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State and Local Documents > Laws > Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (with amendments issued through 2008)
12181(7)(C)
(C) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition entertainment;
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Regulatory Support Documents > Regulatory Impact Analyses > Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description
4.1.2. Upfront Costs
This section breaks down the upfront costs incurred by all movie theaters subject to the rulemaking. ...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
C. The 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Movie Captioning and Audio Description
After considering all of the comments on the 2010 ANPRM and the rapid rate at which movie theaters were converting from analog to digital projection systems, the Department published a Notice...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
D. Captioning and Video Description Generally
to the 2008 NPRM, there were various types of closed captioning systems either in use or in development, including the Rear Window system, hand-held displays similar to a PDA (personal digital...
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2.4.2. Training Costs
Because the operational requirements of this rule apply to all digital auditoriums and not just those purchasing captioning and audio description as a direct result of this rulemaking, the...
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2.3.2. Device Acquisition
The Final RA assumes that some movie theaters with auditoriums currently equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description may have to purchase additional captioning and...
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Executive Summary
The rule requires that movie theater auditoriums provide closed movie captioning and audio description when showing a digital movie distributed with such features unless doing so results...
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C. Costs and Benefits
For movie theaters with auditoriums exhibiting digital movies, total costs are composed of the following components:
Acquisition costs for captioning hardware;
Acquisition...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
A. Purpose of the Rule
aids and services, and this rule provides greater specificity as to what those obligations are when showing digital movies....
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2.3.1. Hardware Acquisition
Hardware acquisition costs are a function of:
The number of auditoriums that are already equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description;
The number of...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
VI. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Small businesses constitute the vast majority of firms in the movie exhibition industry....
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
§ 36.303(g)(1) Definitions
(1) Definitions. For the purposes of this paragraph (g)—
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
Section 36.303(g)(1) Definitions
Section 36.303(g)(1) Definitions
In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 79 FR 44976 (Aug. 1, 2014) (NPRM), the Department proposed § 36.303(g)(1), which set forth definitions for...
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3.6. Replacement Costs
The analysis estimates replacement costs for movie theaters purchasing new equipment as a direct result of the rulemaking. ...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
D. Notice Requirements
Should the Department include a requirement that movie theater owners and operators establish a system for notifying individuals with disabilities in advance of movie screenings as to which...
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Research and History > Research Documents > Dimensional Tolerances in Construction and for Surface Accessibility
Department of Justice method
section of "Survey Tools and Techniques," (www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ckstools.htm) the checklist states that slopes can be measured in three ways: with a land survey to shoot grades, using a digital...
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3.3.4. Audio Description Device Scoping Requirements
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Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description (NPRM)
Purpose of Proposed Rule
United States depending upon locality and movie theater ownership. ...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
B. Title III's Implementing Regulation
It has been, and continues to be, the Department's position that it would not be a fundamental alteration of the business of showing movies in theaters to exhibit movies already distributed...
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3.6.2. Device Replacement
According to movie theaters, approximately 2.5 to 15 percent of devices need to be replaced each year due to mishandling, breakage, and patrons’ failure to return the devices.25 Additionally...
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2.3.3. Installation Costs
Although some manufacturers include installation as part of purchasing the equipment package, some movie theaters may elect to install the equipment using internal staff. ...
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Regulatory Support Documents > Regulatory Impact Analyses > Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description
3.3. Scoping Requirements
As previously explained in Section 2.3, four types of equipment are necessary to provide closed movie captioning and audio description:
Captioning Hardware
Audio Description...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description (NPRM)
A. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866—Summary of Initial Regulatory Assessment
A. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866—Summary of Initial Regulatory Assessment