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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5793 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Uniform Racial Classification Act. Provides that, whenever a State agency is required by law to compile or report statistical data using racial or ethnic classifications, that State agency shall use the same classifications adopted by the United States Census Bureau. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5793 | | LRB098 18324 OMW 55275 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Uniform Racial Classification Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Uniform racial classification. Notwithstanding |
| 7 | | any other provision of law, whenever a State agency is required |
| 8 | | by law to compile or report statistical data using racial or |
| 9 | | ethnic classifications, that State agency shall use the same |
| 10 | | classifications adopted by the United States Census Bureau. |
| 11 | | For the purposes of this Act, "State agency" means the |
| 12 | | offices of the constitutional officers identified in Article V |
| 13 | | of the Illinois Constitution, executive agencies, and |
| 14 | | departments, boards, commissions, and authorities under the |
| 15 | | Governor.
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| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 17 | | becoming law.
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