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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-603" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The plan shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>ensure that the forms management officer approves the use of a form by the department or independent unit only if the form:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is needed for the effective or efficient operation of the department or independent unit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>requests information that is needed for or relevant to a lawful purpose of the department or independent unit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>does not impose an undue burden on the individual who is to complete the form;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>is as brief, as plainly written, as well designed, and as easily completed as possible; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>does not duplicate unnecessarily:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>another form of the department or independent unit; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a form of another department or independent unit;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>require a register of the forms that the forms management officer approves;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>require identification of each form in accordance with a standard identification system of the Division;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>provide for the most economical system by which to prepare, reproduce, and use a form; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>require the forms management officer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to review periodically each form that has been approved to determine whether the officer still approves the form; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if not, to remove the form from the register.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Division shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>develop a standard identification system to identify forms;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>help each department and independent unit to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>develop a proposed plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>coordinate the proposed plan with other plans;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>review each proposed plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>approve each proposed plan that meets the requirements of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>monitor and help in the administration of each plan to ensure compliance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In the preparation of a form that requires identification of individuals by race, a department or independent unit shall include the following racial categories:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>American Indian or Alaska Native;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Asian;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Black or African American;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>White.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A form that requires identification of individuals by race shall include instructions that multiracial respondents may select all applicable racial categories.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Respondents shall select their own answers, except when it is not possible for the respondent to do so.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In the event that a respondent is not able to select an answer, an observer, such as a family member or friend, may select the answer on behalf of the respondent.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A form that requires identification of individuals by race shall include a separate question about whether a respondent is of Hispanic or Latino origin, with the question preceding the racial category question.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
