SECTIONS 4500 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 4500

4500. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, rule,
regulation, decision, or pronouncement to the contrary, other than
subdivision (b), every state agency, board, and department, every
local governmental subdivision, every district, every public and
quasi-public corporation, every local public agency and public
service corporation, and every city, county, city and county and
municipal corporation, whether incorporated or not and whether
chartered or not, in awarding contracts for operations, equipment, or
structures shall be obligated to require that all fixed-route
transit equipment and public transit structures shall be so built
that individuals with disabilities shall have ready access to, from
and in such equipment and structures.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, public transit
facilities and operations, whether operated by or under contract with
a public entity, shall meet the applicable standards of Titles II
and III of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(Public Law 101-336) and the federal regulations adopted pursuant
thereto, subject to the exceptions provided in that act. However, if
the laws of this state in effect on December 31, 1992, prescribe
higher standards than the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(Public Law 101-336) and federal regulations adopted pursuant
thereto, then those public transit facilities and operations shall
meet the higher standards.