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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 1.18 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF STATE.
1 2 The official language of the state shall be the English
1 3 language and all official proceedings, records, and
1 4 publications shall be in the English language. This English
1 5 language requirement shall not apply to communications
1 6 intended for persons who are deaf or blind. The requirements
1 7 of this section establishing English as the official language
1 8 of the state shall not apply to any of the following:
1 9 1. To public employees in the oral or verbal, as opposed
1 10 to written, performance of government business if necessary
1 11 for effective communications.
1 12 2. To instruction in foreign language classes.
1 13 3. To instruction designed to aid students with limited
1 14 English proficiency.
1 15 4. When deemed to interfere with the needs of the judicial
1 16 system.
1 17 5. When public health, safety, and emergency services
1 18 require the use of other languages.
1 19 6. To the promotion of international commerce and tourism.
1 20 7. To any oral or written communications, examinations, or
1 21 publications produced or utilized by a driver's license
1 22 station, provided public safety is not jeopardized.
1 23 8. To personal communications relating to a particular
1 24 student and sent home from a school with that student. Such
1 25 communications may be in a language other than English if a
1 26 non-English language is necessary for effective
1 27 communications.
1 28 9. To any publication of any division of the department of
1 29 human rights. Written material produced by the divisions of
1 30 the department of human rights relating to any matter within
1 31 the scope of their authority may be published in any language
1 32 necessary to effectively communicate with the intended
1 33 recipients of the material.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill establishes English as the official language of
2 1 the state, to be utilized in official proceedings, records,
2 2 and publications. Several exceptions to the provisions are
2 3 specified.
2 4 LSB 1176SS 78
2 5 rn/cf/24.1
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