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What it is

Building works to remove architectural barriers for disabled people

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 1 February 1994. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Official title: Private member's bill on limits of ownership over real estate to eliminate architectural barriers for persons with disabilities.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000046· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The law allows people with disabilities to carry out adaptation works in urban properties and in common building elements such as stairs, elevators or entrances. It also protects those who live with them and workers with disabilities.
  2. To do so, the person must have a permanent impairment for walking, climbing stairs or overcoming barriers, and the works cannot affect the building's structure. The disability must be proven with official certificates.
  3. The interested party notifies in writing the need for the works, with certificates and a technical project. The owner or the community has sixty days to respond; if they do not respond, consent is assumed.
  4. If there is opposition, the person can go to the civil courts through a verbal proceeding. The person requesting the works pays for them, although they may apply for aid or subsidies.

Who it affects

  • People with disabilities who own, rent, sublet or hold usufruct of urban properties: They can request and carry out adaptation works in the property and its accesses, and pay for them.
  • Spouses, partners and relatives living with the titleholder, and workers with disabilities: They are considered users and can request the adaptation works.
  • Owners, communities and associations of property owners: They must respond within sixty days and may propose alternative solutions.
  • Employers with workers with disabilities: They receive notice when the works are done at the workplace.
  • People over seventy years old: They can exercise these rights without proving disability with a certificate.

Words worth knowing

Fincas urbanas
Properties located on urban land, such as apartments or commercial premises.
Usufructuario (usufructuary)
A person who has the right to use a property and enjoy its income without owning it.
Mancomunidad de propietarios
An association of several property-owner communities that share building elements.
Juicio verbal (verbal proceeding)
A fast and simple type of civil trial for smaller claims.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced1 February 1994Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted8 February 1994The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEno dateIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 2 official steps on a timeline
Feb 199411. 1 February 1994: Presentación22. 8 February 1994: Calificación

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Law 15/1995, of May 30, on limits of ownership over real estate to eliminate architectural barriers for persons with disabilities.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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