Section 7299.4.
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 complies with the requirements of this chapter. (b) Each agency shall conduct a language survey of each of its statewide and local offices every two years to determine and provide all of […]
Section 7299.5.
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 apply: (a) The agency’s primary mission does not include responsibility for furnishing information or rendering services to the public. (b) The agency has consistently received such limited public contact with the non-English-speaking […]
Section 7299.6.
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, and provide a report to the Legislature every two years. The report shall identify significant problems or deficiencies and propose solutions where warranted. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, […]
Section 7299.8.
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 qualified interpreters, where less than 5 percent of the people served do not speak English or are unable to communicate effectively, as determined appropriate by the state or […]
Section 7295.4.
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 materials in the appropriate non-English language through its statewide and local offices or facilities to non-English-speaking persons, or, as an alternative, the state agency may instead elect to […]
Section 7296.
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 the English language and the non-English language to be used. For any state agency, “qualified” means one of the following: (1) A bilingual person or employee who the Department of Human Resources […]
Section 7296.2.
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 speak English, or who are unable to effectively communicate in English because it is not their native language, and who comprise 5 percent or more of the people served […]
Section 7296.4.
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 services to non-English-speaking persons as is available to English-speaking persons seeking these services. However, where the statewide or local office or facility of the state employs the equivalent […]
Section 7297.
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 with the public in the performance of the agency’s functions. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1035.)
Section 7298.
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. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1182.)