CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 5954
Chapter
307, Laws of 2002
57th
Legislature
2002
Regular Session
RACIAL TERMINOLOGY--OBSOLETE
REFERENCES
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/1/02
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Passed by the Senate March 11, 2002
YEAS 42 NAYS 2
 BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 6, 2002
YEAS 86 NAYS 6
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CERTIFICATE
I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington,
do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5954 as
passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set
forth.
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FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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 TONY M. COOK
Secretary
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Approved April 2, 2002 Place Style On Codes
above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 2, 2002 - 10:29 a.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 5954
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/09/2001. Referred to Committee on State & Local Government.
Updating obsolete language.
AN
ACT Relating to obsolete racial terminology; amending RCW 35.22.650; adding a
new section to chapter 1.20 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. The
legislature finds that the use of the term "Oriental" when used to
refer to persons of Asian descent is outdated and pejorative. There is a need
to make clear that the term "Asian" is preferred terminology, and
that this more modern and nonpejorative term must be used to replace outdated
terminology.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 1.20 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
All state and local government statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other
official documents enacted after July 1, 2002, are required to use the term
"Asian" when referring to persons of Asian descent. The use of the
term "Oriental" is prohibited.
(2)
The legislature urges all state and local entities to review their statutes,
codes, rules, regulations, and other official documents and revise them to omit
the use of the term "Oriental" when referring to persons of Asian descent.
Sec.
3. RCW
35.22.650 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 56 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
All
contracts by and between a first class city and contractors for any public work
or improvement exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, or fifteen thousand
dollars for construction of water mains, shall contain the following clause:
"Contractor
agrees that ((he)) the contractor shall actively solicit the
employment of minority group members. Contractor further agrees that ((he))
the contractor shall actively solicit bids for the subcontracting of
goods or services from qualified minority businesses. Contractor shall furnish
evidence of ((his)) the contractor's compliance with these
requirements of minority employment and solicitation. Contractor further
agrees to consider the grant of subcontracts to said minority bidders on the
basis of substantially equal proposals in the light most favorable to said
minority businesses. The contractor shall be required to submit evidence of
compliance with this section as part of the bid."
As
used in this section, the term "minority business" means a business
at least fifty-one percent of which is owned by minority group members.
Minority group members include, but are not limited to, blacks, women, native
Americans, ((Orientals)) Asians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and ((Spanish
Americans)) Hispanics.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. This
act takes effect July 1, 2002.
Passed the Senate March 11, 2002.
Passed the House March 6, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
April 2, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 2, 2002.