§ 16B.373 — Office of Enterprise Translations
Plain-Language Summary
This law creates the Office of Enterprise Translations to provide translation services for state agencies. The office must create webpages in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, and other languages with links to translated state materials. A special account is set up to help pay state agencies back for their translation costs.
16B.373 OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TRANSLATIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Office establishment.
(a) The commissioner shall establish an Office of Enterprise Translations. The office must:
(1) provide translation services for written material for executive agencies;
(2) create and maintain language-specific landing webpages in Spanish, Hmong, and Somali and other languages that may be determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the state demographer, with links to translated materials at state agency websites; and
(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in areas such as best practices and standards for the translation of written materials.
(b) The commissioner shall determine the process and requirements for state agencies to request translations of written materials. §
Subd. 2.Language access service account established.
The language access service account is created in the special revenue fund for reimbursing state agencies for expenses incurred in providing language translation services.
History:
History: History:
2023 c 62 art 2 s 72