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Health & Saf. Code, § 19952 · Part 5.3. ACCESS TO PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT AND RESORT BY PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Health & Saf. Code, § 19952

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) Any person, or public or private firm, organization, or corporation, who owns or manages places of public amusement and resort including theaters, concert halls, and stadiums shall provide seating or accommodations for physically disabled persons in a variety of locations within the facility, to the extent that this variety can be provided while meeting fire and panic safety requirements of the State Fire Marshal, so as to provide these persons a choice of admission prices otherwise available to members of the general public.

(b) Readily removable seats may be installed in wheelchair spaces when the spaces are not required to accommodate wheelchair users.

(c) The requirements of this section shall apply with respect to publicly and privately owned facilities or structures for the purposes specified in subdivision (a) for which a building permit or a building plan for new construction has been issued on or after January 1, 1985.

(d) In no case shall this section be construed to prescribe a lesser standard of accessibility or usability than provided by the Accessibility Guidelines prepared by the federal Access Board and adopted by the United States Department of Justice to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1214, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1994.

Source of truth

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Official file
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