California Government Code

§ 7299.7

GOV § 7299.7 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 7 · Title 1 · Ch. 17.5

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and commencing January 1, 2025, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5 percent or more of the people speak English less than “very well” according to data from the American Community Survey and jointly speak a language other than English, the local agency shall provide information related to the emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5 percent or more of the population that speaks English less than “very well.”

(b)(1) By January 1, 2025, each local agency shall use data from the American Community Survey or data from an equally reliable source to determine which languages meet the requirements of subdivision (a) in the local agency’s jurisdiction.

(2)Each local agency shall reassess the data every five years to ensure that the language or languages in which the local agency provides information are consistent with the requirements of subdivision (a).

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 587, Sec. 1. (AB 1638) Effective January 1, 2024.