the accessibility standards for individuals with a
disability.
(4) Develop accessibility standards for individuals with
a disability using the web content accessibility guidelines
promulgated and published by the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative or the international
accessibility guidelines working group, or any successor
group or organization. The office may revise the
accessibility standards based on updates or revisions of the
guidelines, in which case the office shall transmit notice of
its revisions to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The revisions shall
become effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
(b) Duties of public entities.--Each public entity shall
develop a written plan, including any proposed budget requests,
to implement its accessibility standards for individuals with a
disability at facilities accessible by the public as follows:
(1) No later than July 1, 2022, the public entity shall
submit the plan to the office, which shall work
collaboratively with the public entity to review the plan and
establish an implementation methodology.
(2) No later than July 1, 2024, the public entity shall
fully implement the plan.
§ 4303. Procurement.
(a) Minimum standards and criteria.--The office shall
approve minimum standards and criteria to be used in the
procurement by public entities of supplies, services or
construction, as those terms are defined in 62 Pa.C.S. § 103
(relating to definitions), regarding adaptive technologies for
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