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House Amendment 9161

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend Senate File 58, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 13 through 15 and
  1  4 inserting the following:  "children throughout the
  1  5 state.
  1  6    In designating the English language as the common
  1  7 language of the state, it is not the intent of the
  1  8 general assembly to discourage residents of the state
  1  9 from learning, or maintaining proficiency in, a
  1 10 language other than the English language.  The general
  1 11 assembly encourages bilingualism to facilitate a
  1 12 better understanding of other cultures, to enhance
  1 13 appreciation for the diversity and heritage of the
  1 14 citizens of this state, and to promote state tourism
  1 15 and international commerce.
  1 16    The requirements of this section establishing
  1 17 English as the common language of the state shall not
  1 18 apply to any of the following:" 
  1 19 
  1 20 
  1 21                               
  1 22 FALLON of Polk 
  1 23 SF 58.718 77
  1 24 rn/sc/28
     

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