Bill Text: CA AB2006 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Governmental linguistics.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-14 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. [AB2006 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2006-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2006	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to add Section 6220 to the Government Code, relating to
governmental linguistics.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2006, as introduced, Hill. Governmental linguistics.
   Existing law requires each department, commission, office, and
other administrative agency of state government to use plain,
straightforward language in a state agency document.
   This bill would require a state agency document to neutrally
phrase a reference to a religious institution and prohibit
referencing an institution of a particular religious faith, unless
the context requires otherwise.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6220 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   6220.  (a) When a department, commission, office, or other
administrative agency of state government writes a state agency
document, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6219, in which a
reference is made to a religious institution, the document shall be
phrased in neutral language, and shall not specifically refer to an
institution of a particular religious faith, unless the context
requires otherwise.
   (b) A department, commission, office, or other administrative
agency of state government shall comply with the requirements of
subdivision (a) with each new version of a state agency document.
Nothing in this section shall require reprinting of a state agency
document.