DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Reorganizes and substantively amends various provisions of Article I and relocates portions of. Articles IV and XX of California Constitution. Amendments include, among others, right to interpreter at state expense for criminal\u27 defendant who cannot understand English, provision that court may grant release on own recognizance, provision that property rights of noncitizens to be the same as for citizens, and revision of eminent domain provisions. Deletes, among others, provisions respecting criminal libel actions, provisions regarding right to sell or rent real property, provisions concerning acquisition of lands for public improvements. Financial impact: No increase in government costs