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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="15.5-101" title_number="15.5" title_name="Language Assistance Program" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Designated language” means a language other than English in which the State Board determines a local board is required to provide assistance to voters under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Limited English proficiency” means that an individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>speaks a particular language other than English;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not speak English as a primary language; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>speaks, reads, or understands the English language less than “very well”, as reported in available U.S. Census Bureau data or data of comparable quality collected by a public office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Program” means the Language Assistance Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Voting materials” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>statewide voter registration applications;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>State Board approved absentee ballot applications;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>specimen ballots; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>forms and instructions that the State Board determines necessary to voting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
