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Hawaii
Motion picture theater accommodation: open captioning and audio description
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Disclosure
What it requires
- If you own, lease, lease to or operate a motion picture theater in more than two locations in the State, provide open movie captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture produced and offered with open movie captioning (section 489-9(a)).
- If you operate a motion picture theater in the State, provide audio description on request for any motion picture produced and offered with audio description (section 489-9(b)).
- Give the public notice when a motion picture you offer was produced and distributed without captioning or audio description (section 489-9(d)).
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What this law does
A public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to or operates a motion picture theater in more than two locations in the State must provide open movie captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and offered with open movie captioning. A public accommodation that operates a motion picture theater in the State must provide audio description on request for any motion picture that is produced and offered with audio description.
A violation of the section is a discriminatory practice. Where a motion picture is produced and distributed without captioning or audio description, the theater must give the public notice of that. Act 39 of 2015 enacted the section to take effect on , with a repeal date. Act 154 of 2019 struck the repeal date, then , and took effect on .
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