(775 ILCS 5/7-105a) (from Ch. 68, par. 7-105a)
Sec. 7-105a.
(a) In order to facilitate the implementation of the policies
of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, the State executive
departments, boards, commissions and instrumentalities shall, on and after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, on all forms used to
collect information from individuals for official purposes, when such forms
request information concerning the race or ethnicity of an individual by
providing spaces for the designation of that individual as "white" or "black",
or the semantic equivalent thereof, provide an additional space for a designation
as "Hispanic".
(b) Whenever a State executive department, board, commission or instrumentality
is required to supply information to the Department concerning the racial
or ethnic composition of its employees, clients or other groups of individuals
on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, the agency
supplying such information shall supply the information by categories of
"white", "black", and "Hispanic", or the semantic equivalent thereof, unless
otherwise required
by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 83-648.)
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