Bill Text: MS HB939 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: English language; require state agencies and political subdivisions to offer all services and material only in.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB939 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-HB939-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B; Appropriations

By: Representative Palazzo

House Bill 939

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ALL STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OFFER ALL SERVICES OR OTHER MATERIALS IN AN ENGLISH-ONLY FORMAT; 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 state agencies and political subdivisions of the state shall offer all services, publications, printed, audio and video materials and tests in an English-only format unless otherwise required by federal law or regulations.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.

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