Legislation
SECTION 170-B*2
Racial references contained in state and municipal forms
Executive (EXC) CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 7
* § 170-b. Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.
No form or preprinted document utilized by a state agency or public
authority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify
or denote persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form or
preprinted document utilizing such term shall be amended no later than
January first, two thousand ten to replace the term "oriental" with the
term "Asian" or to otherwise refer to such persons as being Asian and
Pacific Islander persons having origins in any of the Far East
countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific
Islands.
* NB There are 2 § 170-b's
No form or preprinted document utilized by a state agency or public
authority or by a municipality shall use the term "oriental" to identify
or denote persons of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage. Any form or
preprinted document utilizing such term shall be amended no later than
January first, two thousand ten to replace the term "oriental" with the
term "Asian" or to otherwise refer to such persons as being Asian and
Pacific Islander persons having origins in any of the Far East
countries, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific
Islands.
* NB There are 2 § 170-b's