1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; changing terminology for
1.3 	mentally retarded, mental retardation, physically
1.4 	handicapped, and similar terms.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 1.7 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the terms in
1.8 	column A to the terms in column B, wherever they appear in
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes,
1.10 	Column A Column B
1.11 	    "mental retardation" "developmental disability"
1.12 	    "mental retardation or "developmental disability"
1.13 	    a related condition";
1.14 	    "mental retardation
1.15 	    and related condition"
1.16 	    "mentally retarded" "developmentally disabled"
1.17 	    "handicapped persons" "disabled persons"
1.18 	    "handicapped children" "disabled children" or
1.19 	                               "children with disabilities,"
1.20 	                               whichever term is most appropriate
1.21 	                               in the context of the sentence
1.22 	    "handicapped dependents" "disabled dependents"
1.23 	    "handicapped" "disabled," "disability," or
1.24 	                               "people with disabilities,"
1.25 	                               whichever term is most appropriate
2.1 	                               in the context of the sentence
2.2 	    "handicaps" "disabilities"
2.3 	    "idiots" "developmentally disabled" 
2.4 	(b) Where the terms in column B are substituted in statute,
2.5 	insert "person" or "people" if not already used in the existing
2.6 	sentence structure.

2.7 	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA RULES.
 2.8 	The Department of Administration, in consultation with the
2.9 	Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities, shall publish
2.10 	adopted rules in the State Register making the terminology
2.11 	changes specified in section 1 in Minnesota Rules.  Upon
2.12 	publication in the State Register, the terminology changes for
2.13 	Minnesota Rules are adopted without further administrative
2.14 	action.