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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Uniform Racial Classification Act.
 
6    Section 5. Uniform racial classification. Notwithstanding
7any other provision of law, except as otherwise required by
8federal law or regulation, whenever a State agency is required
9by law to compile or report statistical data using racial or
10ethnic classifications, that State agency shall use the
11following classifications: (i) White; (ii) Black or African
12American; (iii) American Indian or Alaska Native; (iv) Asian;
13(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; or (vi) Hispanic
14or Latino.
15    For the purposes of this Act, "State agency" means the
16offices of the constitutional officers identified in Article V
17of the Illinois Constitution, executive agencies, and
18departments, boards, commissions, and authorities under the
19Governor.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.