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FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO ENHANCE CITIZENS' ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND SERVICES BY ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM IN WHICH GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC MUST BE WRITTEN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATED TO THE LOCAL LANGUAGE OR DIALECTS IF NECESSARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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Date filed
June 27, 2018
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB07888 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO ENHANCE CITIZENS' ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND SERVICES BY ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM IN WHICH GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC MUST BE WRITTEN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATED TO THE LOCAL LANGUAGE OR DIALECTS IF NECESSARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : Mandates all government agencies and local government units to adopt plain language in all their communications and in implementing basic functions, mandates and services and to translate said communications and implementation to the predominant language or dialect that a particular locality or group of people use. | |
| ALIAS NAME : "Plain Writing for Public Service Act of 2016." | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VARGAS, ALFRED D. | |
| DATE FILED : 2018-06-27 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Del Mar (000 2018-08-06) | 2. Sangcopan (000 2018-10-10) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2018-07-30 |
Abstract
Mandates all government agencies and local government units to adopt plain language in all their communications and in implementing basic functions, mandates and services and to translate said communications and implementation to the predominant language or dialect that a particular locality or group of people use
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