[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR36.602]

[Page 577-578]
 
                    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

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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.