authorized by State law and compliant with all applicable federal statutes, provided that each vote center shall be accessible to voters with disabilities and the Board complies with its obligations...
Search Results "Legal Obligation"
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B. Survey, Compliance and Review of Polling Place Locations
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Compliance date. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
When the ADA was enacted, the effective dates for various provisions were delayed in order to provide time for covered entities to become familiar with their new obligations....
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II-7.1000 Equally effective communication
This obligation, however, does not require a public entity to take any action that it can demonstrate would result in a fundamental alteration in the nature of its services, programs, or...
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Conditions for Exceptions [1019]
bodies of water; or unique trees or vegetation, such as giant sequoia groves, that are regarded as distinctive or important locally, regionally, or nationally and are therefore placed under legal...
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Issue 22: How is accessibility for persons with low vision assessed during the design review process?
Response by Tom Williams: Yes, because you can’t argue with what’s legally mandated....
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6. May an employer ask an individual for documentation when the individual requests reasonable accommodation?
Although the latter Enforcement Guidance focuses on psychiatric disabilities, the legal standard under which an employer may request documentation applies to disabilities generally....
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Comments to the NPRM
Commenters also made legal arguments against the proposal. Some commenters supported the approach taken by the court in Melton....
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2. Treatment of WCAG 2.0
Federal agencies cannot “dynamically” incorporate by reference future editions of consensus standards.1 Such action is legally prohibited since it would, among other things, unlawfully delegate...
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Program Accessibility
As clarified in Title V, Section 508(c), the legal definition of a wheelchair is: A device designed solely for use by a mobility–impaired person for locomotion that is suitable for use...
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II. Summary of Regulatory Assessment
The Department wishes to preserve the legal distinction between these two terms in its guidance on the requirements of the ADA Amendments Act so it will use both terms where appropriate...
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§35.130 General Prohibitions Against Discrimination
The general regulatory obligation to modify policies, practices, or procedures requires law enforcement to make changes in policies that result in discriminatory arrests or abuse of individuals...
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DOT Response
Meeting this equipment requirement does not negate the obligations of railroads, under the ADA and section 504, to provide service in a nondiscriminatory and integrated manner....
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a) Public Right-of-Way
These measures support the conclusion that the City is in compliance with its Title II obligations. E.g., Schonfeld, 978 F....
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11B-233.1 General
Title II of the ADA mandates that when State or local governments establish a program that provides housing to its residents, that public entity has the obligation to ensure that its program...
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ADA Compliance Motivators & Strategies
Legal fees fighting some of these claims were costing over $100,000 per year. They decided to implement an ADA compatible program to get these former employees back on the job....
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ADA25: #1 of 25 -- The NAD and the ADA
To understand how far we have come as a country, we should look back to our legal rights before the ADA and compare with where we are today....
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Communication Access
Are there other legal requirements for audio description? How are some federal agencies managing these requirements?...
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Welcome and Charge to Participants
GSA needs to be strong at heart and say that we need an appropriate balance and, quite frankly, we have a legal requirement on the handicapped issues....
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§1607.4 Information on impact.
In carrying out their obligations, the Federal enforcement agencies will consider the general posture of the user with respect to equal employment opportunity for the job or group of jobs...
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1. Movable aisle armrests
This obligation is not limited to new models of a feature placed into a space where older models formerly were used....
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Additional Considerations for Placement and Services Under Section 504
ensuring that the education offered is an appropriate education, as defined in the Section 504 regulation.89 In addition, the school district cannot require the parent to pay the financial obligations...
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Determining appropriate auxiliary aids. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The community health center has a continuing obligation to assess the auxiliary aids and services it is providing, and should consult with individuals with disabilities on a continuing basis...
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SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY REGULATORY ANALYSIS
Consistent with the obligation that federal agencies under Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 propose and adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination that benefits justify costs,...
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1.1. Purpose and Need for Rule and Scope of Regulatory Assessment
The Department’s title III regulation implementing title III’s auxiliary aid provision reiterates the obligation of covered entities to ensure equally effective communication with individuals...