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Senate Bill No. 264
(By Senators Bailey, McKenzie, Minear, Harrison and Love)
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[Introduced January 25, 2006; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §2-1-3, relating to
making English the official language of West Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §2-1-3, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. COMMON LAW.
§2-1-3. English designated as official state language.
English is hereby designated as the official language of the
State of West Virginia. Except as provided by law, no state
agency or political subdivision shall be required to provide, and
no state agency or political subdivision shall be prohibited from
providing, any documents, information, literature or other
written materials in any language other than English.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to designate English as
the official language of West Virginia.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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