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lllinois Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females and Persons with Qisabilities Act, <br /> 3{}ILCS 57SJ2 <br /> (3o ILcs 575/2) <br /> (Sectian scheduled ta be repealed an June 30, 2016} <br /> Sec. 2. definitions. <br /> (A) For the purpose of �his Act, the following terms shall <br /> have the following definitions: <br /> {1} '°Minority person" shall mean a person who is a <br /> citizen ar lawful permanent resident of the United States <br /> and wha is any af the following: <br /> (a) Amerie.an Sndian or Alaska Native {a person <br /> having origins in any of the original peoples of North <br /> and South America, including Central America, and wha <br /> maintains tribal affiliatian or cammunity attachment) . <br /> {b) Asian {a persan having origins in any of the <br /> original peoples of the Far Eas�, Southeast Asia, ar <br /> the Tndian subcontinent, including, but nat limited <br /> to, Cambadia, China, India, Japan, Karea, Malaysia, <br /> Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and <br /> Vietnam} , <br /> (c) Biack ar African American (a person having <br /> origins in any of the blaek racial groups of Africa) , <br /> Terms such as "Haitian" ar "Negro" can be used in <br /> addition to "Black or African American". <br /> (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, <br /> Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or <br /> other Spanish culture or origzn, regardless of race} . <br /> {e} Native Hawaiian or Qther Pacific Islander {a <br /> person having origins in any of the original peoples <br /> of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands) . <br />