170-B*2 - Racial references contained in state and municipal forms.

* §  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