BILL NUMBER: AB 305	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2011

   An act to amend Section 7299.6 of the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 305, as introduced, Furutani. States agencies: use of a foreign
language.
   Existing law requires the State Personnel Board to review the
results of the surveys and implementation plans relating to the use
of a foreign language in public service, compile this data, and
provide a report to the Legislature every 2 years.
   This bill would require the State Personnel Board to review the
results of surveys and implementation plans to better inform the
public about the language needs of California residents and the
available resources of state agencies to meet those needs. This bill
would require the report to identify state agencies that are not
complying with specified existing laws, list state agencies and their
respective field office or offices that have staffing deficiencies,
list state agencies that have deficiencies in translated materials,
and present key survey results and implementation plans by state
agency and field office.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 7299.6 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   7299.6.   (a)    The State Personnel Board shall
review the results of the surveys and implementation plans required
to be made by Section 7299.4,  to better inform the public about
th   e language needs of California residents and the
available resources of state agencies to meet those needs. The State
Personnel Board shall  compile this data, and provide a report
to the Legislature every two years.  The report shall
identify  
   (b) The report shall do all of the following:  
   (1) Identify state agencies that are not complying with this
chapter.  
   (2) List state agencies and their respective field office or
offices that have staffing deficiencies.  
   (3) List state agencies that have deficiencies in translated
materials.  
   (4) Present key survey results and implementation plans by state
agency and field office. 
    (5)     Identify  significant problems
or deficiencies and propose solutions where warranted. 
   (6) Be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.