Notwithstanding chapter 31 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, in any city or town implementing a minority preference for police and fire department hiring, Asian applicants shall be considered minority applicants and shall be treated the same as other minority applicants under the city or town’s minority preference, until the percentage of Asian police officers and firefighters in relation to the total number of police officers and firefighters, reasonably reflects the percentage of Asian residents of the city or town.
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