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19B.1 - DEFINITIONS.



        19B.1  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Affirmative action" means action appropriate to overcome
      the effects of past or present practices, policies, or other barriers
      to equal employment opportunity.
         2.  "State agency" means an office, bureau, division,
      department, board, or commission in the executive branch of state
      government.
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 220
         Referred to in § 19B.6