California Government Code

§ 7296

GOV § 7296 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 7 · Title 1 · Ch. 17.5

Statute text

(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 has tested and certified as proficient in the ability to understand and convey in English and a non-English language commonly used terms and ideas, including terms and ideas regularly used in state government.

(2)A bilingual employee who was tested and certified by a state agency or other approved testing authority as proficient in the ability to understand and convey in English and a non-English language commonly used terms and ideas, including terms and ideas regularly used in state government.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 1. (SB 1309) Effective January 1, 2013.