Bill Text: MS HB1015 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 1015 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: English language; require all state documents to be produced in.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB1015 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-HB1015-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B; Appropriations

By: Representative Moore

House Bill 1015

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ALL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY STATE AGENCIES OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OF THE STATE BE PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 3-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

3-3-31. (1) The English language is the official language of the State of Mississippi.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all documents produced by state agencies or governmental entities of the state shall be in the English language only.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.