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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>NJ Bill A4533 Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Source: https://legiscan.com/NJ/text/A4533/2014 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ASSEMBLY, No. 4533 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>STATE OF NEW JERSEY<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>216th LEGISLATURE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>INTRODUCED JUNE 15, 2015<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sponsored by:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 28 (Essex)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assemblyman ADAM J. TALIAFERRO<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SYNOPSIS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> As introduced.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An Act concerning training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs and supplementing P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>seq.).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 1. Any employer who has one or more employees who serve customers or other individuals in a place of public accommodation or other public facility, or who <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>otherwise have the ability to provide or deny access to the place or facility, shall provide training to those employees regarding the right of an individual with a <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>disability to have a guide or service dog in a place of public accommodation or other public facility pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1971, c.130 (C.10:5-29 et seq.), <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>P.L.1977, c.456 (C.10:5-29.1 et seq.), and the "Americans with Disabilities Act" of 1990, Pub.L.101-336 (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.). An employer may satisfy the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>training requirements of this section by utilizing training that may be provided at no cost by the Division on Civil Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the New Jersey State Bar Association, or any other entity, or may, at its discretion, implement a training program at its own cost. The provisions of this section <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>shall be administered and enforced by the division pursuant to the authority vested in it by the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.). The <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>division shall set minimum standards for the training and make those standards available upon request.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 2. This act shall take effect immediately.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This bill requires any employer who has one or more employees serving customers or other individuals in a place of public accommodation or other public facility, or <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>otherwise has the ability to provide or deny access to the place or facility, to provide training to those employees regarding the right of an individual with a <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>disability to have a guide or service dog in places of public accommodation or other public facilities under the relevant provisions of State and federal law. An <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>employer may satisfy the training requirement of the bill by utilizing training that may be provided at no cost by the Division on Civil Rights in the Department of Law <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and Public Safety, the New Jersey State Bar Association, or any other entity, or may, at its discretion, implement a training program at its own cost.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>