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| 1 | + | Amended IN Senate July 02, 2020 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2020 Amended IN Senate April 22, 2020 Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2019 Amended IN Assembly March 26, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1107Introduced by Assembly Member ChuFebruary 21, 2019An act to add Sections 8626.5 and 8634.5 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1107, as amended, Chu. Proclaimed state and local emergencies: proclamations, communications, and materials: translation. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. The act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms state of emergency and local emergency to mean the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, riot, epidemic, or cyberterrorism.Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to require managed care plans providing Medi-Cal services to provide language assistance services to limited-English-proficient (LEP) beneficiaries. Existing law requires the department to determine, at least every 3 years, or more often as specified, when an LEP population meets the requirement for translation services by using a numeric threshold, including a population group of at least 3,000 or 5% of the beneficiary population, whichever is fewer, mandatory managed care Medi-Cal beneficiaries, residing in the service area, who indicate their primary language as other than English.This bill would require all proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency to be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. LEP speakers. The bill would define the term substantial number of non-English-speaking people threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers to mean a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3% or more of the states population. the Medi-Cal threshold languages that are determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to the above-described language assistance services provisions.This bill would also require each county to translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8626.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio.(2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population.(2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.SEC. 2. Section 8634.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.(b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Senate July 02, 2020 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2020 Amended IN Senate April 22, 2020 Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2019 Amended IN Assembly March 26, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1107Introduced by Assembly Member ChuFebruary 21, 2019An act to add Sections 8626.5 and 8634.5 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1107, as amended, Chu. Proclaimed state and local emergencies: proclamations, communications, and materials: translation. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. The act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms state of emergency and local emergency to mean the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, riot, epidemic, or cyberterrorism.Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to require managed care plans providing Medi-Cal services to provide language assistance services to limited-English-proficient (LEP) beneficiaries. Existing law requires the department to determine, at least every 3 years, or more often as specified, when an LEP population meets the requirement for translation services by using a numeric threshold, including a population group of at least 3,000 or 5% of the beneficiary population, whichever is fewer, mandatory managed care Medi-Cal beneficiaries, residing in the service area, who indicate their primary language as other than English.This bill would require all proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency to be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. LEP speakers. The bill would define the term substantial number of non-English-speaking people threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers to mean a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3% or more of the states population. the Medi-Cal threshold languages that are determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to the above-described language assistance services provisions.This bill would also require each county to translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO | |
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| 5 | + | Amended IN Senate July 02, 2020 Amended IN Senate May 26, 2020 Amended IN Senate April 22, 2020 Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2019 Amended IN Assembly March 26, 2019 | |
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| 7 | - | Amended IN Senate August 07, 2020 | |
| 8 | 7 | Amended IN Senate July 02, 2020 | |
| 9 | 8 | Amended IN Senate May 26, 2020 | |
| 10 | 9 | Amended IN Senate April 22, 2020 | |
| 11 | 10 | Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2019 | |
| 12 | 11 | Amended IN Assembly March 26, 2019 | |
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| 14 | 13 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 16 | 15 | Assembly Bill | |
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| 18 | 17 | No. 1107 | |
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| 20 | 19 | Introduced by Assembly Member ChuFebruary 21, 2019 | |
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| 22 | 21 | Introduced by Assembly Member Chu | |
| 23 | 22 | February 21, 2019 | |
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| 25 | - | An act to add Sections | |
| 24 | + | An act to add Sections 8626.5 and 8634.5 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services. | |
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| 27 | 26 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 29 | 28 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 31 | - | AB 1107, as amended, Chu. Proclaimed state and local emergencies: proclamations, communications, and materials: | |
| 30 | + | AB 1107, as amended, Chu. Proclaimed state and local emergencies: proclamations, communications, and materials: translation. | |
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| 33 | - | Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. The act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms | |
| 32 | + | Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. The act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms state of emergency and local emergency to mean the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, riot, epidemic, or cyberterrorism.Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to require managed care plans providing Medi-Cal services to provide language assistance services to limited-English-proficient (LEP) beneficiaries. Existing law requires the department to determine, at least every 3 years, or more often as specified, when an LEP population meets the requirement for translation services by using a numeric threshold, including a population group of at least 3,000 or 5% of the beneficiary population, whichever is fewer, mandatory managed care Medi-Cal beneficiaries, residing in the service area, who indicate their primary language as other than English.This bill would require all proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency to be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. LEP speakers. The bill would define the term substantial number of non-English-speaking people threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers to mean a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3% or more of the states population. the Medi-Cal threshold languages that are determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to the above-described language assistance services provisions.This bill would also require each county to translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents. | |
