Senate File 2125 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  JOHNSON and BEALL


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House, Date              
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the publication of official notices in English
  2    language newspapers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5824SS 81
  5 bp/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 618.1, Code 2005, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    618.1  PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH.
  1  4    All notices, proceedings, and other matter whatsoever,
  1  5 required by law or ordinance to be published in a newspaper,
  1  6 shall be published only in the English language and in
  1  7 newspapers published wholly primarily in the English language.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill allows notices, proceedings, and all other matter
  1 10 required by law or ordinance to be published in a newspaper,
  1 11 to be published in newspapers published primarily in English.
  1 12 The bill would allow newspapers to publish some articles or
  1 13 advertisements in a language other than English while
  1 14 publishing official matter required to be published by law in
  1 15 English.
  1 16 LSB 5824SS 81
  1 17 bp:rj/gg/14