| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4594-D, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 795, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Facilities attested. This section applies to any building | | or facility constructed specifically as a place of public | | accommodation or place of employment on or after January 1, 1991, | | or when the estimated total costs for remodeling, enlarging or | | renovating an existing building exceed $100,000, and the | | remodeling, enlarging or renovating is begun after January 1, | | 1991. Subsection 12 applies to any building or facility | | constructed specifically as a place of public accommodation or | | place of employment on or after January 1, 2002, or when the | | estimated total costs for remodeling, enlarging or renovating an | | existing building exceed $100,000 and the remodeling, enlarging | | or renovating is begun on or after January 1, 2002. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4594-D, sub-§12 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 12.__Entrances after January 1, 2002.__Entrances to a building | | or facility that are part of an accessible route must be | | automatic doors or power-assisted doors, as defined in the | | standards of construction.__This subsection applies to any | | building or facility constructed specifically as a place of | | public accommodation or place of employment on or after January | | 1, 2002, or when the estimated total costs for remodeling, | | enlarging or renovating an existing building exceed $100,000 and | | the remodeling, enlarging or renovating is begun on or after | | January 1, 2002. |
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| | | This bill applies to new construction and major remodeling, | | enlarging and renovating, on or after January 1, 2002, of | | buildings or facilities that are considered public | | accommodations. The entrances to these buildings and facilities | | must be automatic doors or power-assisted doors. The standards | | of construction are currently defined in statute as the 1986 | | standards set forth by the American National Standards Institute | | in the publication "Specifications for Making Buildings and | | Facilities Accessible to and Usable by Physically Handicapped | | People," ANSI A 117.1-1986. |
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| | | The standards define "automatic door" as a door equipped with | | a power-operated mechanism and controls that open and close the | | door automatically upon receipt of a momentary actuating signal. | | The switch that begins the automatic cycle may be a |
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