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| 35 | - | Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. The act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms | |
| 34 | + | Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. The act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, and to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the terms state of emergency and local emergency to mean the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, riot, epidemic, or cyberterrorism. | |
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| 37 | 36 | Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to require managed care plans providing Medi-Cal services to provide language assistance services to limited-English-proficient (LEP) beneficiaries. Existing law requires the department to determine, at least every 3 years, or more often as specified, when an LEP population meets the requirement for translation services by using a numeric threshold, including a population group of at least 3,000 or 5% of the beneficiary population, whichever is fewer, mandatory managed care Medi-Cal beneficiaries, residing in the service area, who indicate their primary language as other than English. | |
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| 39 | - | This bill would require all proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or | |
| 38 | + | This bill would require all proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency to be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. LEP speakers. The bill would define the term substantial number of non-English-speaking people threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers to mean a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3% or more of the states population. the Medi-Cal threshold languages that are determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to the above-described language assistance services provisions. | |
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| 41 | 40 | This bill would also require each county to translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents. | |
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| 45 | 42 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 47 | 44 | ## Bill Text | |
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| 49 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8626.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, | |
| 46 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8626.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio.(2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population.(2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.SEC. 2. Section 8634.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.(b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 51 | 48 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 53 | 50 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 55 | - | SECTION 1. Section 8626.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, | |
| 52 | + | SECTION 1. Section 8626.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio.(2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population.(2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | |
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| 57 | 54 | SECTION 1. Section 8626.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: | |
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| 59 | 56 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 61 | - | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications | |
| 58 | + | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio.(2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population.(2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | |
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| 63 | - | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications | |
| 60 | + | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio.(2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population.(2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | |
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| 65 | - | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications | |
| 62 | + | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio.(2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population.(2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | |
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| 69 | - | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications | |
| 66 | + | 8626.5. (a) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the Governor or a state agency related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency shall be made available in all the threshold languages spoken by a substantial number of non-English-speaking people. limited-English-proficient speakers. | |
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| 71 | 68 | (b) For purposes of this section: | |
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| 73 | 70 | (1) Proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the state, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 75 | - | (2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the all Medi-Cal threshold languages spoken by any threshold population group, without limitation to county-specific thresholds, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | |
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| 77 | - | (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, limit, or negate any other obligations, rights, remedies, or procedures provided by law. | |
| 72 | + | (2)Substantial number of non-English-speaking people means a group of people that does not speak English or has limited English proficiency and makes up 3 percent or more of the states population. | |
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| 76 | + | (2) Threshold languages spoken by limited-English-proficient speakers means the Medi-Cal threshold languages as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 14029.91 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. | |
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| 78 | + | SEC. 2. Section 8634.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.(b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 80 | + | SEC. 2. Section 8634.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: | |
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| 82 | + | ### SEC. 2. | |
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| 84 | + | 8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.(b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 86 | + | 8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.(b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 88 | + | 8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents.(b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. | |
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| 83 | - | (a)Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents. | |
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| 92 | + | 8634.5. (a) Each county shall translate all emergency-related proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements made by the county related to a duly proclaimed state of emergency or a local emergency duly proclaimed by the county into all languages spoken by 1,000 or more of the countys residents. | |
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| 87 | 94 | (b) For purposes of this section, proclamations, communications, materials, and announcements includes, but is not limited to, information posted or broadcasted on or through an internet website of the county, newspaper, social media platform, television, or radio. |