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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-3450, to Senate File 1 2 449, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, 1 3 as follows: 1 4 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 4 the 1 5 following: 1 6 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 1.18 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE 1 7 OF STATE. 1 8 The official language of the state shall be the 1 9 English language and all official proceedings, 1 10 records, and publications shall be in the English 1 11 language. This English language requirement shall not 1 12 apply to communications intended for persons who are 1 13 deaf or blind. The requirements of this section 1 14 establishing English as the official language of the 1 15 state shall not apply to any of the following: 1 16 1. To public employees in the oral or verbal, as 1 17 opposed to written, performance of government business 1 18 if necessary for effective communications. 1 19 2. To instruction in foreign language classes. 1 20 3. To instruction designed to aid students with 1 21 limited English proficiency. 1 22 4. When deemed to interfere with the needs of the 1 23 judicial system. 1 24 5. When public health, safety, and emergency 1 25 services require the use of other languages. 1 26 6. To the promotion of international commerce and 1 27 tourism. 1 28 7. To any oral or written communications, 1 29 examinations, or publications produced or utilized by 1 30 a driver's license station, provided public safety is 1 31 not jeopardized. 1 32 8. To personal communications relating to a 1 33 particular student and sent home from a school with 1 34 that student. Such communications may be in a 1 35 language other than English if a non-English language 1 36 is necessary for effective communications. 1 37 9. To any publication of any division of the 1 38 department of human rights. Written material produced 1 39 by the divisions of the department of human rights 1 40 relating to any matter within the scope of their 1 41 authority may be published in any language necessary 1 42 to effectively communicate with the intended 1 43 recipients of the material." 1 44 #2. Page 3, by striking lines 3 through 5. 1 45 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 STEVE KING 1 50 SF 449.716 78 2 1 jp/cls
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