[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR36.602]

[Page 560]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 36--NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY BY PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart F--Certification of State Laws or Local Building Codes
 
Sec. 36.602  General rule.

    On the application of a State or local government, the Assistant 
Attorney General may certify that a code meets or exceeds the minimum 
requirements of the Act for the accessibility and usability of places of 
public accommodation and commercial facilities under this part by 
issuing a certification of equivalency. At any enforcement proceeding 
under title III of the Act, such certification shall be rebuttable 
evidence that such State law or local ordinance does meet or exceed the 
minimum requirements of title III.