HB1070:

Fund to Assist Localities with Translation of Essential Information; established.

Bill Summary:

Fund to Assist Localities with Translation of
Essential Information; established. Establishes the Fund to
Assist Localities with Translation of Essential Information to be
administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development
for the purpose of making grants to local governments to address
the lack of translated documents for those citizens and taxpayers
of the Commonwealth and its localities for whom English is a second
language. The bill provides that the Fund shall make grants to local
governments for the purpose of translating essential documents into
foreign languages.