance, rule, or regulation prescribes requirements to increase and facilitate access to the built environment by environmentally limited persons that are more stringent than those contained in the Act prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that in the case where the new housing and the new housing not defined as multi-story for purposes of the Act is a building in which 4 or more dwelling units or sleeping units intended to be occupied as a residence are contained within a single structure, the new housing shall be constructed in compliance with all applicable regulations and the technical requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines and the Supplement to Notice of Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines: Questions and Answers about the Guidelines. Deletes the specific technical requirements provided under the Accessibility Guidelines promulgated by the federal government under the Fair Housing Act.
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