CHAPTER 17.5. Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services
Heading of Chapter 17.5 renumbered from Chapter 17 (as added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1182) by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.
§§ 7290–7299.8 · 22 sections
- § 7290 This chapter may be known and cited as the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.
- § 7291 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the effective maintenance and development of a free and democratic society depends on the right and ability of…
- § 7292 (a) Every state agency, as defined in Section 11000, except the State Compensation Insurance Fund, directly involved in the furnishing of information or the…
- § 7293 Every local public agency, as defined in Section 54951, serving a substantial number of non-English-speaking people, shall employ a sufficient number of…
- § 7294 An employee of a state or local agency, as defined by Sections 11000 and 54951, may not be dismissed to carry out the purposes of this chapter. A state or…
- § 7295 Any materials explaining services available to the public shall be translated into any non-English language spoken by a substantial number of the public served…
- § 7295.2 Every state agency which serves a substantial number of non-English-speaking people and which provides materials in English explaining services shall also…
- § 7295.4 Whenever a state agency finds that the factors listed in both subdivisions (a) and (c) or (b) and (c) exist, it shall distribute the applicable written…
- § 7296 (a) As used in this chapter, a “qualified bilingual person,” “qualified bilingual employee,” or “qualified interpreter” is a person who is proficient in both…
- § 7296.2 As used in Sections 7292, 7295.2, 7295.4, 7299.3, and 7299.4, a “substantial number of non-English-speaking people” are members of a group who either do not…
- § 7296.4 As used in Section 7292, “a sufficient number of qualified bilingual persons in public contact positions” is the number required to provide the same level of…
- § 7297 As used in this chapter, a “public contact position” is a position determined by the agency to be one which emphasizes the ability to meet, contact and deal…
- § 7298 The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to school districts, county boards of education, or the office of a county superintendent of schools.
- § 7299 The provisions of this act shall be implemented to the extent that local, state or federal funds are available, and to the extent permissible under federal law…
- § 7299.1 State agencies may, utilizing existing funds, contract for telephone-based interpretation services in addition to employing qualified bilingual persons in…
- § 7299.2 The Department of Human Resources shall be responsible for informing state agencies of their responsibilities under this chapter and providing state agencies…
- § 7299.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, by July 1, 2015, a state agency subject to the requirements of this chapter shall translate and make…
- § 7299.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, each state agency shall conduct a language survey and develop and update an implementation plan that…
- § 7299.5 The Department of Human Resources may exempt state agencies from the requirements of Section 7299.4, where it determines that any of the following conditions…
- § 7299.6 The Department of Human Resources shall review the results of the surveys and implementation plans required to be made by Section 7299.4, compile this data,…
- § 7299.7 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a local agency shall translate information related to an emergency within the local agency’s…
- § 7299.8 It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to prohibit the establishment of bilingual positions, or printing of materials, or use of…