Public Act 098-0982
 
HB5793 EnrolledLRB098 18324 OMW 55275 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Uniform Racial Classification Act.
 
    Section 5. Uniform racial classification.  Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as otherwise required by 
federal law or regulation, 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 
following classifications: (i) White; (ii) Black or African 
American; (iii) American Indian or Alaska Native; (iv) Asian; 
(v) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; or (vi) Hispanic 
or Latino.
    For the purposes of this Act, "State agency" means the 
offices of the constitutional officers identified in Article V 
of the Illinois Constitution, executive agencies, and 
departments, boards, commissions, and authorities under the 
Governor.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  

Effective Date:  8/18/2014